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Pathogenesis - Answer-manner in which disease develops gross anatomy - Answer-studies the structural changes brought about by disease as seen by the naked eye clinical pathology - Answer-study of excretions, secretions & other body fluids for the purpose of diagnosing disease. The laboratory diagnosis of disease physiological pathology - Answer-studies the changes in function brought about by disease rudolph Virchow - Answer-the father of cellular pathology lesion - Answer-any recognizable change in anatomy or structure of the tissues that can be caused by disease. the pathological change in an organ or tissue symptoms - Answer-subjective complaints experienced by the directly measurable ex: pain, dizziness,itching. signs - Answer-objective,measurable manifestations of disease: fever,blood pressure, abnormal pulse. febrile disease - Answer-any disease characterized by fever idiopathic disease - Answer-of unknown origin. ex; cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis (although there are theories) acute disease - Answer-rapid onset& short duration. ex TB, pneumonia chronic disease - Answer-slow onset & longer duration. ex ; arthritisiatrogenic disease - Answer-results from a physicians treatment. any adverse condition resulting from treatment by physician or surgeon fulminating disease - Answer-latin root meaning 'lightening flash'. refers to rapid, sudden and severe. often fatal organic disease - Answer-has readily identifiable characteristic lesion associated with it such as swollen glands, ulcerations during syphilis, inflammation of mucus membranes during strep throat etc functional disease - Answer-has no characteristic lesion. ex: migraine or various mental disturbances. no lesion exists, no anatomical or structural changes occur. nosocomial - Answer-pertains to a hospital. often refers to hospital acquired infection. prevalence - Answer-refers to number of new and old cases of a disease during a particular period. mortality rate - Answer-number of deaths per unit of population. morbidity rate - Answer-refers to number of cases of disease per unit of population Endemic disease - Answer-more or less present in the community. a disease or agent that is usually present in a population or geographical area at all times. the expected normal incidence of a condition in a certain geographical area or population epidemic disease - Answer-attacks a large number of the population in a community at the same time. one whose incidence is beyond that expected by a given population pandemic disease - Answer-occurs throughout the world sporadic disease - Answer-occurs in neither a endemic or epidemic form. occurring occasionally in a random or isolated rs involved in etiology (cause) of disease - Answer-age,race,nutritional status,gender,occupation, emotion & stress, environment, economic status. excitatory causes of disease - Answer-conditions that actually cause the disease. physical agents - Answer-heat/high temperature, cold/low temperature, electricity,x-rays. chemical agents - Answer-compounds that produce some type of cellular swelling; strong acids or bases,drugs,poisons, gases(carbon monoxide). infectious agents - Answer-these include various microorganisms viruses,bacteria and parasites adeno - Answer-gland ambi - Answer-both angio - Answer-vessel ante - Answer-before anti - Answer-against arthro - Answer-joint auto - Answer-self bio - Answer-life brach - Answer-arm brady - Answer-slow