Additional definitions

Acute meaning?

Acute: severe, but short term

Chronic meaning?

Chronic: long term

Degenerative disease

Structure or function that worsens with time

Etiology meaning

Etiology: the study of the cause of disease

Iatrogenic meaning

Iatrogenic: disease that occurs as a result of medical treatment

Idiopathic meaning

Idiopathic: disease with no identifiable cause

Genetic meaning

Genetic: a disease that is passed down through genes

Congenital meaning

Congenital: disease that is present from birth

Exacerbation meaning

Exacerbation: severity of disease made worse

Remission meaning and example

Remission: severity of the disease decreases

• Ex: no clinical signs of cancer

Local meaning

Local: contained within one area

Systemic meaning

Systemic: affecting the whole body

Pathogenesis meaning

Pathogenesis: how a disease develops

Prognosis meaning

Prognosis: expected outcome of the disease

Signs meaning

Signs: observable trait of disease noted by observer

Symptoms meaning and example

Symptoms: a subjective experience reported by the person with the disease

• Example: I feel hot, it hurts

Syndrome meaning

Syndrome: A combination of signs and symptoms that points to a disease

Risk factor meaning

Risk factor: Anything that increases the probability of developing a disease