Disease Processes
Terms
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- deficiency
- A lack or defect.
- degenerative
- Pertaining to degeneration. Going from normal to a lower or more dysfunctional form.
- developmental
- Result of abnormality in the development of tissue, an organ, or body part.
- essential
- Disease of unknown cause.
- familial
- Occurring in more members of a family than would be expected by chance.
- functional
- Disturbance of function without evidence of a structural or chemical abnormality.
- hereditary
- Genetically transmitted from parent to offspring.
- idiopathic
- Of unknown cause.
- infectious
- Caused by an infection.
- molecular
- Caused by abnormality in the chemical structure or concentration of a single molecule.
- neoplastic
- Any new and abnormal growth. (Progressive, uncontrolled)
- nutritional
- Due to nutritional factors.
- organic
- Due to a demonstrable abnormality in a bodily structure.
- traumatic
- Resulting from injury. (Physical, chemical, or psychological)
- acquired
- Patient was not born with the disease.
- acute
- Illness w/a short, severe coarse.
- asymptomatic
- Having no symptoms. (Discovered during exams performed for a different reason.)
- chronic
- Persisting over a long period of time.
- congenital
- Present at birth.
- disabling
- Causes impairment of normal function.
- end-stage
- Progressively deteriorating condition which has reached a point of terminal functional impairment of affected system.
- intermittent
- Causes symptoms at intervals.
- malignant
- Becoming progressively worse causing death.
- neonatal
- Diseases affecting newborns.
- paroxysmal
- Sudden recurrence or intensification of symptoms.
- progressive
- Advancing, going forward; going from bad to worse.
- recurrent
- Reappears after it has apparently gone away.
- relapsing
- Recurrent.
- remissive
- Most or all symptoms have gone away.
- sequela
- Abnormality or disease which results from and continues after the original disease has gone away.
- subacute
- An illness which is neither acute nor chronic.
- terminal
- Expected to end in death.