Pathology Terms & Infectious disease

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Acute

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Rapid onset, brief but can be severe

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Chronic

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Prolonged, long term, can be low intensity

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Co-morbid

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Coexistence of two or more disease processes

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Complication

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Process or event that occurs during the course of a disease that is not an essential part of that disease

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Contraindicated

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An intervention that may have a negative outcome in a given condition

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Demographic

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Identified group of people in which information is gathered

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Diagnosis

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Determination of the nature of disease, injury or defect

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Endemic

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Pattern of disease limited to a certain population or area

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Epidemic

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Widespread outbreak of a contagious disease

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Idiopathic

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Disease of unknown origin

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Incidence

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Total # of new cases of people falling ill with a specified disease at a particular point in time

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Indication

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Intervention that is likely to have a positive outcome in a given condition

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Lesion

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Pathologic change in tissue

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Local

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Limited area of the body

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Morbidity

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Diseased state; ratio of sick to well people

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Mortality

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Death rate for a specific disease

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Pandemic

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Global outbreak of a contagious disease

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Prevalence

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Total # of existing cases of a disease at a particular point in time

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Prodrome

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Early or predictive symptom of disease

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Prognosis

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Expected outcome of a disease or disorder

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Sequela

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Condition following the consequence of a disease

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Sign

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Observable indication of a disease

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Symptom

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Experience relating to a disease

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Syndrome

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Collection of signs and symptoms associated with a disease

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Systemic

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Whole body involvement

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Trauma

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Physical or mental injury

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Prion

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Only agent thats incurable

Infects host like virus but are made of only protein

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Virus

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Made of protein and rna or dna

Cannot replicate outside cell

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Bacteria

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Beneficial to humans

Includes staphylococcus infections

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Fungi

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Example is ringworm

Includes yeast and mold infections

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Animal parasites

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An animal that lives in or on host

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Vesicle

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Blister

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Staphylococcus

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Group of bacteria that colonize skin and nasal passages

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Pustule

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Small bump containing pus

pimple

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Stephtococcus

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Bacteria associated with strep throat, impetigo, and toxic shock syndrome

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Lymphangitis

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Infection of the lymphatic vessels

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Verruca

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Wart

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Mycosis

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Disease caused by fungus

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Tinea

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Fungal infection of the skin, hair, nails

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Kerion

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Secondary bacterial infection of tinea, Leading to raised, spongy lesion

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Callus

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Thick,white skin

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Mites

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Micro scopic arthropods that cause skin lesions called scabies

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Lice

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Wingless insects that live in the head hair also can be on the body

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Dermatophyte

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Fungus that causes superficial infection of the skin, hair, nails

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Herpes simplex

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Lesions around the mouth type 1

Genital herpes type 2

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Prodrome

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Earlier predictive symptom of the disease

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Stenosis

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Abnormal narrowing of any canal or orfice

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Subacute

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Between acute and chronic; stage in healing or tissue repair