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21 Cards in this Set
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Acute
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A disease that has a sudden onset and a short duration.
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Aplasia
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Developmental failure leading to the absence of a structure or tissue.
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Atrophy
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The decrease in size or function of an organ.
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Bacteria
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A single-celled organism with simple structure and lacking a nucleus.
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Chronic
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A disease that may begin insidiously and be long-lived.
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Complications
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Conditions that develop in a patient already suffering from a disease.
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Computer tomography (CT)
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A diagnostic imaging technique used to make diagnosis and determine the location of lesions or growths inside of the body.
A cross-sectional view of the tissues of the body. |
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Congenital Birth Defects
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Diseases that appearat birth or shortly after that can be influenced by environment in the womb or by genetic/chromosomal abnormalities.
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Diagnosis
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The determination of the nature of a disease based on many factors including signs, symptoms, and often, laboratory results.
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Dysplasia
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Abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth.
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Disease
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A state of functional disequilibrium that may be resolved by recovery or by death.
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Epidemiology
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The study of the occurrence, transmission, distribution, and control of disease.
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Etiology
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The cause of a disease
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Exacerbation
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The period of a chronic disease when signs and symptoms recur in all their severity.
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Functional
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Condition in which there is no organic change.
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Homeostasis
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The maintenance of a steady state within the body.
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Hyperplasia
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The proliferation, or abnormal increase, of cells within an organ or tissue beyond what is ordinarily seen.
Excluding tumors. |
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Hypertrophy
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Abnormal enlargement of an organ
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Hypoplasia
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Underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells.
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Idiopathic
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Describes a disease for which the cause is not known.
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Iatrogenic
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Infections that are acquired inadvertently by a physician, surgeon, medical treatment, or diagnostic procedure.
Similar to nosocomial. A disease acquired from treatment/hospital not originally present. |
