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| examination of tissue specimens, excision of very small amounts of living tissue |
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| an area of necrotic tissue that has been invaded by bacteria |
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| balanced, stable, internal environment |
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| reduced oxygen in the tissue, oxygen deficiency |
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| when a treatment, procedure, or error in medical care cause a disease |
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| when the cause of a disease is unknown |
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| swelling, redness, and pain |
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| deficit of oxygen in the cells |
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| dissolution, releasing destructive lysosomal enzymes into the tissue |
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| destructive enzymes which cause inflammation as well as damage to nearby cells |
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| living organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye |
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| structural changes in the nucleus and in the cell |
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| involves the study of functional or physiological changes in the body taht result from disease processes |
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| identification of a specific disease through evaluation of signs and symptoms, tests, or other tools |
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causative factors in a particular disease
ie: congenital defects, genetic disorders |
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| encompass the tendencies that promote development of a disease in an individual; idicates a high risk |
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| closely linked to etiology and predisposing for a specific disease ie. vaccination, dietary or lifestyle manifestations etc |
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| refers to the development of the disease or the sequence of events involved in the tissue changes related to the specific disease process |
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| of a disease, may be sudden and obvious (acute) |
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| gradual progression w/vague or very mild signs |
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| milder condition developing gradually ie. rhuematoid arthritis |
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| exists in some conditions where pathologic changes occur, but no obvious manifestations are exhibited by the patient for ex. kidney damage may progress to an advanced stage of renal failure before signs are manifested |
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| in which no clinical signs are evident (incubation period)-time between exposure and onset of signs and symptoms |
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| subjective, what the patient's feeling |
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| the time in the early development of a disease when one is aware of a change in the body, but signs are nonspecific ex. fatigue, no appetite, headahce |
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| objective ex: bP, T, labs |
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| collections of signs and symptoms that usually occur together in response to a certain condition |
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| lab tests that assist in the diagnosis of a specific disease |
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| remisssions and exacerbations |
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| may make the course or progress of a disease, during remission the manifestations of a disease subside during exacerbation manifestations increase |
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| condition that triggers an acute episode ex. seizure in an individual w/epilepsy |
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| problems arise after original disease begins |
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| interventions, treatment measures used to promote recovery |
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| potentially unwanted outcomes of the primary condition |
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| likelyhood of what is going to happen |
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| tracking pattern or occurence of dieasese |
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| many cases of an infectious disease in an area |
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| many cases of an infectious disease worldwide |
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| tracks by prevalence and incidence |
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