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What is a visible evidence of disease called
signs
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What are high blood pressure, x-rays, and urinalysis examples of?
signs
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What is the abnormality of a function due to a disease felt by the patient called
symptoms
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what are fevers, headaches, diarrhea, and cramps examples of
symptoms
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What is it called when we use the signs and symptoms to determine which disease is affecting a patient
diagnosis
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what is it called when there is a collection of signs and symptoms, usually with a common cause that distinguishes a specific disease
syndrome
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what type of syndrom results in poor immunity, mental retardation, flat faces, sparce/straight hair, abnormal palm creases, and short in height
down's syndrome
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what is a result of abnormalitites of the 21st chromosome
down's syndrome
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what is it called when signs and symptoms appear suddendly, but only remain for a short time
acute disease
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what is it called when signs and symptoms develop slowly and last for a long time, possibly foreer
chronic disease
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what is the reversal of a chronic condition called
remission
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what is it called when a disease has an undetermined cause
idiopathic
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what is the pattern a disease follows called
pathogenesis
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what are the 3 stages of pathogenesis
- latent period
- disease period
- conalescence period
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what is the first stage of pathogenesis
latent period
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what is the second stage of pathogenesis
disease period
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what is the third stage of pathogenesis
covalescence period
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what pathogenesis period is where a pathogen enters the body and starts reproducing
latent period
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what pathogenesis period is where the patient becomes symptomatic
disease
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what pathogenesis period is the patient recovery time
convalescence
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what is it called when a disease and can passed person to person
communicable disease
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what is the study of occurrence, distribution, and transmission of disease called
epidemiology
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what is a disease occuring in a specific lacation based on geography and climate called
endemic disease
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what is a disease that spreads to many people at the same time, in the same region or area called
epidemic
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what is a disease that spreads to many people at the same time over a larger region, possibly worldwide
pandemic
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what is the branc of U.S. Public health agency that tracks the incidence and spread of world wide disease called
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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