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MedCon 1
The following activity is for the "key terms" in chapter 1 of your textbook.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acute | a disease that is short term |
| Auscultation | using a stethoscope to listen to body cavities and organs |
| Chronic | a disease that persists for a long time |
| Complication | the onset of a second disease or disorder in an individual who is already affected with a disease |
| Diagnosis | the identification or naming of a disorder |
| Disease | a change in structure or function within the body that is considered to be abnormal; any change from normal |
| Disorder | a derangement or abnormality of function |
| Etiology | the study of cause or the cause of a disease |
| Exacerbation | a time when symptoms flare up or become worse |
| Fatal | inevitable or causing death |
| Holistic medicine | the concept of considering the whole person rather than just the physical being |
| Homeostasis | the state of sameness or normalcy that the body strives to maintain |
| Iatrogenic | a problem arising due to or related to a prescribed treatment |
| Idiopathic | an unknown cause of disease |
| Lethal | something that kills |
| Mortality rate | death rate; it is related to the number of people who die with a disease in a certain amount of time |
| Nosocomial | a disease acquitted from the hospital environment |
| Palliative | something that is directed toward relief of symptoms but does not cure |
| Palpation | feeling lightly or by pressing firmly on internal organs or structures |
| Pathogenesis | a description of how a particular disease progresses |
| Pathogens | microorganism or agents that cause disease |
| Pathologic | caused by a pathogen or a disease |
| Pathologist | one who studies disease |
| Pathology | the study of disease |
| Percussion | tapping over various body areas to produce a vibrating sound |
| Predisposing factors | also known as risk factors; make a person more susceptible to disease |
| Prevalent | occurring more often |
| Preventative | something that reduces risk |
| Prognosis | the predicted or expected outcome of the disease |
| Remission | a time when symptoms are diminished or temporarily resolved |
| Signs | observable or measurable factors used to determine a diagnosis |
| Symptoms | what patients report as their problem or problems |
| Syndrome | a groups of symptoms that may be caused by a specific disease but also may be caused by several interrelated problems |
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jillcyr
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