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GRCC BI240
Lect 1 terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pathos | quality evoking pity or compassion, suffering (obsolete) |
| Patho | Combination form meaning suffering, disease, or feeling |
| Pathology | study structural alterations in cells, tissues an organs that help to identify the cause of the disease. |
| Pathogenesis | Pattern of tissue changes associated with the development of disease. |
| Pathophysiology | The physiology of abnormal or diseased organisms or their part; the functional changes associated with a disease or syndrome. |
| etiology | the study of the cause of disease |
| The study of the cause of the disease | etiology |
| idopathic | cause of disease is unknown |
| Cause of disease is unknown | idiopathic |
| latrogenic | disease that occur as a result of medical treatment |
| Disease that occur as a result of medical treatment | latrogenic |
| Examples of latrogenic | antibiotic treatment that injures the kidney and results in renal failure. |
| Renal failure is a result of injuries tot he kidney due to antibiotic treatment | examples of latrogenic |
| Nosocomial | disease acquired from hospital |
| Disease acquired from hospital | nosocomial |
| Diagnosis | naming or identifying a disease through evaluation of signs and symptoms, lab tests or other tools. |
| Evaluation of signs and symptoms, lab tests or other tools | Diagnosis |
| Expected outcome of a disease | prognosis |
| Morbidity | disease rates within a group |
| Mortality | Number of deaths from a particular disease. |
| Number of deaths from a particular disease | mortality |
| disease rates within a group | morbidity |
| Acute disease | sudden appearance of signs and symptoms tht last only a short period of time. |
| Sudden appearance of signs and symptoms that last only a short period of time. | acute disease |
| Chronic disease | this develops more slowly, signs and symptoms last a long time & have a pattern of remission and exacerbation. |
| Remission | Periods when symptoms disappear or diminish significantly. |
| Exacerbation | period when symptoms become worse or more severe. |
| Complication | The onset of a disease in a person who is already coping iwth another existing disease |
| The onset of a disease in a person who is already coping with another existing disease | complication |
| Ex of complications | Onset of CHF after MI |
| Sequelae | Potential unwanted outomes of having a disease |
| Potential unwanted outcomes of having a disease | sequelae |
| Example of sequelae | Paralysis following a stroke |
| Convalescence | Period of recovery and return to normal health. |
| Period of recovery and return to normal health | convalescence |
| Clinical manifestations | signs and symptoms/evidence of disease |
| signs and symptoms or evidence of disease | clinical manifestations. |
| Local | Clinical manifestion where redness/swelling is found at site of problem |
| Systemic | Clinical manifestation where something like a fever is general indicator of illness. |
| A general indicstor of an illness. | Systemic clinical manifestation. |
| Redness/swelling found at site of problem | local clinical manifestation. |
| signs | Objective indicators of disease;observed or measured by another person |
| Objective indicators of disease observed or measured by another person | signs |
| Example of signs | pulse rate, body temp, blood pressure, WBC count, etc |
| symptoms | subjective experience reported by the person with diseases |
| subjective experience reported by person with the disease | symptoms |
| example of symptoms | Pain, nausea, shortness of breath, etc |
| subclinical | pathologic changes occur but no obvious manifestation are exhibited because of the great reserve capacity of some organs. |
| Pathological signs occur, but no obvious manifestations/signs are exhibited due to the great reserve capacity of some organs | subclinical |
| Example of subclinical | kidney damage may progress to renal failure before you see signs |
| Prodromal period | The time person experience vague symptoms but before onset of signs and symptoms |
| Example of prodromal period | fatigue or loss of appetite |
| Insidious symptoms | Vague/nonspecific feelings or an awareness that there is a change in the body |
| An awareness that there is a change in the body | Insidious symptoms |
| Latent/"silent"period | Time during which no symptoms are apparent but disease is present |
| Incubation of infections or growth of tumor | Example of latent period |
| Syndrome | Group of symptoms that occur together in response to a certain condition. |
| Group of symptoms that occur together in a response to a certain condition | Syndrome |
| Syndrome examples | severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS = headache, fever, body aches and difficulty breathing |
| SARS symptoms | A syndrome that is characterized with symptoms such as headache, fever, body aces and difficulty breathing. |
| Disorder | An abnormality of function. |
| An abnormality of function. | Disorder |
| Epidemiology | Study of tracking patterns or disease occurrence and transmission among populations and by geographic areas. |
| incidence | number of new cases occuring in a specific period (typically in 1 year) |
| prevalence | the number of existing cases within a population during a specific period |
| Relative risk | A common measure of the effect of a specific risk factor (i.e. smoking) |
| Epidemics | when there are many cases of an infectious disease within a given area |
| When there are many cases of an infectious disease within a given area | Epidemics |
| Pandemics | high numbers of cases in several regions/worldwide. |
| high number of infectious disease cases in several regions worldwide | pandemics |
| communicable | disease of infections that can be spread from one person to another |
| disease of infections that can be spread from one person to another | communicable |
| Notifiable/reportable | Diseases that must be reported by the physician to designated authorities |
| disease that must be reported by the physician to designated authorities | notifiable/reportable |
| Examples of notifiable/reportable | measles and human immunodeficiency virus/HIV |
| HIV or measles | examples of disease that are considered notifiable/reportable |
| Prevention | Vaccinations, dietary or lifestyle modifications, removal of harmful material in the environment, and cessation of potentially harmful material. |
| Smoking cessation | Examples of prevention |
| Risk factors/predisposing factors | increase probability that disease will occur |
| Heredity, age, gender, race, environment and lifestyle | Example of risk factors/ predisposing factors |
| Precipitating factor | A condition or even that does cause a pathological even or disorder. |
| Therapy | treatment measures |
| Examples of therapy | surgery, drugs,etc |
| Glucose | A simple sugar and a major source of energy in the human body |
| Glycogen | a polysaccharide, major carbohydrate, formed from glucose, stored in the liver, and some muscle cells. |
| A polysaccharide, major carbohydrate, formed from glucose, stored in the live and some muscle cells. | Glycogen |
| glycogenesis | Formation of glycogen from fatty acids and proteins rather than carbohydrates |
| lipolysis | breakdown of lipids/fats |
| Break down of lipid/fats | lipolysis |
| Formation of glycogen from fatty acids and proteins rather than carbohydrates | glycogenesis |
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Wends1984
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