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16 Cards in this Set
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Disease |
Any harmful change in the state of health of the body or mind |
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Noninfectious Disease |
Disease that is not cause by a pathogen |
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Risk factor |
a characteristic or behavior that increases a persons chances of injury disease or other health problem |
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Hereditary Disease |
a disease caused by abnormal chromosome or defective genes inherited by a child from one or both parents |
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Metabolism |
The process by which the body converts the energy in food into energy that the body can use |
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Allergy |
an overreaction of the immune system to something in the environment that is harmless to mostly people |
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Autoimmune Disease |
a disease in which a person's immune system attacks certain cells tissue of organs of the body |
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Cancer |
a disease in which cells grow uncontrollably and invade and destroy healthy tissues |
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Tumor |
a mass abnormal cells |
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Malignant |
tumors that are cancerous and that can be life threatening |
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Bengin |
describes a tumor that is not cancerous and that is usually not like threatening |
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Biospy |
a sample of tissue that's removed from the patient and that is sent to specialist to see if cancer cells are present |
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Poision |
something that causes illness or death on contact or if swallowed or inhaled |
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Toxin |
a poison produced by a living organism |
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Accident |
an unexpected event that may lead to injury or death |
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Traumatic Injury |
an injury caused by physical force |
