| A | B |
|---|
| deficiency | lack or defect |
| degenerative | pertaining to deterioration |
| developmental | abnormal development of body part |
| essential | cause unknown |
| familial | affecting other family members |
| functional | disturbance of function w/out abnormality |
| hereditary | genetically transmitted parent to offspring |
| idiopathic | unknown cause |
| infectious | caused by infection |
| molecular | abnormality of single molecule |
| neoplastic | new, abnormal, uncontrolled growth |
| nutritional | insufficient or excessive dietary factors |
| organic | abnormality in bodily structure |
| traumatic | caused by injury:physical, chemical or psychological |
| acquired | not born with disease |
| acute | short and severe course |
| asymptomatic | having no symptoms |
| chronic | persisting over a long time |
| congenital | present at birth |
| disabling | causes impairment of normal function |
| end-stage | progressively deteriorating to terminal functional impairment |
| intermittent | symptoms come at intervals |
| malignant | progresses to death |
| neonatal | affecting newborns, especially premature |
| paroxysmal | sudden recurrence or intensification |
| progressive | advancing from bad to worse |
| recurrent | reappearing after going away |
| relapsing | reappearing after going away |
| remissive | most of all symptoms have gone |
| sequela | abnormality which continues after original disease has resolved |
| subacute | between acute and chronic |
| terminal | expected to end in death |
