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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acute | illness that comes on suddenly and resolves quickly |
| alternative medicine | acupuncture, message, chiropractic |
| anisocoria | unequal pupils |
| cachexia | general wasting away |
| chronic | illness that develops slowly, progressive and terminal |
| cirrhosis | generalized hardening or softening of the liver |
| Creutzfeldt-Jakob diagnosis | human mad cow disease caused by prions |
| differential diagnosis | more than one diagnosis for the symptoms presented |
| disorder | group of symptoms that points to a derangement of body function |
| etiology | the cause of a disease |
| evidence-based medicine | using clinical guidelines to make decisions about patients |
| fungi | hyphae with spores |
| hirsutisim | excessive hair growth |
| holistic | emphasizes the need to look at the whole person |
| iatrogenic | unexpected bad outcome after a treatment |
| idiopathic | unknown cause of an illness |
| morbid obesity | BMI >40, BMI>35 if associated with weight related morbidity, >100lbs ideal body weight |
| morbidity rate | rate of illness or disease within a population |
| mortality rate | number of deaths per population |
| nosocomial | hospital acquired infection |
| palliative | treating symptoms without a cure |
| pathogenesis | the origin and development of a disease |
| pathogens | organisms that cause illness or disease |
| pathophysiology | functional changes that accompany a disease |
| phenomena | characteristics of a disease that occur together |
| preventive treatment | smoking cessation, colonoscopy, Pap smear, lipid normalization, exercise, weight control |
| prognosis | usual course and outcome of a disease/expected outcome |
| risk factors | age, gender, lifestyle, heredity |
| sequela | a complication or unexpected outcome |
| staphylococcus | clusters or grape-like groups of bacteria |
| streptococcus | chains of bacteria |
| symptoms | subjective complaints reported by the patient |
| syndrome | a group of symptoms related to a specific disease |
| empiric treatment | treatment based previous evidence |
| teratogenic | anything that can cause birth defects |
| modifiable risk factors | weight, exercise, screening |
| non-modifiable rsik factors | age, gender, genetics |
| epidemiology | science or study of diseases |
| candida | fungus such as tinea or yeast |
| influenza | virus that causes the flu |
| prions | virus that causes mad cow disease |
| protozoa | virus that causes malaria and disintery |
| pathogensis | origin of a disease |
| C & S | culture and sensitivity |
| carcinogenic | cancer causing |
| auscultation | to listen |
| palpation | to feel |
| percussion | to tap |
| inspection | to look and observe |
| umbilicus | the belly button region |
| McBirney's point | midpoint between mons pubis and iliac creast of right hip (appendix) |
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