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1. Health Physical, mental, and social well-being
2. Disease Deviation from the normal state of homeostasis
3. Disease Preven- Maintaining routine vaccination programs
tion Participation in screening programs
Community health programs
Regular routine doctor visits
4. Pathophysiology Functional (physiologic) changes in the body as a result from disease
5. Diagnosis Identification of a specific disease
6. Cause Causative factors in a particular disease
7. Predisposing Tendencies that promote development of a disease in an individual
Factors
8. Precipitating Fac- Condition that triggers an acute episode
tor
9. Pathogenesis Development of the disease
10. Remission Manifestations of the disease subside or are absent
11. Complications New secondary or additional problems
12. Therapy Treatment measures to promote recovery or slow the progress of a disease
13. Latent State No symptoms or clinical signs evident
14. Gross Level Organ or system level
15. Microscopic Lev- Cellular Level
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16. Biopsy Excision of small amounts of living tissue
17. Incubation Peri- Time of exposure to a microorganism and onset of signs and symptoms
od
18. Prodromal Peri- Early development of a disease
od Signs nonspecific or absent
19. Syndrome Collection of sign and symptoms
Often affects more than one organ
20. Convalescence Period of Recovery
21. Prognosis Probability for recovery or other outcome
22. Rehabilitation Maximizing function of diseased tissues
23. Epidemiology Science of identifying the causative factors and tracking the pattern or occurrence
of disease
24. Morbidity Indicates the number of people with a disease within a group
25. Mortality Indicates the number of deaths resulting from a particular disease within a group
26. Epidemic Occur when a higher than expected number of cases of an infectious disease
occur within a given area
27. Pandemic Involve a higher number of cases in many regions of the globe
28. Incidence Number of new cases in a given population within a specified time period
29. Prevalence Number of new and old or existing cases in a specific population within a specified
time period
30. Tracked by incidence and prevalence