Disease Terminology
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute | disease characterized by abrupt or sudden onset,usually with severe symptoms. Acute disease, as a rule, lasts a comparatively short time-no more than a few weeks
🗑
|
||||
| Chronic | Long lasting
🗑
|
||||
| Communicable | transmissible by direct or indiret contact with infection
🗑
|
||||
| Complicating | A disease that occurs because of a previous disease
🗑
|
||||
| Congenital | disease present in infants
🗑
|
||||
| contagious | highly transmissible disease
🗑
|
||||
| deficiency | disease resulting from lack of vitamins or minerals
🗑
|
||||
| endemic | disease that occurs continuously in a particular region
🗑
|
||||
| epidemic | disease that attacks simultaneously a large number of persons living in a particular region
🗑
|
||||
| functional | disease in which there is no significant anatomical change in the tissues or organs to account for the performance of the body
🗑
|
||||
| heredity | disease passed down through the family
🗑
|
||||
| idiopathic | disease which is unkown
🗑
|
||||
| occupational | disease that result from the patients job
🗑
|
||||
| organic | disease in which there is there are significant anatomical changes in the tissues or organs
🗑
|
||||
| pandemic | a disease that happens around the whole world at one time
🗑
|
||||
| primary | the first disease recieved
🗑
|
||||
| prognosis | the prospect for recovery of the disease
🗑
|
||||
| phychosomatic | disease worsend by phycological factors
🗑
|
||||
| secondary | disease that is a result of the first disease
🗑
|
||||
| sporadic | disease that occurs in isolated cases in a locality where it is neihter an endemic or epidemic
🗑
|
||||
| subacute | disease characterized by an onset that is not as abrupt as in the acute form and with symptoms less severe and fo shorter duration than chronic
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
Gator15
Popular Medical sets