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human disease
Definition: A disease is a particular abnormal condition (anomaly - anomalies ), a disorder of a structure or function , that affects part or all of an organism.
The study of diseases is pathology.
The classification of diseases is nosology.
The study of the causes of diseases is etiology.
The study of the mechanisms of diseases is physiopathology.
Syndromes
Diseases differ from syndromes.
Causes
The study of the causes of diseases forms the etiology.
Mechanisms of diseases
The study of the mechanisms of diseases is physiopathology.
Etiological classification of diseases
genetic diseases, grouping chromosomal diseases and genic diseases
infectious diseases caused by infections / infection and infectious agents
dysimmune diseases caused by dysimmunity
environmental diseases caused by environment , toxics , drugs
nutritional diseases caused by nutritional anomalies
degenerative diseases caused by senescence and ageing / aging
tumoral diseases ( tumors )
Physiopathological classification
developmental anomalies (malformations )
metabolic diseases
inflammatory diseases
degenerative diseases / senescence
tumoral diseases ( tumors )
Localizations of diseases
Diseases affect systems and organs
diseases of nervous system
diseases of digestive system
diseases of respiratory system
diseases of urogenital system
diseases of locomotory system
diseases of the skin / cutaneous diseases
Systems in human keywords
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Diseases in humpath keywords
Diseases
Disease localizations
Localization
systemic diseases
localized diseases (diseases of a structure)
- diseases of systems
- diseases of organs
- diseases of tissues (tissular pathology )
- diseases of cells (cellular pathology )
- diseases of cellular organelles (cellular pathology )
- diseases of molecules (molecular pathology )
See also
communicable diseases ( infectious diseases )
non-communicable diseases (non-communicable diseases )
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References
Wright A, Charlesworth B, Rudan I, Carothers A, Campbell H. A polygenic basis for late-onset disease. Trends Genet. 2003 Feb;19(2):97-106. PMID: 12547519
Reich DE, Lander ES. On the allelic spectrum of human disease. Trends Genet. 2001 Sep;17(9):502-10. PMID: 11525833