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Language of Anatomy Vocabulary
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What does acute mean in disease terminology?
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Onset quick; short duration
2
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Define autoimmune disease.
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Body attacks its own tissue like a foreign antigen
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What characterizes a benign condition?
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Not cancerous; generally favorable survival
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Describe chronic disease.
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Slow onset; lifelong condition
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What is congenital in medical terms?
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Present at birth; genetic or environmental factors
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What does convalescence refer to?
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Recovery period after illness or injury
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What does debilitating describe in a disease context?
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Weakened or fatiguing effect
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Define endemic disease.
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Ongoing, restricted to a population/area
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What is endogenous origin?
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Originates from within the body
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What defines an epidemic?
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Sudden, widespread outbreak in a population/area
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What is etiology in medicine?
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Study of disease causes
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What does exogenous mean?
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Originates from outside the body
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What does genetic indicate about a disease?
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Inherited or passed from parents
14
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What is hypersensitivity?
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Exaggerated immune response to an antigen
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What does iatrogenic mean?
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Adverse condition from medical intervention
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Define idiopathic disease.
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Unknown cause (etiology)
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What does immunological pertain to?
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Antigen–antibody reaction
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What characterizes an infectious disease?
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Capable of causing infection
19
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What is inflammation?
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Redness, heat, fever, swelling due to inflammation
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What is ischemia?
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Deficiency in blood flow to tissue
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What does malaise describe?
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General uncomfortable feeling; illness feel
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What does malignant imply?
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Spreads; potentially life-threatening (cancerous)
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What is metabolic in medical terms?
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Disorder affecting normal metabolism
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Define metastasis.
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Cancer spread to other body parts
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What does neoplastic refer to?
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New abnormal tissue growth (benign or malignant)
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What is nosocomial infection?
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Hospital-acquired infection
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What does nutritional relate to?
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Body’s use of ingested food for energy and function
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What is an opportunistic pathogen?
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Causes disease when host immunity is weak
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Define pandemic.
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Large-scale global disease outbreak
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What is prophylaxis?
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Preventive measures against disease