Terms + Vocabulary To Learn Flashcards
1
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Hyper
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Greater than normal
2
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Hypo
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Less than normal
3
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Amelia/emia
A
Related to the blood
4
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Uria
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In the urine
5
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Glycol
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Related to glucose
6
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Eg. Hypoglacaemic
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Low blood glucose levels
7
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Define atieology
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Cause of disease
8
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Pathogenesis
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How it develops
9
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Symptoms
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What the patient feels
10
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Sign
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Our observations
11
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Diagnosis
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- Define abnormality consistently
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Prognosis
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Predict outcome
13
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Natural history
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Observational study to track the course of a disease
14
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Types of disease
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- Natural + unnatural
15
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Types of natural disease
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- Inflammation: living tissue is injured → tissue insults (damages) → protects against further damage
- circulatory disturbances:abnormalities of flow, vessel wall + components of blood (myocardial infraction)
- disorders of growth: abnormal cell growth
