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Pathology
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Study of disease
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Etiology
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The cause of the disease
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Pathogenisis
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Manner in which the disease deveops
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Disease
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When infection results in change of health
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Symptoms
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Subjective changes in body (pain)
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Signs
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Measurable changes in body
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Syndrome
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Specific group of signs that accompany a specific disease
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Transient microbiota
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Microbes that are present then disappear
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Competitive exclusion
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Normal flora prevents overgrowth of harmful bacteria
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Incidence
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Number of people who get a new case of the disease in a given time period
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Prevalence
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New and old cases
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Endemic disease
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Constantly in a population
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Focal infection
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Agents of a local infection enter blood or lymph and spread to another specific part of the body
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Subclinical infection
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Doesn't cause any noticeable illness
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Period where there are mild symptoms of disease
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Podromal period
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