types of illnesses Flashcards
1
Q
dating from birth
A
congenital
2
Q
passed down from parents to offspring
A
hereditary
3
Q
unborn baby
A
foetus
4
Q
physical damage
A
trauma
5
Q
destructive
A
corrosive
6
Q
faults
A
defects
7
Q
blocking
A
obstruction
8
Q
invasion
A
infestation
9
Q
worm-like parasytes
A
protozoa
10
Q
schimmels
A
fungi
11
Q
spread easily between people
A
infectious
12
Q
large number of ppl suffeirng from disease
A
epidemic
13
Q
person has disease but no symptoms
A
carrier
14
Q
passed on by touching
A
contagious
15
Q
new growths
A
neoplasms
16
Q
mild and self limiting growth
A
benign
17
Q
cancerous and spreading
A
malignant
18
Q
wearing out
A
degenerative
19
Q
insufficient blood supply to an organ
A
ischaemia
20
Q
death of the tissue
A
necrosis
21
Q
chemical conversion
A
metabolic
22
Q
shortage
A
deficiency
23
Q
defence mechanism
A
immunological
24
Q
hypersensitive
A
allergic
25
external substance
allergen
26
unwanted action
side effects
