VB SC 050S Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Mycoplasmataceae, Uracil, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
2 Oct 2016
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Health: the state of the organism when it functions optimally without evidence of disease or abnormality (slides: stedman"s concise medical dictionary for the health. Disease: an interruption, cessation or disorder of body functions, systems, or organs (slides: stedman"s concise medical dictionary for the health professions 3rd ed. ) Pathologic: of or relating to pathology; altered or caused by disease. Latent period: the state or period of living or developing in a host without producing symptoms; the time or period between exposure to a disease-causing agent or process and the onset of symptoms or disease. Incubation period: the period between the infection of an individual by a pathogen and the manifestation of the disease it causes. Epidemiology: a branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population. Miasma: a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease. Cholera: a serious disease that causes severe vomiting and diarrhea and that often results in death.
