Vocab words from the noncommunicable disease unit
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| Noncommunicable disease | a disease that can not be spread from person to person
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| Chronic | present either continuously or on and off over a long period
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| Degenerative disease | is a disease that causes breakdown in body cells, tissues, and organs as it progresses
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| Congenital Disorders | all disorders that are present when the baby is born
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| Heredity | is the passing of traits from parents to their children
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| allergy | abnormal immune reaction to an ordinarily harmless substance
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| allergen | A substance that causes an allergic reaction
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| Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) | disease that affects the heart or blood vessels
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| Hypertension | Also known as high blood pressure
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| Atherosclerosis | The process in which plaques accumulate on artery walls
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| Heart Attack | Blood flow is blocked to the coronary arteries
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| Congestive Heart Failure | Heart gradually weakens
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| Stroke | Arterial blockage interrupts the flow of blood to the brain
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| Diabetes | chronic disease that affects the way body cells convert food into energy
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| Cancer | Uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells
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| Tumor | abnormal mass of tissue that has no natural role in the body
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| Benign | non-cancerous
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| Malignant | cancerous
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| Metastasis | the spread of cancer from the point where it originated to other parts of the body
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| Chemotherapy | the use of drugs to kill cancer cells
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| Remission | a period of time when symptoms disappear
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