| A | B |
|---|
| Diagnosis | Determination of cause of disease |
| Prognosis | Probable outcome of disease |
| Acute | Rapid onset, severe, short duration |
| Chronic | Disease last for long time |
| Pathogen | Microorganism that causes disease |
| Nonpathogen | Microorganism that doesn't cause disease |
| Bacteria | One-celled organism, microscopic, causes disease in man |
| Fungus | Parasitic plant, some are pathogenic |
| Virus | Infectious agents that grow by invading living cells where they reproduce |
| Mumps | has swollen parotid glands |
| Chickenpox | highly contagious, has fever and pustules |
| Rubella | has fever and diffuse, fine, red rash |
| Rabies | Acute infection transmitted to humans by blood, tissue, or saliva of an infected animal |
| Shingles | Has painful skin eruptions that follow route of underlying nerve |
| Infectious disease | Illness caused by pathogenic organism |
| Communicable disease | transmitted from one person to another |
| Nosocomial disease | acquired in hospital |
| Contaminated | Possible presence of infectious agents |
| Anemia | Low # of red blood cells |
| Arthritis | Inflammation condition of joints |
| Afebrile | No fever |
| Aneurysm | Balloon-like enlargement of artery |
| Angina | chest pain |
| Asthma | Chronic, has episodes of dyspnea, coughing and wheezing due to contractions in bronchi |
| Benign | Not life threatening |
| Biopsy | Removal of smallpeice of tissue to exam to establish if malignant |
| Cataract | Cloudiness of lens of eye |
| Cholesterol | Fatty substance that circulates in bloodstream |
| Cerebrovascular Accident | Stroke, bleed in brain due to rupture of artery |
| Contracture | Shortening of muscles making muscles resistant to stretching |
| Cardiac arrest | heart stops |
| Dialysis | Procedure to remove waste from blood when kidneys can no longer do it |
| Dementia | Multiple cognitive defects including forgetfulness |
| Diaphoretic | sweating |
| Edema | Excessive fluid causing swelling |
| Enuresis | bedwetting |
| Epistaxis | nosebleed |
| Epilepsy | Group of neurological disorders, has recurrent seizures |
| Etiology | Study of causes of diseases |
| Febrile | fever |
| Halitosis | bad breath |
| Hemiplegia | weakness of the lower half |
| Hernia | Protrusion of an organ through the muscle wall |
| Hypertension | High blood pressure |
| hypotension | Low blood pressure |
| Influenza | flu |
| Lethargy | Extreme sleepiness, hard to arouse |
| Leukemia | Malignancy where you have decreased white blood cells |
| Myocardial infarction | heart attack |
| Malignant | Tending to spread and become life threatening |
| Nocturia | excessive urination at night |
| Pneumonia | acute inflammation of lungs with exudate |
| Pacemaker | Implanted electronic device to regulate heartbeat |
| Palliative | Substance to ease painor severity of disease but not cure it |
| Palpitation | Pounding or racing heart |
| Quadriplegia | Paralysis of all four extremities |
| Sepsis | Infection throughout body in blood stream |
| Scoliosis | abnormal lateral curvature of the spine |
| Syncope | dizziness, fainting spell |
| tinnitus | Ringing in the ears |
| Tremors | involuntary shaking or trembling |
| Upper respiratory infection | cold |
