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32 Cards in this Set
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Acute
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A disease of rapid onset - severe symptoms and brief duration
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Aetiology
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Study of the cause of disease
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Allergic
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Hypersensitivity to foreign antigen
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Asymptomatic
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Without any current symptoms
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Chronic
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A disease of long duration - gradual onset
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Congenital
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A condition present at birth
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Contagious
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Transmitted by direct contact with another person
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Debility
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State of weakness after an illness
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Diagnosis
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Deciding what is wrong with a patient by considering signs and symptoms
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Empirical
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Treatment without scientific basis although it works.
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Epidemic
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Disease attacking a large number of people at one time/one area
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Epidemiology
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Study of the spread of disease
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Exacerbate
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To make worse
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Familial
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A disease occurring in in families
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Hereditary
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Passed on through the generations
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Iatrogenic
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Disease produced by treatment given for another illness
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Idiopathic
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Unknown cause of disease
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Malaise
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Fever or tiredness before an illness, general feeling of being unwell
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Morbid
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Abnormal
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Morbidity
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Condition of being diseased
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Pandemic
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Worldwide epidemic
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Pathology
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Study of disease process
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Prognosis
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Forecasting length and outcome of disease
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Prophylaxis
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Prevention of disease
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Relapse
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A return of disease symptoms after recovery had apparently begun
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Sign
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An indication of a disease or disorder observed by doctor but not apparent to patient
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Symptom
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An indication of a disease or disorder noticed by the patient himself
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Syndrome
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A combination of signs and symptoms forming a distinct clinical picture
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Systemic
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Involving the entire body
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Therapeutic
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Treatment particularly through use of drugs
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Therapy
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Treatment and healing
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Traumatic
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Caused by injury/damage
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