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Disease : condition where normal structure and/or function are damaged or impaired Infection : invasion of pathogen or parasite that lead to disease evidence for infection come from: : signs and symptoms signs : things that can be directly measured by clinician symptoms : things felt by the patient that cannot be clinically measured Syndrome : groups of signs & symptoms that help direct towards diagnosis/indicate a particular disease 2 | P a g e Some patients are asymptomatic/subclinical, this means? : only signs can be observed thru correct testing -patient w herpes & no symptoms cyto- : cell hepat- : of the liver -pathy : disease -emia : of the blood -itis : inflammation -lysis : destruction 3 | P a g e -oma : tumor -osis : diseased or abnormal condition -derma : of the skin WHO's International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is used globally to: : classify and monitor diseases Diseases can be : Infectious, Non-Infectious, Communicable, Non-communicable, Iatrogenic, Nosocomial, Zoonotic Infectious : disease caused by direct effect of a pathogen Non-infectious : not caused by a pathoge