chapter 2 terminology health

asymptomatic

a patient who shows no symptoms or signs of a disease is?

disablility

a permanent inability to perform certain activities or functions is call?

atteding physician

a physician on the medical staff of a hospital who admitts patients, directs their care and discharges them

exacerbation

a sudden worsening in the severity of the symptoms or signs is called?

sign

a symptom that can be seen or by a phyisian

sequela

an abnormal condition or complication that arises because of the original disease and remains after the orginal disease has been resolved is called?

remission

an improvement in the symptoms or signs of a disease without the underlying desease being cured is called?

symptom

any deviation from a healthy state that is experienced by a patient

infectious disease

disease caused by a pathogen.

nutritional disease

disease caused by lack of nutritious food ex. malnutrition

iatrogenic disease

disease caused by medicine or treatment given to the patient ex. wrong drugs or blood given to a patient; surgery on the wrong part

neoplastic disease

disease caused by the growth of a benign or malignant mass or tumor

nosocomial disease

disease caused ny exposure to an infection while a patient is the hospital ex surgical wound infection

idiopathic disease

disease having no identifiable or confirmed cause ex. SIDS

communicable disease

disease that is an infectious disease that is transmitted by direct or indirect contact with an infected person, animal or insect ex. gonorrhea, rabies, tuberculosis

pathogen

disease-causing microorganisms ex. fungus, virus bacterium

refractory

pertaining to a disease that does not respond well to treatment

therapeutic

pertaining to an action (from therapy or medicine) that results in improvement in the symptoms or signs of a disease

refractory

pertains to a disease that does not respond well to treatment

prognosis

predicted course or outcome of a disease

syndrome

set of symptoms and signs associated with one particular disease

palliative care

supportive medical and nursing care that keeps the patient comfortable but does not cure the disease

acute

symptoms and/or signs that are sudden in nature and severe in intensity are classified as?

subacute

symptoms and/or signs that are sudden in nature but less that severe in intensity are classified as?

chronic

symptoms and/or signs that continue for at least 3 months are classified as?

auscultation

using a thethoscope to listen to the heart, lungs or intestines

palpation

using fingers to feel masses or enlarged organs to detect tenderness or pain

percussion

using the finger of one hand to tap on the finger(s) of the other hand that is pread over a body cavity. (possible to listen to body sounds)