answers A+ Grade
compensation
- correct answer return to homeostasis
decompensation
- correct answer failure to adapt
precipitating factor
- correct answer a condition or event that does cause a pathologic event or disorder
etiology
- correct answer the cause or origin of a disease
idiopathic
- correct answer dz with unidentifiable cause
iatrogenic
- correct answer occurs as a result of medical treatment
nosocomial
- correct answer hospital acquired infection
signs
- correct answer objectively observed by trained observer
symptoms
- correct answer Subjective characteristics of disease felt only by the patient
, proximal
- correct answer close to the core
prognosis
- correct answer a prediction of the course of a disease
sequela
- correct answer the aftermath of a particular disease
ab-
- correct answer away from
ad-
- correct answer toward
aer-
- correct answer air, gas
-algia
- correct answer pain, painful condition
-blast
- correct answer immature cell
dys-
- correct answer bad, painful, difficult
-iasis/-osis
- correct answer pathological state
idio-
- correct answer peculiar