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  • Mortality Rate: Number of deaths caused by a particular disease in a population.

  • Morbidity Rate: Incidence of sickness sufficient to stop normal daily activities of an individual.

  • Genome: Refers to the chromosomes in the body.

  • Physical Map: Determines the physical location of a particular gene on a specific chromosome.

  • Genetic Map: Used to assign distances between genetic markers.

  • Atrophy: Shrinkage of cells.

  • Hypertrophy: Increase in cell size.

  • Hypotrophy: Muscle fibers do not fully develop to their normal size.

  • Hyperplasia: Increase in the number of cells.

  • Dysplasia: Abnormal changes in mature cells.

  • Hypoxia: Decrease of oxygen in tissue.

  • Cell Injury: Sequence of events that occurs when stresses exceed the ability of cells to adapt.

  • Types of Cell Death: Includes necrosis, hypoxia, infarction.

  • Abscess: Collection of pus.

  • Hematoma: Collection of blood.

  • Homeostasis: Body's normal resting state.

  • Pathology: The study of disease.

  • Disease: Any abnormal disturbance of function or structure of the human body as a result of injury.

  • Pathogenesis: Sequence of events producing cellular changes.

  • Manifestation: Observable changes from pathogens.

  • Symptom: Subjective perception of the disease by the patient.

  • Sign: Objective manifestation detected by the physician during examination.

  • Syndrome: Group of signs and symptoms that characterize a specific abnormal disturbance.

  • Etiology: Study of the cause of a disease.

  • Nosocomial Infection: Disease acquired from a hospital.

  • Acute: disease of quick on set and last for a short period

  • Chronic: manifest more slowly, for a long time

  • Diagnosis: Identification of the disease.

  • Prognosis: Outcome prediction of the disease.

  • Morphology: Structure of cells and tissues.

  • Epidemiology: Investigation of diseases in large groups.

  • Endemic: disease of high prevalence in an area where a given causative agent is found

  • Epidemic: appearance of disease in great numbers.

  • Prevalence: number of cases found in a give population

  • Incidence: number of new cases found in a given period

  • Benign Tumors: Well-differentiated cells with uncontrolled growth.

  • Malignant Tumors: Loss of control of cell proliferation and differentiation, rapid growth, spreads, and invades.

  • Metastasis: Spread of malignant cells from the primary tumor.

  • Lesion: Cellular change in response to disease.

  • Hematogenous spread: Spread via blood.

  • Lymphatic spread: Spread via lymphatic system

  • Seeding: Cancerous cell that travel to a distant site

  • Asymptomatic: absence of symptoms

  • Iatrogenic reaction: adverse reaction

  • Idiopathic: no known cause

  • Sequelae: lasting effects

  • Wound: Injury of the soft parts with rupture skin.

  • Bleeding: Result of blood vessel destruction.