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| changes in structure and function observable with the unaided eye |
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| changes which occur in cells of the body at microscopic level |
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| deals with general or broad disease processes which affect the entire body or wide spread tissues and organs |
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| disease processes affecting individual body areas or systems |
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| the study of tissues which have been removed from the body for pathological study |
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| study of tissues removed during surgery |
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| study of tissue removed during an autopsy |
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| the laboratory study of body fluids/secretions |
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| studying the functional changes in the body resulting from disease |
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| Medico-legal Pathology (Forensic Pathology) |
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| field dealing with both the medical and legal issues surrounding death |
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| any change in the structure or function of the body as a result of injury to the tissues |
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| a disease with rapid onset and short duration |
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| disease with a slower onset and a longer duration |
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| an acute disease which is particularly severe and sudden in its onset, often proving fatal |
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| disease which show alternating increases and decreases in their symptoms |
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| those caused by pathogenic microorganisms |
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| the presence of of macroscopic organisms in the body |
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| visible to the unaided eye |
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| a disease for which the cause is unknown |
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| disease caused by one's work conditions |
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| diseases which are always present in a given area or community |
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| diseases which affect a much larger than normal number of people in a community at one time |
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| disease which affect the majority of the population in a very large area |
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| the number of cases of disease in a population at a given time |
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| any disease obtained after birth |
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| a disease present at birth |
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| a disease resulting from an abnormal gene acquired from ones parents |
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| a disease characterized by fever |
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| disease characterized by the presence of poisons or other toxic substances |
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| disease characterized by the lack of some essential dietary ingredient |
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| disease which results from a physicians treatment of a patient |
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| A condition resulting from a defect in formation, structure, or position of a body part |
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| absence of one or more limbs |
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| under development of a body part |
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| form of hypoplasia in which the proximal portions of the extremities are absent or poorly formed |
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| defect in the walls of the lower part of the spinal column, where the bones do not form properly , and may result in a protrusion of the spinal cord and membranes out of the spinal cavity |
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| an excess number of fingers or toes |
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| protrusion of an organ through the wall of the body cavity in which it is contained |
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| an abnormal tract or channel through the tissues, connecting one body cavity with another, or connecting a cavity with the surface of the body |
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| a sac-like structure, containing fluid or a semi-solid substance. |
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| genetic defect resulting in various degrees of mental retardation, a dwarfed physique, and certain characteristic abnormalities of the head and extremities |
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| structural changes produced in the tissues as a result of disease |
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subjective indications of the presence of disease in the body
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objective indication of the presence of disease
is observable by people besides the patient |
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| a group of symptoms or signs which usually appear together to indicate the presence of a particular disease |
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| the identification of a disease |
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| a prediction of the probable outcome of a disease |
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| a "let-up" in the severity of a disease, with diminished signs and symptoms |
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| a sudden increase in the severity of a disease |
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| any unfavorable condition which occurs during the course of a disease |
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| the study of the causes of disease |
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| the various changes a disease goes through, resulting in damaged structure and function of the cells of the body |
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| Factors that do not cause a disease, just make it more likely that a person will get it |
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| Exciting/Immediate Factors |
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| Factors that do cause a disease |
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| Predisposing Factors (list) |
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| age, race, sex, nutrition, occupation, stress and emotion, environment, economic status |
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| Exciting/Immediate Factors (list) |
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| living agents, trauma, physical agents, chemical agents, deficiencies, allergens, heredity |
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