Question | Answer |
AIDS is this type of disease | Infection |
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is this type of disorder | Immune |
Mental illness is this type of disorder | Psychiatric |
Arthritis is this type of disease | Degenerative |
Obesity is this type of disorder | Nutritional |
Alzheimer’s disease is this type of disease | Degenerative |
Strep throat is this type of disease | Infection |
Rickets is this type of disorder | Nutritional |
Diabetes is this type of disorder | Metabolic |
Cancer is this type of disease | Neoplasm |
Abnormality of the structure or function of a part, organ, or system | disease |
Doesn’t cause disease but increases the probability of a person becoming ill | predisposing cause |
A predisposing cause of disease | age |
A predisposing cause of disease | gender |
A predisposing cause of disease | heredity |
A predisposing cause of disease | preexisting illness |
This disease is severe but lasts a short time | acute |
This disease is less severe but continues for a long time | chronic |
This disease is not as severe as an acute disease, but not as long-lasting as a chronic disease | subacute |
Combined study of pathologic and physiologic aspects of disease | Pathophysiology |
The cause of a disease | Etiology |
A disease of unknown cause or origin | Idiopathic |
A disease resulting from treatment or surgery | Iatrogenic |
This disease can be transmitted from on person to another | Communicable |
Prediction of probable outcome of a disease | Prognosis |
This stresses manipulation to correct misalignment for treatment of musculoskeletal disorders | Chiropractic |
extremely small; multiple within living cells | viruses |
Parasitic worms with human hosts | helminthes |
which microorganism one is the largest group of pathogens | bacteria |
Which type of microorganism causes AIDS | Virus |
single-cell animals | protozoa |
Yeasts and molds; not green but plant-like organisms | Fungi |
A form of complementary and alternative medicine | Naturopathy |
A form of complementary and alternative medicine | yoga |
A form of complementary and alternative medicine | massage |
A method used to identify bacteria | gram staining |
Body odor is caused by this | bacteria |
Antibiotics kill bacteria by destroying this | cell wall |