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17 Cards in this Set
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What is the scientific study fo disease?
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Pathology
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Any abnormal change that may take place in the body?
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Disease
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what is an illness that has a sudden onset, severe symptoms, and runs a short, severe course?
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Acute
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What is an illness that lasts weeks, months, years, or even a lifetime?
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Chronic
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What is the sequence of events that leads to the development of disease?
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Pathogenesis
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The science dealing with the causes of disease?
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Etiology
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What is the manifestation that can be detected by the physician upon examination?
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Objective
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A condition having a defined collection or group of lesions, signs, or symptoms that are not always necessarily due to the same agent?
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Syndrome
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The process of assigning a name to a pt's condition
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diagnosis
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the predicted course of a disease as well as the prospects for recovery?
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Prognosis
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What are the types of Edema?
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-Localized
-Generalized |
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Trauma refers to injury caused by extrinsic forces, particularly when associated with an accident or violence?
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Trauma/Physical Injury
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What are causes of missile wounds?
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Stone
Arrows Bullets |
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What is the most important cause of cancer of the lung?
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Tobacco smoking
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Type of burn that destroy epidermis and dermis down to the subcutaneous tissue?
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Third Degree Burn
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What is the the injury caused by energy transmitted by waves?
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Radiation
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What is the most common sourse of radiation injury?
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Sunlight
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