COMPLETE Terms

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physiology of altered health

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pathophysiology

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a disorder of structure or function

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disease

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what sets the disease process in motion. The cause.

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etiology

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the manner of development of a disease

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pathogenesis

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fundamental structure of cells or tissues

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morphology

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defects present at birth, which may not become evident until later in life

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congenital defects

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study and analysis of the distribution and determinants of health and disease conditions in defined populations

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epidemiology

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number of new cases arising in a population during a specified time

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incidence

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number of people in a population who have a disease at a given time

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prevalence

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number of deaths in a given area or period of time from a specific cause

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mortality

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the effects an illness has on a persons life

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morbidity

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Keeping disease from occurring by removing all risk factors

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primary prevention

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Early disease detection; thereby increasing opportunities for intervention

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secondary prevention

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educes negative impact of an already established disease

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tertiary prevention

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The consistency or repeatability of a measure

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test reliability

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The extent to which a concept or measure corresponds accurately to the real world

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test validity

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The proportion of true positives that are correctly identified

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test sensitivty

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The proportion of true negatives that are correctly identified

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test specificity

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The probability that subjects with a positive test truly have the disease

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positive predictive value (PPV)

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The probability that subjects with a negative test truly do not have the disease

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negative predictive value (NPV)

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(T/F) the higher the test specificity, the lower the test sensitivity

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True

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difference between a sign and a symptom

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a sign is objective evidence of a disease

a symptom is subjective evidence of a disease

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what is Sx

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signs and symptoms

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what is Hx

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history

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what is Dx

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diagnosis

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what is Tx

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treatment

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what is Px

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prognosis (expected outcome of a disease, rated from good to terminal)

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what is Rx

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prescripton