Disease Terminology

Question 1

Symptom

Answer 1

Subjective evidence of a disease that can only be communicated by the patient

Question 2

Sign

Answer 2

Objective evidence of disease that can be evaluated or measured

Question 3

Syndrome

Answer 3

Set of the signs and symptoms that occur together as a part if a disease process

Question 4

Diagnosis

Answer 4

The identification of a disease

Question 5

Differential diagnosis

Answer 5

An attempt to determine which of several diseases could be causing the signs and symptoms

Question 6

Prognosis

Answer 6

The prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder

Question 7

Acute

Answer 7

Condition with rapid onset, severe course, and relatively short duration

Question 8

Chronic

Answer 8

Condition of long duration, could be controlled but rarely cured

Question 9

Remission

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Disease

Answer 10

A condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning normally

Question 11

Eponym

Answer 11

A disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first

Question 12

Acronym

Answer 12

A word from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound of phrase