When determining the cause of a disease, it is referred to as "etiology." Etiology involves studying the factors that contribute to the onset and progression of a disease, including genetic, environmental, and lifestyle influences. Understanding the etiology is crucial for developing effective prevention and treatment strategies.
Diagnosed means: The act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury through evaluation of patient history, examination, and review of laboratory data. Determining the disease causing the symptoms presented. All diseases can be diagnosed by medical examination at some point.
Infectious disease may be referred to as extrinsic because the root cause came from outside of the patient's body. In contrast, a genetic condition may be considered intrinsic, because the cause is within the patient.
A pathogen is an organism that causes disease (they are PATHOlogy GENerators). A pathogen that does not cause disease is an oxymoron.
An infectious disease.
Sufficient cause is a cause without which will not cause the disease but with it will absolutely will cause the disease.
Gay cancer was initially referred to as the disease now called Kaposi's Sarcoma.The term gay cancer initially referred to acquired immune deficiency disease, or AIDS.
It is called as communicable disease.
B.noncommunicable disease
The medical profession's nickname for chronic Lyme disease is the Great Imitator
It is considered a disorder, versus being a disease. But it is often referred to as a disease.
Emphysema.
A pathogen is an organism that can cause a disease.