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Infection & Disease terms

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Infectious disease   disease transmitted directly or indirectly between people  
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Palliative   preventing or relieving pain and suffering; treating the symptoms  
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Risk factors for disease   May be due to age, heredity, lifestyle, gender, environment, etc  
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Nosocomial   acquired from within the hospital  
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Idiopathic   having no specific cause  
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virus   pathogen that reproduces using host cell; transmits it's genetic code into cell of host  
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Prodromal   occurring between early symptoms  
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Etiology   cause of the disease  
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Prognosis   anticipated or expected outcome of a disease  
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Pathologist   one who studies disease  
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diagnosis   group of date obtained by physician to determine cause of patient's illness  
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Homeostasis   state of equilibrium in the body  
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Pathogen   disease causing organism  
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Disorder   diseased condition of body or mind  
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Microorganism   organism too small to be seen unless microscopic used  
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Disease   condition characterized by patient's subjective and objective symptoms: history, signs, symptoms, clinical findings  
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