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Question | Answer |
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Signs | Indicators of disease that are obvious to someone other than the affected individual. |
Symptoms | Subjective feelings, such as pain or nausea. |
Diagnosis | The identification of specific disease through evaluation of signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, or other tools. |
Etiology | The causative factors in a particular disease. |
Pathogenesis | The development of the disease or the sequence of events involved in the tissue changes related to the specific disease process. |
Treatment | Medical care for an illness or injury. |
Prognosis | The probability or likelihood for recovery or for other outcomes. |
Morbidity | The disease rates within a group. |
Mortality | Figures indicating the relative number of deaths resulting from a particular disease. |
Acute Illness | A short-term illness that develops very quickly. |
Chronic Illness | An often milder condition developing gradually, but it persists for a long time and usually causes more permanent tissue damage. |
Subacute Illness | Relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it. |
Incidence | The number of new cases in a given population noted within a stated time period. |
Prevalence | The number of new and old or existing cases within a specific population and time period. |