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16 Cards in this Set
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Disease |
any harmful change in the state of health of your body or mind |
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Noninfectious disease |
a disease that is not caused by a virus or living organism |
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Risk Factor |
a characteristic or behavior that raises a persons chance of getting a noninfectious disease |
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Hereditary Disease |
a disease caused by defective genes inherited by a child from one or both parents |
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Metabolism |
the process by which the body turns food into energy |
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Allergy |
an overreaction of the immune system to something in the environment that is harmless to most people |
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autoimmune disease |
a disease that causes a person's immune system to attack certain cells, tissues, or organs of the body |
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Cancer |
an uncontrollable spread of damaged cells |
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tumor |
a mass of abnormal cells |
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malignant |
dangerus tumors that spread |
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benign |
tumors that are not cancerous and cannot cause harm |
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Biopsy |
a sample of tissue taken from the patient that is sent to a specialist to see if cancer cells are present |
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poison |
something that causes ilness or death on contact |
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toxin |
a poison produced by a living organism |
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Accident |
an unexpected event that causes damage injury or death |
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traumatic injury |
an injury caused by physical force |
