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Pathology Review.

Auto-Immune Disease Excessive and inappropriate response of immune system where the body’s immune system mistakes the body’s own tissue as a foreign material.
Cancerous Disease Uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells without purpose; growth of these cells form a mass called a tumor.
Congenital Disorder Disorders present at birth
Deficiency Disease Disease caused by a deficiency of an essential vitamin or mineral.
Degenerative Disease Disease that causes tissue breakdown by overuse or as result of aging.
Genetic Disease Disease caused by a defect in the genetic code.
Infectious/communicable Disease Disease caused by virus, bacteria, fungi, Protozoa, or parasite; transferred by reservoir, or other source of infection.
Metabolic Disease Disease that causes a physiological dysfunction that distorts the body’s metabolism.
Traumatic Disease Disease caused by an injury that disrupts the homeostasis of the body.
Disease Condition of abnormal function in the body
Pathology The study of diseases
Diagnosis Determines the presence of a disease.
Prognosis Prediction of the likely outcome of, and chances of recovery from, a disease.
Sign Objective indicators of a disease that are obvious to someone other than the affected individual, such as swelling, rashes, fever or high blood pressure.
Symptom Subjective indicators of a disease that only the affected person can experience, such as headache, nausea, pain, and anxiety.
Asymptomatic Not presenting any symptoms of disease.
Syndrome A group of signs and symptoms occurring together that define a particular disease.
Etiology The cause or origin of a particular disease.
Idiopathic A disease that has no known cause.
Risk Factor Any tendency that can increase the likelihood of developing a disease or injury, such as age, lifestyle and environment.
Local Disease A disease confined to one organ or general area of the body.
Systemic Disease A disease that affects multiple organs or the entire body.
Acute Diseases Diseases with a rapid onset that. Usually run a brief course and are resolved fairly quickly.
Chronic Disease Diseases that often have a gradual onset, with more subtle or mild symptoms and last longer than 6 months or even a lifetime.
Remission. A temporary period of a decrease or disappearance of the signs and symptoms of a disease.
Exacerbation An increase of the signs and symptoms of a disease.
Complications Conditions that arise after the onset of the original disease
Epidemic. Occurs when a disease affects a significant number of people at a particular time within a given region.
Pandemic Involves large numbers of people in several regions.
Morbidity The incidence of a disease within a group or area.
Comorbidity The simultaneous presence of two or more chronic diseases in a patient
Mortality The relative frequency of deaths resulting from a disease in a given time period or population.
Incidence The number of new cases of a disease within a population during a time period.
Prevalence The amount of current cases of a disease within a population during a time period.
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