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Question 1

a disease that affects the heart or blood vessels

Answer 1

cardiovascular disease (CVD)

Question 2

high blood pressure

Answer 2

hypertension

Question 3

the process in which plaques accumulate on artery wals

Answer 3

atheroscerosis

Question 4

chest pain that results when the heart does not get enough oxygen

Answer 4

angina pectoris

Question 5

irregular hearbeats

Answer 5

arrhythmias

Question 6

damage to the heart muscle caused by a reduced or blocked blood supply, usually because of atherosclerosis

Answer 6

heart attack

Question 7

uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells

Answer 7

cancer

Question 8

an abnormal mass of tissue that has no natural role in the body

Answer 8

tumor

Question 9

noncancerous

Answer 9

benign

Question 10

cancerous

Answer 10

malignant

Question 11

the spread of cancer from the point where it originated to other parts of the body

Answer 11

metastasis

Question 12

cancers of the immune system

Answer 12

lymphomas

Question 13

blood-forming organs

Answer 13

leukemias

Question 14

cancers of the glands and body linings, including the skin and the linings of the digestive tract and lungs

Answer 14

caracinomas

Question 15

cancers of connective tissue, including bones, ligamets, and muscle

Answer 15

sarcomas

Question 16

a cancer-causing susbtance

Answer 16

carcinogen

Question 17

the removal of a small piece of tissue for examination

Answer 17

biopsy

Question 18

removes some or all of the cancerous masses from the body

Answer 18

surgery

Question 19

aims rays from radioactive substances at cancerous cells; kills the cells and shrinks the cancerous mass

Answer 19

radiation therapy

Question 20

uses chemicals to destroy cancer cels

Answer 20

chemotherapy

Question 21

activates a person’s imune system to recognize specific cancers and destroy them

Answer 21

immunotherapy

Question 22

involves using medicines that interfere with the production of hormone; this treatment kills cancer or slows the growth

Answer 22

hormone therapy

Question 23

a specific reaction of the immune system to a foreign and frequently harmless substance

Answer 23

allergy

Question 24

chemicals that can stimulate mucus and fluid production in an area

Answer 24

histamnes

Question 25

an inflammatory condition in which the small airways in the lungs become narrowed causing difficulty in breathing

Answer 25

asthma

Question 26

a chronic disease that affects the way body cells convert food into energy

Answer 26

diabetes

Question 27

a condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks itself, targeting the cells, tissues, and organs of a person's own body

Answer 27

autoimmune disease

Question 28

a group of more than 100 different diseases that cause pain and loss of movement in the joints

Answer 28

arthritis

Question 29

a disease of the joints in which cartilage breaks down

Answer 29

osteoarthitis

Question 30

a disease characterized by the debilitating destruction of the joints due to inflammation

Answer 30

rheumatoid arthritis

Question 31

a disease that is not transmitted by another person, a vector, or the environment

Answer 31

noncommunicable disease