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