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Pathogens
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any disease producing microorganism
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What is wrong with this statement?
"Massage is contraindicated" |
Ambiguous - too board for all modalities
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Epidemiology
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frequency and distribution of disease
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Etiology
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Cause of disease
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Pathogenesis
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development of disease
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Signs
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Objective data ie Nausea
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Symtoms
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Subjective data ie vomiting
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Complications
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a disease happening at the same time as another disease
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Functional Significance
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The impact of a disease on an individual
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Prognosis
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The expected outcome of a disease
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Hyperplasma
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Increase number of cells in an organ or tissue
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Hypertrophy
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increase size of cells
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Atrophy
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Reduction in size of cells
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Metaplasia
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One adult cell type replaces another adult cell type
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Necrosis
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Unexpected cellular death from trauma, "Violent" Death
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Apoptosis
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Programmed cell death, "Peaceful" Death
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