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| identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon |
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| induced by a physician's words or therapy |
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| rapid onset and short duration of disease |
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| relating to the stage in the development of a disease before the symptoms are observed |
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| the initial period in the development of disease before the acute symptoms occur |
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| a group of signs and symptoms charachteristics of a specific disorder |
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| an abatement in intensity or degree |
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| Factors that causes or triggers the onset of a disorder, illness, accident, or behavioural response. |
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| The treatment of disease, |
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| A diseased condition or state, the incidence of a disease or of all diseases in a population. The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year |
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| The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states and events in populations and the control of health problems, the study of epidemic disease. |
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| An epidemic that affects awide geographic area. |
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| The proportion of individuals in a population having a disease |
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| Notifiable (reportable) Diseases |
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diseases, usually of an infectious nature, whose occurrence is required by law to be made known to a health officer or local government authority.
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| cause or origin of disease or abnormality |
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Factors or conditions that render an individual vulnerable to a disease or disorder.
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| The origin and development of disease. |
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| diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care. |
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| present but hidden and inactive |
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| Something that manifest or constitutes on expression of something else: a perceptible, outward or visible expression. |
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| manifestations of disease and pathological conditions which may occur in various diseases and different organs |
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routine
diagnostic procedures, such as laboratory tests and x-rays, routinely performed on all individuals or specified categories of individuals in a specified situation, e.g., patients being admitted to the hospital. These include routine tests administered to neonates. |
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| An increase in the severity of a disease of its symptoms. |
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| A condition following as a consequence of a disease. |
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| A forecast as to the probable outcome of an attack or disease, the prospect as to recovery from a disease as indicated by the nature and symptoms of the case. |
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| disease occuring at ahigher rate in a certain population for a give amount of time |
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1 An act or the fact or manner of falling upon or affecting.
2 rate, range or amount of occurrence or influence. |
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| Any disease that is transmissible by infection or contagion directly or through the agency of a vector. |
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