Which term is defined as 'sign of a condition'?

• A. Laceration
• B. Latent
• C. Manifestation
• D. Occluded

Answer: (C)

Manifestation describes how a disease presents itself—the signs and symptoms that reveal a condition. It’s the term clinicians use for the observable expression of a disease process, the signal that something is happening in the body. A laceration is a physical wound, latent means hidden or not currently active, and occluded means blocked; none of these capture the idea of how a condition makes itself known. So the phrase “sign of a condition” aligns with manifestation.