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Body in Disease
Disease Terminology
Question | Answer |
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Idiopathic | Having no identifiable cause |
Iatrogenic | Medical Mistake |
Nosocomial | Contracted disease causing agent in hospital/healthcare setting |
Neoplastic | Caused by new growth; Can be benign or malignant |
Congenital | Born with condition |
Genetic | Spontaneous mutation of gene |
Hereditary | Inherited gene from parent |
Degenerative | Caused by progressive destruction of cells due to disease or aging |
Environmental | Caused by exposure environmental agents |
Infectious | Caused by a pathogen |
Nutritional | Caused by lack of nutritious food or inability of body to utilize the nutrients in food |
Syndrome | Set of signs and symptoms associated with one particular disease |
Exacerbation | Flare up of signs and symptoms of a disease |
Remission | Temporary improvement in signs and symptoms of disease |
Symptoms | Deviation in health perceived by the patient |
Sign | Deviation in health that can be seen by others |
Chronic | Signs & Symptoms continuing for more than 3 months |
Acute | Signs & Symptoms that come on suddenly and are severe in intensity |
Prognosis | Predicted outcome of disease |
Recuperation | Recovery |