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Biomedical science

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The application of the principles of natural sciences, especially biology and physiology, to clinical medicine

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Blood pressure

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The force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood and expressed in millimeters of mercury

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Contagious

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Communicable by contact

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Diagnose

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To recognize a disease by signs and symptoms

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Diastolic pressure

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Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions

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Epidemic

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An infectious disease that spreads rapidly and sickens a large number of people

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Heart rate

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A measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as the number of beats per minute

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Homeostasis

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The ability of an organism or cell to to maintain equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes in order to function properly

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Hyperthermia

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overheating of the body, possibly due to extreme weather conditions

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Hypertension

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High blood pressure

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Hyperthermia

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Abnormally low blood pressure

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Infection

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The state produced by the establishment of an infective agent in or on a suitable host

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Inoculation

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The introduction of a pathogen or antigen into a living organism to stimulate the production of antibodies

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Outbreak

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A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease

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Pathogen

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Any disease-producing agent such as a virus, bacteria, or parasite

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Pulse

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The rhythmic extension and recoil of arteries resulting from heart contraction, can be felt from the outside of the body

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Symptom

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Something that indicates the presence of bodily disorder

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Systolic pressure

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The blood pressure generated by the Heart during contraction

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Vaccine

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A harmless variant of a pathogen that stimulates a hosts immune system to mount defenses against the pathogen

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Virus

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A sub-microscopic particle that must infect living plant or animal cells to reproduce

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Vital signs

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Measurements of the body’s most basic functions and useful in detecting or monitoring medical problems

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