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Cricks Ch1Vocab
CricksCh1Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chronic | A disease state that persists over a long period of time |
| Remission | A time period when a disease becomes inactive |
| Acute | Sudden onset |
| Predisposing Factors | Any factor that makes you more likely to get a disease |
| Disease | an actual medical condition that is classified by its physical attributes |
| Illness | the condition of a patient who has a disease, this includes self perception |
| Systemic disease | A disease that is impacting more than one organ |
| Infectious | caused by a pathogen |
| Genetic | a disease caused by a genetic disorder |
| Trauma | an illness caused by damage done to the body by force or energy |
| Cancer | a group of 100+ diseases that all feature uncontrolled cell growth |
| Metastasis | the process of cancer spreading in the body |
| Benign | non-spreading cancer |
| Malignant | A cancer that has or could spread |