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disease termin
health science 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acute | disease characterized by abrupt or sudden onset,usually by severe symptoms. lasts a comparatively shoort time, no more than two weeks. |
| chronic | disease characterized by longer duration, often months or years. associated with symptoms of less severe intensity. |
| communicable | disease that is transmitted through direct or indirect contact with an infection. |
| complicating | disease that occurs during or after an illness |
| congenital | disease present in an infant at birth; may be caused by hereditary factors or result from a prenatal condition or disease. |
| contagious | highly transmittable disease. |
| deficiency | disease resulting from a lack o vitamins or minerals in the diet or a failure to absorb vitamins or minerals from food. |
| endemic | disease that occurs continuosly or recurrently in a particular geographic region. |
| epidemic | disease that attacks simultaneouslya large number of persons living in a particular geographic region. |
| functional | disease in which there is no significant anatomical change in the tissues or organs to account for the change in function or the performance of the body. |
| hereditary | disease transmittedfrom parent to offspring genetically. |
| idiopathic | disease in which the cause is unknown. |
| occupational | disease that results directly or indirectly from the patients job. |
| organic | disease in which there are significant anatomical changesin the tissues or organs. |
| pandemic | disease that occurs more or lees over the entire world at the same time. |
| primary | characterizes disease. the term may refer to the initial disease or the most important disease. used to denote a disease or group of diseases for which there is no specific cause. used to indicate the site in which a pathological process begins. |
| prognosis | medical assessment of the probable outcome or the prospect for recovery of the disease. |
| psychosomatic | disease that seems to be caused or worsened by psychological factors. it may or may not produce anatomical changes. |
| secondary | disease that results from a definite contributing factor. |
| sporadic | disease that occurs in isolated cases in a locality where it is neither endemic nor epidemic. |
| subacute | disease characterized by an onset that is not as abrupt as in the acute form and with symptoms less severe and of shorter duration than chronic. |
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