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a piece of bone is displaced below the level of the skull and compresses the
brain
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1 Etiology 2 silent or latent period
3 depressed fracture 4 Iatrogenic
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Terms in this set (50)
, Etiology cause(s) or reason(s) for a disease
Pathogenesis development of or evolution of a disease, from the
initial stimulus to the final stage of the disease
manifestations signs & symptoms
Idiopathic the causes of the condition are unknown
Iatrogenic disease/condition was caused unintentionally by a
medical treatment
risk factor if this etiological factor is present, the probability
of disease development is increased
clinical manifestations indications that the disease exists in a person
signs observed and measured through clinical
examination or by biochemical analysis or
diagnostic imaging
symptoms subjective feelings of an abnormality in the body;
reported by the affected individual
incubation period the interval between exposure to an injurious agent
and the first appearance of signs and symptoms
prodromal period the appearance of the first signs and symptoms -
onset of disease
acute phase disease reaches full intensity - greatest severity of
signs and symptoms