Basic Medical Terms to Describe Disease Conditions

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Objective evidence of a disease, such as fever ( can be evaluated or measured by the patient or others)

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Sign

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Subjective evidence of a disease, such as pain or a headache (Can be evaluated or meaasured only by the patient)

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Symptom

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A set of signs and symptomes that occur toghether as part of a disease process

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Syndrome

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The identification of a disease

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Diagnosis

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Also known as a rule out, is an attempt to determine which one of several possible diseases is causing the signs and symptomes.

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Differential Diagnosis

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A prediction of the prossible course and outcomes of a disease

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Prognosis

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Has a rapid onset, a severe course, and relitively short duration

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Acute

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Long duration. Diseases can be controlled but rarely cured

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Chronic

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Temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having acheived a cure

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Remission