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inflammation
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body tissue's initial response to local injury
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edema
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accumulation of abnormal amounts of fluid in the intercellular tissue
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signs are
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characteristics that can be observed or measured
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idiopathic
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term used to describe the unknown cause of a disease process
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ischemia
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interference of blood supply depriving organ cells and tissue of oxygen and nutrients
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infarction
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results in a localized area of necrosis occuring within tissues or an organ
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hematoma
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accumulation of blood trapped within body tissue
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neoplasia
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abnormal proliferation of cells outside thenormal cell growth
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hereditary disease
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genetic information contained in the nucleus of a cell causes abnormalities
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immunity can be attained by
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artificial means, natural exposure or vaccination
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nosocomial
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disease process contracted in hte healthcare facility
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dysplasia
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loss of uniformity of individual cells
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inflammation responses
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blood flow, migration of white cells, digestion of dead cells and tissue and repair
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pulmonary edema
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extravascular fluid in the lungs
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can cause infarct
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embolism or thrombotic occlusion
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hemorrhage implies that a ____ has occured
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rupture of a blood vessel
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in response to physiologic stimuli, cells may change in
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number, size or differentiation
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hypoplasia
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failure of cell development
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malignant tumors
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neoplasms that invade and destroy adjacent structures and spread to distant sites
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staging
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determining the extensiveness of a tumor at its primary site and thepresence or abscense of metastasis
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autosomal recessive disorders
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hereditary disorders that may not affect parents and only occur wha a person is homozygous for the defective gene
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active immunity
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type of artificial immunity that exposes a person to dead or deactivated bacteria or viruses
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HIV
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main cause of AIDS
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hepatitis
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most common viral inflammatory disease of theliver
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hepatitis B
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for of hepatitis contracedby exposure to contaminated blood, blood products or through sexual contact
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