PATHO 370 Study Guide for Midterm complete future exam solution

PATHO 370 Study Guide for Midterm complete future exam solution Study Guide for Midterm  Latent period o The time between the exposure of tissue to injurious agent and the first appearance of signs and/or symptoms o Definitions 2: a period during an illness when signs/symptoms temporarily become mild or silent o In an infectious disease this is called incubation period  Etiology o The study of causes/reasons for phenomena o Identifies causal factors acting in concern that provoke a particular disease or injury o Idiopathic: cause is unknown o Iatrogenic: cause results from unintended or unwanted medical treatment  Ie: antibiotics cause a yeast infection  Specificity o Probability that a test will be negative when applied to a person without a particular condition  Ie: pregnancy test example: if you are not pregnant you want it to be very specific that you are not and give a negative result