Pathology for Mortuary Science Chapter 2 Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+
Acquired - Answers a condition that presents itself after birth
Acute - Answers a disease have a rapid onset and s short duration
Allergies - Answers having a hypersensitivity to a substance that does not normally cause a
reaction
Chronic - Answers a disease with a more or less slow onset and long duration cleft palate-
congenitally malformed palate with fissure along the mid line.
Communicable - Answers a disease that may be transmitted directly or indirectly from one
individual to another
Complication - Answers an unfavorable condition arising during the course of disease
Congenital - Answers condition existing at the time of birth or shortly there after.
Deficiency - Answers disease due to lack of dietary or metabolic substance
Diagnosis - Answers term denoting the naming of the disease or syndrome
Endemic - Answers higher than normal appearance of an infections disease or condition within
a given population. when the infection is maintained in the population without the need for
external inputs ex: chickenpox
Epidemic - Answers a disease that is currently in higher than normal number. in a given human
population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent
experience
Etiology - Answers the study of the cause of disease
Exacerbation - Answers increase severity of a disease
febrile - Answers pertaining to or characterized by fever
Fulminating - Answers having rapid and serve onset, usually fatal
Functional - Answers a condition or disease in which there is no recognizable change in
anatomy
Hereditary - Answers disease is one based on genetic characteristics transmitted from parent to
offspring
Iatrogenic - Answers induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by a medical treatment
or diagnostic procedures
Acquired - Answers a condition that presents itself after birth
Acute - Answers a disease have a rapid onset and s short duration
Allergies - Answers having a hypersensitivity to a substance that does not normally cause a
reaction
Chronic - Answers a disease with a more or less slow onset and long duration cleft palate-
congenitally malformed palate with fissure along the mid line.
Communicable - Answers a disease that may be transmitted directly or indirectly from one
individual to another
Complication - Answers an unfavorable condition arising during the course of disease
Congenital - Answers condition existing at the time of birth or shortly there after.
Deficiency - Answers disease due to lack of dietary or metabolic substance
Diagnosis - Answers term denoting the naming of the disease or syndrome
Endemic - Answers higher than normal appearance of an infections disease or condition within
a given population. when the infection is maintained in the population without the need for
external inputs ex: chickenpox
Epidemic - Answers a disease that is currently in higher than normal number. in a given human
population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent
experience
Etiology - Answers the study of the cause of disease
Exacerbation - Answers increase severity of a disease
febrile - Answers pertaining to or characterized by fever
Fulminating - Answers having rapid and serve onset, usually fatal
Functional - Answers a condition or disease in which there is no recognizable change in
anatomy
Hereditary - Answers disease is one based on genetic characteristics transmitted from parent to
offspring
Iatrogenic - Answers induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by a medical treatment
or diagnostic procedures
