Disease Terminology
Across
- 3. study of the causes of disease
- 4. prediction of disease course
- 5. the total number of cases of a disease in a given population at a certain time
- 6. a disease that may be transmitted between animals and humans
- 9. present from birth
- 10. caused by pathogenic organisms
- 14. presence of pus
- 15. equivalent to epidemic in humans
- 17. the number of new cases of a disease over a certain period
- 20. consequence of a disease
- 22. equivalent to endemic in humans
- 25. without symptoms
- 27. the ratio of sick animals to well in a population
- 28. a tender, fluid-filled pocket that forms in tissue, usually due to infection
Down
- 1. a disease-producing organism
- 2. harmful, life-threatening
- 5. a treatment that gives relief, usually without removing the cause of the disease
- 7. referring to a disease of spontaneous origin
- 8. severe, rapid onset with short duration
- 11. of long duration
- 12. ability of a microorganism to cause disease
- 13. death of a portion of the body
- 14. treatment to prevent disease
- 16. the treatment of disease
- 18. spread from one person to another
- 19. relating to fever
- 21. a bruise
- 23. subjective evidence of disease
- 24. visible, readily observed externally
- 26. a wound or injury