Career Step: Anatomy, Physiology And Disease Processes, Intro

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disease

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deviation or interruption of norm

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symptom

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subjective evidence of disease

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syndrome

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many symptoms together

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etiology

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cause of a disease or disorder

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auscultation

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listening with stethescope

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inspection

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looking at parts of the body that are affected

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palpatation

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act of feeling with fingers

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percussion

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tapping with finger on body wall to detect variation in sound

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deficiency

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a lack or defect

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degenerative

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pertaining to deterioration

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developmental

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abnormality in development of tissue, organ or body part

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essential

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diseases where cause is unknown; assumed to have arisen spontaneously

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familial

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occurring more often in a family than is likely to happen by chance

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functional

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disturbance of function without evidence of some type of abnormality

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hereditary

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genetically transmitted from parent to offspring

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idiopathic

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unknown cause, arising spontaneously

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infectious

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caused by an infection

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molecular

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caused by abnormality in chemical structure

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neoplastic

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pertaining to new and abnormal growth (tumor)

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nutritional

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due to nutritional factors

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organic

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demonstrable abnormality in body structure

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traumatic

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from injury

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acquired

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not born with it

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acute

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short and severe course

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asymptomatic

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having no symptoms

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chronic

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persisting over a long period of time

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congenital

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present at birth

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disabling

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impairment of normal functions

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end-stage

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progressively deteriorating

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intermittent

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symptoms at intervals

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malignant

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becoming progressively worse, eventually causing death

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neonatal

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affecting newborns

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paroxysmal

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sudden recurrence /intensification of symptoms

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progressive

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advancing, going forward

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recurrent

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reappears after it has gone away

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relapsing

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return after cessation

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remissive

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most or all of symptoms have gone away

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sequela

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disease that continues after the original disease goes away

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subacute

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not acute, not chronic, inbetween

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terminal

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expected to end in death, no matter what the treatment