Dental Terminology Ch. 5

• dis: away from
• infec: invade
• ultra: above, beyond
• son: sound
• -ic: pertaining to
• -al: relating to
• path/o: disease
• gen: birth, producing
• germ: microorganism
• -cide: to kill
• endo: within
• -ous: pertaining to
• -tion: condition/state of
• objective symptoms/signs


  evidence observed by someone other than the patient
• subjective symptoms


  evidence of a disease as reported by the patient
• syndrome

  an assortment fo signs and symptoms
• pathology

  study of disease
• etiology


  cause of a disease
• diagnosis

  denoting name of disease
• prognosis


  prediction about the course of disease
• acute


  describes immediate symptoms
• chronic


  condition present over a long period of time
• remission


  temporary or permanent cessation of a severe condition
• epidemic


  a disease that affects a large number of people within a community
• pandemic


  epidemic that's spread over multiple countries/continents
• endemic


  problem that belongs to a particular people or country and is ongoing
• outbreak


  greater-than-anticipated increase in the number of endemic cases
• exogenous


  causing illness outside the body
• endogenous


  illness being caused from inside the body
• congenital


  refers to condition inherited from parents
• degenerative


  refers to conditions resulting from natural aging of the body
• opportunistic


  disease/infection occurring when body resistance is lowered
• nosocomial


  diseases passed on from patient to patient in healthcare setting
• aerobic


  designates bacteria that require oxygen to live
• facultative aerobes


  bacteria that can live in the presence of oxygen but do not require it
• obligate or strict aerobes


  bacteria that cannot survive without oxygen
• diphtheria


  a type of bacteria that cannot survive without oxygen
• anaerobic


  bacteria that do not need oxygen for survival
• facultative anaerobes


  bacteria that grow best without oxygen but can survive in its presence
• obligate or strict anaerobes


  bacteria that cannot live in the presence of oxygen