Etiology - correct answer Study of the causes or reasons for a particular disease or injury.
Idiopathic - correct answer Cause is
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Iatrogenic - correct answer Cause results from unintended or unwanted medical treatment.
Pathogenesis - correct answer The development or evolution of a disease, from the initial stimulus to the ultimate expression of the manifestation of the disease.
Description of how etiological factors alter _____________ ________ and lead to _______ _____________ that are observed in a particular disorder/disease. - correct answer - physiologic function
- clinical manifestations
Signs of disease - correct answer Manifestations of disease that are observed.
Symptoms - correct answer The subjective feelings of an abnormality in the body.
The feeling of nausea is a symptom or a sign? - correct answer Symptom
Vomiting is objectively observed as a symptom or a sign? - correct answer Sign
Syndrome - correct answer When the etiology of a particular sets of signs and symptoms has not yet been determined.
Latent period
(in the case of infectious diseases it is call an incubation period) - correct answer The interval between exposure of a tissue to an injurious agent and the first appearance of signs and symptoms.
Prodromal period (or prodrome) - correct answer Refers to the appearance of the first signs and symptoms indicating the onset of a disease.
Nonpecific symptoms like headache, malaise, anorexia, and nausea are examples of what? - correct answer Prodromal symptoms
Acute phase - correct answer The disease reaches its full intensity, and signs and symptoms attain their greatest severity.
Silent period or latent period - correct answer Sometimes during the course of a disease, the s&s may become mild or even disappear fro a time.
Subclinical stage - correct answer during which the patient functions normally, although the disease processes are well established.
Acute clinical course: - correct answer Short-lived; may have sever manifestations. Measured hours, days, or a few weeks.
Chronic clinical course: - correct answer May last months to years, sometimes following an acute course.
Exacerbation: - correct answer A sudden increase in severity of disease of S&S.
Remission: - correct answer Decrease in severity, signs, or symptoms: may indicate disease is cured. (Sometimes defined as longer than 5 years).
Convalescence: - correct answer Stage of recovery after a disease, injury, or surgical procedure.
Sequela (plural: sequelae) - correct answer Occasionally a disease produces a subsequent pathologic condition. For example, the sequela of an inflammatory process might be scarring. In contrast, a [Show Less]