Disease Terms

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 a disease that can be evaluated or measured.

Question 3

Syndrome

Answer 3

sets of the signs and symptoms that occur together as a part of the 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

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 symptom of a disease without having achieved a cure.

Question 10

disease

Answer 10

condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning properly.

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 formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term or phrase.