Pathophysiology Terminology Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• communicable : capable of being transmitted from one person to another
• incidence : the number of new cases of a disease in a specific population
• idiopathic : denoting a disease of unknown cause
• acute : rapid onset, severe and short course
• exacerbation : aggravation of symptoms
• syndrome : the collection of signs and symptoms associated with a disease
• etiology : the science and study of the causes of disease
• iatrogenic : disease caused by an intervention
• insidious : gradually progresses
• latent : hidden, not active
• endemic : present among a group of people or a region of the world
• epidemic : the occurrence of cases of an illness in excess of normal expectancy
• morbidity : a diseased state
• systemic : relating to a system
• prognosis : a forecast of the probable course or outcome of the disease
• carrier : a person who harbors an infectious agent, has no symptoms but can infect others
• mortality : a fatal outcome
• pathogenesis : the mechanism resulting in the development of a disease
• predisposing : a tendency or susceptibility to disease
• chronic : long lasting
• disease : a disorder of body functions, systems or organs
• diagnosis : the determination of the nature of a disease
• remission : a lessening of symptoms
• epidemiology : the study of the distribution and determinants of health related events in populations