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Disease
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Any condition that negatively affects the healthy and normal funcyioning of your mind or body
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Infectious disease
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An illness caused by germs that spread from one person to another.
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Noninfectious disease
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An illness caused by heredity, the environment, and a person's lifestyle.
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Germ(s) or Pathogen(s)
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Tiny particles that may be plant or animal that cause disease.
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Symptom(s)
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Reactions from your body that indicate that it is trying to fight an intruder.
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Viruses
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smaller than bacteria and attack individual cells.
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Bacteria
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single-celled tiny organisms that attack your body.
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Resident bacteria
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Friendly bacteria that your body needs
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Antibodies
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produces by your white blood cells to fight off germs
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Lymphocytes
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whiter blood cells that fight off germs
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Vaccine
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Weakened or distroyed cells
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STDs
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Sexually transmitted disease
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Convictions
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A person's strong belief on a particular issue
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AIDS
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Acquired Immmunodeficiency Syndrome. A result of HIV
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HIV
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Virus that causes AIDS
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cancer
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a disease which occurs when abnormal cells grow out of control.
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tumorms
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A group or mass of abnormal cells
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carcinogen
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Any substance that tends to produced cancer. Both natural and man made.
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congenital
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a condition occurring at birth
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insulin
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a hormone produced by the pancreas to control how the body uses sugar
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Hypoglycemia
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a condition in which the pancreas releases too much insulin
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Diabetes type 1
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A condition which results in a person being insulin dependent where the pancreas produces little or no insulin
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Diabetes type 2
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condition that results ia a person bring non-insulin dependent where the pancreas does not produce enough insulin
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one cause by stroke
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bockage by a clot that has built up on the wall of the brain artery
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second cause by stroke
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bockage by a clot that drifts into an artery in the brain
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third cause by stroke
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the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain
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forth cause by stroke
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bleeding within the brain area
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benign
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stays in one place
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Malignant
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does not stay in one place
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