| A | B |
|---|
| deficiency | A lack or defect |
| degenerative | Pertaining to deterioration. Going from a normal form to a lower or more dysfunctional form. |
| developmental | This is a type of disease which occurs as a result of some abnormality in the development of tissue, an organ or body part. |
| essential | This term is assigned to disease for which the cause is unknown. |
| familial | Occuring in or affecting more members of a family than would be expected by chance. |
| functional | This is due to a disturbance of function without evidence of a structural or chemical abnormality. |
| hereditary | This term means genetically transmitted from parent to offspring. |
| idiopathic | This also means of unknown cause, arising spontaneously. |
| infectious | A disease which is caused by an infection. |
| molecular | A disease caused by abnormality in the chemical structure or concentration of a single molecule. |
| neoplastic | Pertaining to any new and abnormal growth. |
| nutritional | A disease whose causation is due to nutritional factors, either insufficient or excessive dietary intake. |
| organic | A disease which is due to a demonstrable abnormality in a bodily structure. |
| traumatic | Resulting from some type of injury: physical, chemical, or psychological. |
| disease | any deviation from or interruption fo the normal structure or function of any part, organ or system. |
| syndrome | a combination of symptoms which occur together. |
| etiology | the cause or origin of a disease or disorder. |
| auscultation | listening to selected organs with a stethescope. |
| palpation | the act of feeling with the hand and fingers. |
| percussion | tapping with a finger on the body wall to try to detect variations in the sound over masses, fluid, or air pockets. |
| serology | tests reactions to antigens. |
| symptom | any distress, dysfunction, or abnormality whatsoever. |
