10 Questions
What is the scientific study of disease?
Pathology
What is the cause of disease?
Etiology
What is the invasion and/or colonization of the body by a pathogenic organism?
Infection
What do we call the state when an infection results in a change from the normal healthy state of an individual?
Disease
What do we call the microbes that do not usually cause disease but under certain conditions they do?
Opportunistic microbes
What is the term for the process of how disease develops?
Pathogenesis
What do we call the microbes that do not usually cause disease but under certain conditions they do?
Opportunistic microbes
What is the term for the living together between two or more species?
Symbiosis
What do we call the state when an infection results in a change from the normal healthy state of an individual?
Disease
What is the scientific study of disease?
Pathology
Test your knowledge of pathology with this quiz on the fundamentals of disease, including etiology, pathogenesis, infection, and the concept of transient microbes. Challenge yourself to understand the key concepts in the study of diseases and infections.
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