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Pathology
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Study of disease
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Etiology
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Study of the cause of a disease
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Pathogenesis
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the development of disease
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Infection
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colonization of the body by pathogens
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Disease
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an abnormal state in which the body is not functioning normally
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Commensalism
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One organism benefits & the other is unaffected
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Mutualism
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both organisms benefit
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parasitism
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one benefit the other suffers
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symptom
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a change in body function
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sign
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a change in the body that can be measured
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syndrome
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a specific group of signs & symptoms that accompany a disease
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communicable
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spread from one host to another
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contagious disease
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easily spread form one host to another
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noncommunicable disease
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not transmittable
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incidence
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fraction of the population that contracts a disease during a specific time
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prevalence
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fraction of population having a specific disease at a given time
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sporadic disease
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diseases that occasionally occur in a population
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endemic disease
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disease constantly present in a population
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epidemic
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disease acquired by many hosts in a given area in a given time
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Septicemia
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growth of bacteria in the blood
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