SAR HP 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Etiology, Comorbidity, Infographic

• School: Boston University
• Department: Health Physiology
• Course: SAR HP 320
• Professor: Lowenstein

Document Summary

Etiology: the science and study of the causes of disease and their mode of operation; the science of causes, causality; in common usage, the cause itself. Idiopathic: the cause of a condition is unknown. Pathogenesis: the pathologic, physiologic, or biochemical mechanism resulting in the development of a disease or morbid process. Mortality: the state of being subject to death. Prognosis: a forecast of the probable course and/or outcome of a disease. Signs: objective evidence of disease or physical disturbance; symptoms are subjective. Syndrome: the aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, together constituting the picture of the disease. Acute: referring to a health effect, usually of rapid onset, brief, not prolonged; sometimes loosely used to mean severe; referring to exposure, brief, intense, short-term; sometimes specifically referring to brief exposure of high intensity. Personal factors: gender identity, age, race, coping styles, past experiences, goals.