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Pathophysiology
Definitions 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Partial or complete loss of hair | Alopecia |
| Subjective evidence of disease as perceived and reported by a patient | Symptom |
| Substance that relieves pain | Analgesic |
| The arrest of bleeding by the physiological properties of vasoconstriction and coagulation or by surgical means | Hemostasis |
| The branch of medicine that deals with the disease and the changes in body tissues and organs which cause or are caused by disease | Pathology |
| The morphological changes indicative of cell death caused by progressive enzymatic degradation | Necrosis |
| Not visible to the naked eye or hidden from view | Occult |
| Therapeutic use of cold | Cryotherapy |
| A forecast of the course and probable outcome of a disorder | Prognosis |
| Discomfort; vague uneasy feeling of body weakness, distress, or discomfort marking the onset of a disease | Malaise |