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29 Cards in this Set
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Pyr/o |
Fire |
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-Centesis |
Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas for diagnostic purposes or treatment |
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-graph |
record |
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-logy |
Study of |
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Fluor/o |
Luminous
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Assessment |
evaluation of a condition |
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signalment |
description of the animal |
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auscultation |
the act of listening to body sounds |
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palpation |
examination by feeling |
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percussion |
examination by tapping the surface to determine density of a body area
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diagnosis |
determination of cause of disease |
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acute |
short course with sudden onset; implies severe |
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chronic |
long course with progressive onset, persisting dz |
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remission |
partial or complete disappearance of disease signs |
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pathogen |
microorganism that produces disease |
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microoganism |
living organism of microscopic dimensions |
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virulence |
ability of an organism to cause disease |
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asymptomatic |
without sign of disease |
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clinical |
visible, readily, observed, pertaining to treatment |
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germ |
common term for any type of pathogenic microorganism, but especially bacterial and viral organisms |
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incidence |
number of new cases of disease occuring during a given time |
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lethal |
causing death |
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mordbid |
afflicted with disease |
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prevalence |
number of cases of disease in a population at a certain time |
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transmission |
transfer from one animal to the next |
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morbidity |
ratio of diseased animals to well animals in a population |
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mortality |
ratio of diseased animals that die to diseased animals |
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prophylaxis |
prevention |
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zoonosis |
disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans |
