General Terms
study of disease
pathology
determining the nature of disease
diagnosis
predicted course & outcome of a disease
prognosis
cause of the disease
etiology
study of the occurrence, transmission, distribution, and control of disease
epidemiology
A state of functional disequilibrium
disease
objective evidence of disease - can be observed or measured
signs
disease comes on quickly and has short duration
acute
If we have no idea what lead to the disease
idiopathic
leading cause of death in the US
heart disease
steady state in the body
homeostasis
subjective indicators of disease - must be reported by patient
symptoms
disease may come on over time and have long duration of months or years or lifetime
chronic
abnormal cells, genes, tissues
lesion
# of TOTAL cases of a disease at a specific time - snapshot
prevalence
study of the physiological processes leading to disease
pathophysiology
taking a tissue sample for analysis
biopsy
disease expected to end in death
terminal
when an acute illness comes back after you think it is completely gone/healed
relapse
# of NEW cases of a disease in a population over a given time
incidence
The chief epidemiological organization in the US
CDC
set of signs and symptoms that occur together
syndrome
when signs and symptoms completely subside in a chronic illness
remission
when a chronic disease comes back after a remission
exacerbation
Measures number of deaths (or %) that a disease causes in a population
mortality