Medical Detective

Question 1

Biomedical science

Answer 1

The application of the natural sciences especially biology and psychology to clinical medicine

Question 2

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

Question 3

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

Question 6

Epidemic

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An infectious diseases 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

Question 8

Homeostasis

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

Question 9

Hyperthermia

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Over heating of the body possibly due to extreme weather conditions

Question 10

Hypertension

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High blood pressure

Question 11

Hypothermia

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Abnormally low body temperature

Question 12

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 incendient 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 expansion and recoil of arteries resulting from heart contraction can be felt from the outside of the body

Question 17

Symptom

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Something that I