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Acquired Immunodeficiency sysndrome

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most advanced and fatal stage of an HTV infection.

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Allergen

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an overreaction by the lady to a particular antigen.

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Anaphylaxis

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a sever response to an allergen.

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Antibiotics

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medication capable of inhibiting growth or killing bacterial microorganisms.

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Antibody

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a diease-fighting protein created by the immune system in response to the presence of a specific antigen.

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Atifungal

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an agent that destroys or inhibits the growth of fongi.

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Antigen

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any substance that the body regards s being foreign.

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Antigen- anitbody reation.

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involves binding antigen to antibody.

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Autoimmune disorder

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any large group of diseases characterized by a condition in which the immune system produces antibodies against its’s own tissue, healthy, cells, an organ for antigen.

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Bacilli

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rod-shaped, spore-forming bacteria.

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Benign

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not the life-threatening type of tumor causes damage and grows, place pressure on adjacent instruction.

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Candidiasis

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yeast infection.

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Carcinoma

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a malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue.

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Carcinoma in situ

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malignant tumor in its original position that has not yet disturbed or invaded the surrounding tissue.

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Cytokines

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medication that kills or damages cells.

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Cytomegalovirus

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found in most body fluids.

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Cytotoxic drug

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medication that kills or damages cells.

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Ductal carcinoma in situ

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breast cancer at its earliest stage before cancer has broken through the wall of the milk duct.

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Hemolytic

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the function of destroying worn-out erythrocytes.

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Hodgkin lymphoma

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cancer of the immune system distinguished by the presence of large cancerous.

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Immunglobulins

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find with specific anthems in the antigen-antibody response.

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Immunosuppessant

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a substance that prevents or reduces the body normal immune response

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Immunothereapy

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disease treatment that involves either stimulating or repressing the immune response.

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Infectious mononucleosis

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caused by multiplication of cells uncontrolled, abnormal rapid, progressive.

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Infiltrating ductal carcinoma

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starts in the milk duct and invades the fatty breast tissue outside the duct.

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Interferons

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play multiple roles in the immune system.

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Lymphadenopathly

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any disease process affecting a lymph mode or nodes.

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lymphangcoma

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a tumor formed by an abnormal collection of lymphatic vessels due to a congenital malformation.

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lymphedema

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swelling of the tissue due to a abnormal accumulation of lymph fluid within the tissue.

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lymphocytes

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formed in bone marrow as stem cells.

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lymphoma

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a general term that applies to aligners affecting tissue.

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lymphosecintigraphy

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a diagnostic rest that performed to defect damage or malformation of lymphatic vessels.

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Macrophage

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a type of leukocyte that surrounds and kills invading cells

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Malaria

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lives in certain mosquitoes and transferred to a human by a bite of an infected mosquito.

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Malignant

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becoming progressively worse and life-threatening.

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Mammography

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radiographic examination of the breast to detect the presence of tumor precancerous cells.

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Metastasis

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cancer is spread to a new site, the term is also to describe the tumor.

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Metastasize

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spread from one place to another.

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Myoma

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the tumor made up of muscle tissue.

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Myosarcoma

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a malignant tumor derived from muscle tissue.

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Non- Hodgkins lymphoma

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more common types refer to all lymphomas.

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Opportunistic infection

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caused by a pathogen that does not normally produce an illness in healthy.

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Osteosarcoma

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hard tissue sarcoma that usually involves the shaft of the long bones. pelvis or knee.

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Parasite

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plant/animal that lives on/ within another living organism at the expense of that organism.

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Rabies

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a viral infection that transmitted to humans through the bite of the saliva of an infected animal.

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Rickettsia

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a small bacterium that lives in lice, flea, ticks, and mites.

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Rubella

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a viral infected-low-grade fever, swollen glands, inflamed eyes, and pink rash.

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Sarcorna

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malignant that arise from connective tissue, including hard-soft, and liquid connective tissue.

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Spirochetes

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long slender spiral-shaped bacteria that have flexible walls and capable of movement.

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Splenomegaly

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abnormal enlargement of the spleen.

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Staphylococci

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group of about 30 species bacteria that form irregular groups or clusters resembling.

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Streptococci

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bacteria that form a chain.

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Teletherapy

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radiation therapy administers at a distance from a body.

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Toxoplasmosis

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most commonly transmitted from pets t0 human contact with contaminated animal feces.

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Varicella

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by herpes virus varicella-zoster and highly contagious.

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Bacteria

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group of pathogens one-celled microscopic organisms.

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Complement

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a blood test that measures the activity of a certain protein in the liquid portion of blood.

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Herpes zoster

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painful blistering skin rash.

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

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attacks the cell that helps the body fight infection.

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Rickettsia

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rod-shaped, coccoid, diplococcus, shaped often okeomrphie bacteria.

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