Ch 9: Terms

Question 1

Prophylactic

Answer 1

Medication or treatment used to prevent a disease from occurring

Question 2

Screening examination

Answer 2

One that occurs in the absence of any signs or symptoms. It involves examination of an asymptomatic individual to detect a given disease, typically by means of an inexpensive diagnostic test

Question 3

Sign

Answer 3

Objective evidence of a disease or of a patient’s condition as perceived by the patient’s examining physician

Question 4

Symptom

Answer 4

Subjective evidence of a disease or of a patient’s condition as perceived by the patient