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What is the study of the structural and functional causes of human disease called?
Pathology
What is an indication of some fact or quality that is detected by a physician during a physical examination of a patient?
Sign
Which term refers to a departure from normal function or feeling noticed by a patient, indicating the presence of disease or abnormality?
Symptom
What is the expected outcome of a disease, representing the clinician's estimate of the severity and possible result?
Prognosis
What is any abnormal tissue found on or in an organism, usually damaged by disease or trauma?
Lesion
What is the classification of disease that includes inflammatory, drug induced, metabolic, vascular, and infective diseases?
Acquired
What term refers to an objective indication of some medical fact or quality that is detected by a physician during a physical examination of a patient?
Sign
What does the term 'pathology' mean in Greek?
Study of disease
What is the study of the structural and functional causes of human disease?
Pathology
What term refers to the expected outcome of a disease, representing the clinician's estimate of the severity and possible result?
Prognosis
Learn about the study of the structural and functional causes of human disease, including the classification of diseases including congenital, acquired (inflammatory, drug induced, metabolic, vascular, infective), and more.
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