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| Pathology | the study of the structure and function of the body as it is affected by disease |
| Gross Pathology | studies changes in the structure and function of the body which can be observed with the unaided eye |
| Microscopic, Cellular, or Histo-Pathology | studies changes which occur in cells of the body at the microscopic level |
| General Pathology | deals with general or broad disease processes, such as necrosis or inflammation, which may affect the entire body |
| Special Pathology | studies disease processes affecting individual body areas or systems, ie diseases of the skin |
| Pathological Anatomy | deals with the study of tissues which have been removed from the body for pathological study |
| Clinical Pathology | deals with the laboratory study of, and the performance of standardized tests on, body fluids and secretions, ie urine tests |
| Autospy | refers to the examination of the body after death to determine the cause of death |
| Post-mortem examination | term used synonymously with autospy |
| Necropsy | Greek word meaning "state of death" |
| Disease | any change in the structure or function of the body as a result of injury to the tissues |
| Acute Disease | a disease with a relatively rapic onset |
| Chronic Disease | refers to a disease with a slower onset and generally a longer duration |
| Fulminating Disease | an acute disease which is particularly severe and sudden in its onet, and often proves fatal |
| Recurrent | disease that show alternating increases and decreases in their symptoms |
| Contagious Disease | disease that are easily transmitted from one person to another |
| Infectious Disease | disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms |
| Infestation | refers to the presence of macroscopic organisms in or on the body |
| Idiopathic Disease | a disease in which the cause of the disease is not known |
| Endemic Disease | disease that are always present to some degree in a give area or community |
| Sporadic Disease | diseases which are found to occur only occasionally in a community |
| Epidemic Disease | disease which affect a much larger than normal number of people in the community at one time |
| Pandemic Disease | a disease that affect the majority of the population in a very large area, possibly even the world |
| Prevalence | refers to the number of cases of a disease within a certain population at a given time |
| Acquired Disease | is often used to categorize any disease which was obtained after birth |
| Congenital Disease | disease which is present at birth |
| Heriditary Disease | a disease that results form the fact that a person inherited some sort of abnormal genes from his/her parents |
| Febrile Disease | disease that is characterized by fever |
| Intoxicating Disease | disease characterized by the presence of poisons or other toxic substances |
| Deficiency Disease | disease characterized by teh lack of some essential dietary ingredient |
