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Medical Terminology
Classification of diseases
Term | Definition |
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ACQUIRED | Acquired after birth |
ACUTE | Rapid onset and progress |
ALLERGIC | Hypersensitivity to foreign proteins |
CHRONIC | Slow onset and progress |
CONGENITAL | Present at birth |
CRYPTOGENIC | Of doubtful or hidden origin |
ENDOCRINE | Associated with hormone dysfunction |
FAMILIAL | Occurs in families |
FUNCTIONAL | No anatomical abnormality demonstrated but associated with dysfunction |
LATROGENIC | A disease produced by the treatment given for a primary illness |
IDIOPATHIC | Peculiar to the individual |
INFECTIOUS | Caused by micro-organisms readily passed on to other people |
LOCAL | Involving an area or one part of the body only |
METABOLIC | Disorder of basic working (physiology) of the body |
NEOPLASTIC | Associated with development of new growths (e.g. malignant or benigh tumours) |
NOSOCOMIAL | Infection acquired from hospital, e.g. MRSA |
ORGANIC | Structural abnormality demonstrated |
SILENT | No symptoms apparant or obvious signs |
SYSTEMIC | Involving the entire body |
TRAUMATIC | Involving injury |