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13 Cards in this Set
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Define Etiology?
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Study of the course of disease
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Define Epidemiology?
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Frequency and distribution of disease
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Define Endogenous?
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Originates with in the body
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Define Exogenesis?
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Originates outside the body
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Define Pathogenesis?
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Development of disease
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Define Pathology?
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The study of the nature of the disease
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Define Functional significance?
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How the disease effects daily life
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Define Prognosis?
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The expected outcome
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Define Disease?
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A structural or functional change within the body judged to be abnormal
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Define Diagnosis?
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The act of naming a disease
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Define complications?
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A disease concurrent with another disease
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Define Acute?
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Rapid onset
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Define Chronic?
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Over a long period of time
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