NURS-UL 3366
Compensation - answerthe body's attempt to establish homeostasis after a
disturbance
Decompensation - answerfailure to regain homeostasis
Precipitating Factor - answera trigger for an acute event
Risk Factor - answeranything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other
health problems
Etiology - answerthe cause or origin of a disease
Idiopathic - answera disease of unknown cause
Iatrogenic - answercomplication of a medical treatment
Nosocomial - answera disease acquired from a hospital environment
Clinical Manifestations - answersigns and symptoms
Urticaria - answerhives; an eruption of wheals on the skin accompanied by itching
Proximal - answercloser to the core of the body
Peripheral - answerfarther from the core of the body
Shock - answerHypotension, tachypnea, tachycardia; decreased blood circulation to
extremities
Prognosis - answera prediction of the course of a disease
Sequela - answerthe aftermath of a particular disease
-iasis - answerstate or condition
idio- - answerpeculiar
Teratogenic Disorders - answerany agent that induces or increases the risk of
developmental abnormalities in the fetus
Congenital Disorder - answera disorder that is present at birth
Oncogene - answercancer causing gene
Hypoxia - answerlow oxygen levels
Compensation - answerthe body's attempt to establish homeostasis after a
disturbance
Decompensation - answerfailure to regain homeostasis
Precipitating Factor - answera trigger for an acute event
Risk Factor - answeranything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other
health problems
Etiology - answerthe cause or origin of a disease
Idiopathic - answera disease of unknown cause
Iatrogenic - answercomplication of a medical treatment
Nosocomial - answera disease acquired from a hospital environment
Clinical Manifestations - answersigns and symptoms
Urticaria - answerhives; an eruption of wheals on the skin accompanied by itching
Proximal - answercloser to the core of the body
Peripheral - answerfarther from the core of the body
Shock - answerHypotension, tachypnea, tachycardia; decreased blood circulation to
extremities
Prognosis - answera prediction of the course of a disease
Sequela - answerthe aftermath of a particular disease
-iasis - answerstate or condition
idio- - answerpeculiar
Teratogenic Disorders - answerany agent that induces or increases the risk of
developmental abnormalities in the fetus
Congenital Disorder - answera disorder that is present at birth
Oncogene - answercancer causing gene
Hypoxia - answerlow oxygen levels
