Medical Terminology Word List 1

The invasion of the body by a pathogenic or disease producing organism.

• Exudate

• Infection

• Inflammation

• Malaise

To determine a disease or illness through a medical examination.

• Differential diagnosis

• Prognose

• Diagnose

• Examination

A disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first; Alzheimer's disease is an example.

• Acronym

• Syndrome

• Differential diagnosis

• Eponym

Temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure is

• Chronic

• Acute

• Disease

• Remission

Bradycardia is a

• sign

• symptom

Chest pain is a

• sign

• symptom

New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic

• Chronic

• Disease

• Acute

• Syndrome

A condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.

• Malaise

• Inflammation

• Infection

• Syndrome

A prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder.

• Diagnosis

• Differential diagnosis

• Remission

• Prognosis

What is a set of the signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process?

• Disease

• Inflammation

• Syndrome

• Subjective