Exam 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abatement (Remission) | a temporary cessation of the manifestations of disease;lessening in severity |
| Acquired Disease | a disease that develops after birth |
| Acute Disease | a disease characterized by a swift onset and rapid course |
| Allergy (Hypersensitivity) | a state in which a person exhibits unusual reactions in contact with an allergen |
| Chronic Disease | a disease with a slow onset and long continued duration |
| Clinical Pathology | the organized study of the composition and characteristics of body secretions, excretions and fluids. |
| Communicable Disease | a disease that may be transmitted directly or indirectly from one individual to another. |
| Complications | unfavorable conditions that arise during the course of a disease |
| Congenital Disease | a disease that begins before birth and is evident at the time of birth. |
| Deficiency Disease | a disease due to the lack of some essential dietary factors such as vitamins or minerals |
| Diagnosis | the identification of a disease; determination of the nature of a disease |
| Disease | the abnormal performance of a certain physiologic functions as a result of injury to teh cells performing the functions. |
| Dysplasia | any abnormal tissue development |
| Endemic Disease | a disease that is continuously present in a community |
| Epidemic Disease | a disease that attacks a large number of people in a community at the same time. |
| Etiology | the study of the causes of disease |
| Exacerbation | an increase in severity of a disease |
| Febrile Disease | a disease that is characterized by fever |
| Forensic Pathology (Medico-Legal) | use of information obtained from pathological examinations of biological material, obtained from dead bodies, in legal proceedings. |
| Fulminating Disease | an acute disease that quickly proves fatal |
| Functional Disease | a disease which produces NO recognizable structural changes |
| General Pathology | deals with the study of the general processes of disease such as inflammation, degeneration, necrosis, or cellular death, repair, disturbances of circulation without reference to particular organs or organ systems |
| Gross Pathology | the study of changes in structure of the body as result of disease that are readily seen with the unaided eye. |
| Hereditary Disease | a disease in which genetic factors have been transmitted from parent to offspring. |
| Histo-Pathology | the study of the changes in tissue occuring during disease which falls under microscopic pathology |
| Iatrogenic Disease | a disease that is caused by adverse activity of medical professionals |
| Idiopathic Disease | a disease of unknown cause |
| Infection | the state or condition in which the body or part of the body is invaded by a pathogenic agent that under favorable conditions multiplies and produces injurious effects. |
| Infestation | the harboring of animal parasites, especially marcroscopic forms |
| Intercurrent Disease | a disease which occurs during the course of another disease |
| Intoxication | the state of being poisoned by a drug or toxic substance |
| Lesion | a structural change brought about by disease |
| Microscopic Pathology | deals with the changes in microscopic structure that cells, tissues, and organs undergo as a result of disease |
| Morbidity Rate | sometimes seen as a ratio of sick to well |
| Mortality Rate | the number of deaths in a given time or place;proportion of deaths to a population |
| Nosocomial Infections | an infection acquired in a hospital |
| Occupational Disease | a disease with an abnormally high rate of occurrence in members of a workforce. |
| Organic Disease | disease which produces recognizable structure changes |
| Pandemic Disease | an extensive epidemic, possibly of world-wide extent |
| Pathogenesis | the manner of development of a disease |
| Pathological Anatomy | the study of changes in structure of the body as a result of disease. |
| Pathology | branch of medicine dealing with the nature of disease, expecially with reference to structural and functional changes in tissues and organs of the human body;the sceince that deals with the abnormal origin, structure, and function of living things |
| Physiological Pathology | the study of disease as it relates to body function. |
| Predisposing Conditions | those factors which make the body more susceptible to the development of a disease without actually causing it. |
| Prevalence | the number of cases of a disease within a certain population within a given time. |
| Prognosis | a prediction of the probable outcome of a disease |
| Recurrent Disease | a disease that reappears as symptoms after an intermission or remission; a disease with an alternating increase and decrease of symptoms. |
| Sequelae | remote after effects produced by a disease |
| Signs | objective disturbances produced by disease |
| Special Pathology | deals with the special features of disease in relation to particular organs or organ systems. |
| Sporadic Disease | disease that occurs occasionally in random or isolated manner. |
| Surgical Pathology | the study of tissue specimens excised surgically |
| Symptoms | subjective disturbances caused by disease that are felt or experienced, but not directly measurable |
| Syndrome | a group of signs and symptoms that collectively characterize or indicate a particular disease or abnormal condition. |
| The Doctrine of Cellular Pathology | diseased cells make up diseased tissues, which make up diseased organs, which make up diseased organ systems which make up a diseased body. |
| Rudolf Virchow | considered to be the father of cellular pathology. |
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