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Etiology (Etiologic Agent)
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What causes the disease
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Pathogenesis
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Series of steps that lead to the disease/final result
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Symptoms
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No one but you can tell/see (i.e. nausea)
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Signs
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Something someone else can observe (i.e. rash, hypertension)
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Remission
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Particularly for long term diseases, means disease is getting better
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Exacerbation
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Again for long term diseases, means disease is getting worse
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Acute
Subacute |
Abrupt, short term
longer than acute, shorter than chronic |
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Chronic
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Long-lasting
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Complication
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Problems that arise and make the condition worse
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Sequela
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An after-event, when a person recovers but then suffers something related to the initial cause
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Parenchyma
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Very commonly used word; cells that do the job of a specific organ (i.e. in thinking, neurons are the parenchyma cells)
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Stroma
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Very commonly used word; supportive cells of a specific organ (i.e. in thinking, blood cells would be some of the stroma)
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Healing
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It's the recovery of something approaching normal function but doesn't come to perfect restoration of function
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Resolution
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Perfect restoration of function
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Epidemiology
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Study of epidemics; study of distribution of disease in a population
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