Health and Disease Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
What is the aetiology?
A
cause of disease
2
Q
What is the pathogenesis?
A
how the disease develops
3
Q
What are signs?
A
What the doctor sees on examination
4
Q
What are symptoms?
A
What the patient experiences
5
Q
Define diagnosis
A
Determining the nature and cause of disease or injury
6
Q
Define prognosis
A
A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease
7
Q
Give the 6 classifications of disease
A
- growth
- unnatural
- degenerative
- developmental
- inflammatory
- circulatory
