Mechanisms of Disease
In this activity, you will review some main terms used regarding the mechanisms of disease. gen3205
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- Trained listening; a diagnostic technique of listening for sounds within the body, particularly the lungs, heart, or abdominal viscera
- Disease which has a sudden onset and a short-term course of illness
- Severe systemic hypersensitivity (allergic) reaction or shock
- Term used when the cause of a disease is unknown
- Aftermath of disease, residual condition after a disease process
- Indication of disease perceived by the patient (e.g. pain, dizziness, itching)
- Cause of a disease
- Type of tumor that remains encapsulated and does not spread
- Disease which may begin insidiously and is long lived
- Objective evidence of a disease observed on a physical examination (fever, abnormal pulse, increased blood pressure)
- Abnormal structure or function, may be the result of a wound, injury, or pathologic condition
- Term used to describe the spread of a malignant tumor
- Term used to describe a patient's pain that comes and goes, usually has a brief duration, and often is not significant
- Type of disease characterized by a concurrent combination of signs and symptoms (e.g. Down's)
- Term used to describe a patient not exhibiting any symptoms
- Type of disease that is present at birth
- Normal, steady state of the body
- Type of condition that a person gets after birth (opposite of 3 down)
- New or abnormal growth, another name for a tumor
- Enlargement of an organ
- Term used to describe malignant tumors
- Causes infections which can be treated with antibiotics (e.g. Streptococcus, Staphylococcus)
- Type of tumor that does not remain encapsulated and can spread to distant sites
- Disturbance of the normal steady state of the body
- Term used when all signs and symptoms recur in all severity in a chronic illness
- Type of disease that will end in death
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