HUMAN DISEASES - CHAPTER 1 - CONCEPTS OF
HUMAN DISEASE STUDY GUIDE
1. Acute: disease is short term and usually has a sudden onset
2. Ausculation: using a stethoscope to listen to body cavities
3. Chronic: a disease that persists for a long time
4. Complication: the onset of a second disease or disorder in an individual who is already
attected with a disease.
5. Diagnosis: the identification or naming of a disease.
6. Disease: a change in structure or function within the body that is considered to be abnormal; any
change from normal.
7. Disorder: a derangement or abnormality of function.
8. Etiology: the study of cause or the cause of a disease.
9. Exacerbation: a time when symptoms flare up or become worse.
10. Fatal: inevitable or causing death
11. Holistic medicine: the concept of considering the whole person rather than just the
physical being.
12. Homeostasis: the state of sameness or normalcy that the body strives to maintain.
13. Iatrogenic: a problem arising de to or related to a prescribed treatment.
14. Idiopathic: an unknown cause of disease.
15. Lethal: something that kills.
16. Mortality rate: number of people who die with the disease in a certain amount of
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HUMAN DISEASE STUDY GUIDE
1. Acute: disease is short term and usually has a sudden onset
2. Ausculation: using a stethoscope to listen to body cavities
3. Chronic: a disease that persists for a long time
4. Complication: the onset of a second disease or disorder in an individual who is already
attected with a disease.
5. Diagnosis: the identification or naming of a disease.
6. Disease: a change in structure or function within the body that is considered to be abnormal; any
change from normal.
7. Disorder: a derangement or abnormality of function.
8. Etiology: the study of cause or the cause of a disease.
9. Exacerbation: a time when symptoms flare up or become worse.
10. Fatal: inevitable or causing death
11. Holistic medicine: the concept of considering the whole person rather than just the
physical being.
12. Homeostasis: the state of sameness or normalcy that the body strives to maintain.
13. Iatrogenic: a problem arising de to or related to a prescribed treatment.
14. Idiopathic: an unknown cause of disease.
15. Lethal: something that kills.
16. Mortality rate: number of people who die with the disease in a certain amount of
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