Disease Terms

Subjective evidence of a disease that can only be communicated by the patient.

Objective evidence of disease that can be evaluated or measured.

Set of the signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a disease process.

The identification of a disease.

An attempt to determine which of several diseases could be causing the signs and symptoms.

Prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder.

Condition with rapid onset, severe course and relatively short duration.

Condition of long duration, could be controlled but rarely cured.

temporary, partial or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure.

Condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning normally

A disease, structure, operation or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first.

A word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term or phase.