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| The Study of changes in cell/tissue structure related to disease or death. |
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| The study of how disease affects body function. |
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| Having the ability to maintain homeostasis when exposed to normal conditions. |
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| The study of the cause of the disease |
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| A disease, condition, or trait that is inherited as a result of a single gene. |
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| A disease, condition, or trait present at birth. |
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| A disease, condition or trait that developed because of being exposed to something during your life |
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| Without a clearly defined cause. |
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| Evidence of a disease that is objective and can be seen, measured, or recorded. |
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| The events that lead to the development of a disease and the signs and symptoms that occur as the disease progresses. |
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| A disease that develops and resolves rapidly |
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| A disease that develops gradually and lasts 3 months or longer |
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| The lessening in severity of the symptoms of a disease |
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| An increase in the severity of a disease. |
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| A condition that is confined to one area. |
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| A condition that affects the entire body |
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| A procedure that utilizes a fiber optic camera to view structures inside the body. |
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| The ability of an object to stop or slow radiation. |
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| A visual recording of the differences in radiodensity of anatomical structures. |
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| X-rays that utilize a contrast media to increase the radiodensity of selected fluids within the body, produces an image of the structures containing the fluid. |
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| A visual recording in differences of rate and return and intensity of sound waves reflected off of objects within the body. |
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| A recording of the electrical activity of the cardiac conduction system. |
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| A recording of the electrical activity of the brain. |
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| Any procedure used to measure a person's ability to move air. AKA "PFT's" |
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| The use of chemicals to kill cells within the body. |
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| Use of drugs to treat disease. |
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| Any form of treatment that relieves signs and symptoms without using the disease. |
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| A prediction of the likely outcome of a disease. |
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| A consequence of a previous disease. |
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| A morbid process or event occuring during a disease that is not an essential part of a disease. |
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| A disease likely to cause death. |
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| The transfer of a harmful amount of energy. |
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| Lacking in something that is essential. |
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| Being exposed to a toxic level of something. |
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| A change is tissue structure |
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| Irregular tissue structure |
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| Growth of tissue in new areas |
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| A protective response of tissue to injury or infection. |
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| Chemicals that lead to fever |
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| An increase in the number of white blood cells |
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| The excess fluid that accumulates at the site of infection |
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| A thin, clear watery fluid that accumulates at the site of infection |
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| Thick, Creamy white, or yellow fluid that accumulates at the site of inflammation |
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| A response to injury or infection that leads to production of pus. |
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| The ability to replace damaged tissue through the process of mitosis. |
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| Replacing damaged tissue with scar tissue. |
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| The binding together of two surfaces by scar tissue. |
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| Overproduction of scar tissue |
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| Shortening of scar tissue |
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| The narrow of any canal or opening |
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| An early stage in the development of a disease or infection. "Coming down with something" |
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| A severe systemic allergic response that is characterized by vasodilation. |
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| Immune system constant search for an antigen. |
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| The immune systems ability to recognize and not attack normally occuring tissues within the body |
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| The development of an infection from the time the infectious organism enters the body until the appearance of the first clincal signs and symptoms. |
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| The time during an infection when clinical signs and symptoms begin to develop. |
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| Development of new blood vessels. |
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| Proteins produced by tumor cells that can be detected in screening tests of the person's blood. |
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| A malignancy that originates in epithelial tissues. |
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| A malignancy that originates in connective tissue. |
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| A malignancy that originates within the tissue of the central nervous system. |
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| The process of developing a malignant neoplasm |
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| Carcinogens that increase the rate of cancer cell production by activating oncogenes. |
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| Cancinogens that decrease the bodies ablility to find and fight cancer cells by damaging tumor suppressing genes |
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