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Disease
Veterinary Disease Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Latrogenic | Disease caused by treatment |
| Idiopathic | Unknown |
| Non-Contagious | Disease that can't be spread |
| Non-Infectious | Disease NOT caused by organisms |
| Nosocoomial | Disease caused by pathogenic organisms in treatment/clinic |
| Asymptomatic | Disease without symptoms |
| Carrier | Animal that has disease w/o showing signs |
| Contract | To catch a disease |
| Epidemidology | Study of relationships determining frequency and distribution of disease |
| Etiology | Study of disease causes |
| Focal | Localized region |
| Germ | Bacteria or viral organisms |
| Incidence | Number of new cases in a given time |
| Prevalance | Number of disease cases in a population at one time |
| Labile | Unstable |
| Morbid | Afflicted disease |
| Morbidity | Ratio of sick animals to well animals in a population |
| Moribund | Near death |
| Mortality | Ratio of sick animals that die compared to sick animals |
| Panzootic | Widespread outbreak affects many animals |
| Zoonotic | Disease that can be transferred between animals and humans |
| Palliaive | Relieve condition, not cure it |
| Prophylaxis | Extreme fear |
| Subclinical | Without showing signs |
| Susceptible | Lacking resistance |
| Transmissable | Ability to transfer from one animal to another |
| Transmissible Disease Types | Blood Borne Sexual Airborne Fecal-Oral |
| Traumatic | Causing Injury |
| Microorganism | Living organism of micro dimension |
| Pathogen | Microorganism that produces disease |
| Virulence | Word used to describe ability of an organism to cause disease |
| Diagnosis | Determine cause of disease |
| Differential Diagnosis | Figure possible cause of disease |
| Prognosis | Predict outcome of disease |
| Sign | Characteristic of disease others can see |
| Symptom | Characteristic ONLY sensed by patient |
| Syndrome | Signs that occur together |
| Acute | Having a short course with sudden onset; severe |
| Peracute | Excessively acute onset |
| Chronic | Going on for a long time |
| Remission | Partial or complete disappearance of disease, signs or symptoms |
| Endemic | Ongoing presence of disease in group |
| Epidemic | Quick & wide outbreak |
| Epizootic | If the outbreak attacks many animals in a group |
| Pandemic | Occurring over a large geographic area |
| Assesment | Condition of patient |
| Vital Signs | Temp Pulse Respiration Rate Blood Pressure |
| Pulse | Heart beats per minute Obtain by listening or feeling for pulses |
| Respiration Rate | Number of 1 full inhale and 1 full exhale |
| Ausculation | Listening |
| Palpation | Feeling |
| Venipuncture | Withdraw of blood from vein |
| Profile | Group of lab tests |
| Assay | Test to find number of organisms, cells or amount of chemical substance found in sample |
| Centrifuge | Machine that spins samples to separate elements based on weight |
| CBC-Complete Blood Count | Finds number of red blood cells(Erythrocytes) white blood cells(Leukocytes) and Thrombocytes--red and white blood cells and platelets |
| Prothrombin Time | Clotting time |
| Refractometer | Tool used to determine deviation of light through objects |
| Medial | Midlline |
| Lateral | Away from midline |
| Cranial | Towards head |
| Caudal | Towards tail |
| Rostral | Towards nose |
| Dorsal | Towards back |
| qd | Everyday |
| FIA | Feline Infectious Anemia |
| FIP | Feline Infectious Peritonitis |
| Ecto | Outside |
| Hyper | Excessive |
| Infra | Below |
| Sub | Underneath |
| Retro | Behind |
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