Med Term-Ch2-Terms
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- Study of the cause of disease is called?
- Etiology
- Measures Metabolic rate?
- PET
- Diagnostic use of sound waves?
- Ultrasound
- The study of disease?
- Pathology
- Acronym of "computed axial tomography"?
- CAT
- Determination of the nature of the disease?
- Diagnosis
- Forecast of the cause or outcome of a disease?
- Prognosis
- Diagnostic procedure using a flexible probe and camera?
- Endoscopy
- Adjective meaning a disease that is induced by medical treatment?
- iatrogenic
- Adjective meaning of a disease of unknown cause?
- idiopathic
- A condition following and resulting from a disease?
- Sequelae
- A response to a trauma that is marked by symptoms of redness, swelling,heat and pain?
- Inflammation
- The multiplication of parasitic organisms within the body, such as bacteria, viruses and fungi?
- Infection
- A state of the body in which homeostasis has faltered due to any cause?
- disease
- Adjective describing a disease of long duration, usually with a slow progression?
- Chronic
- Adjective describing a disease of short duration and often with a sharp/severe effect?
- Acute
- A wound or Injury?
- Trauma
- A feeling or mental experience perceiving any stimulus?
- Sensation
- An abnormality that is discovered by an examination?
- Sign
- An appearance or sensation experienced by a patient that deviates from normal/healthy state?
- Symptom