Vocab Flashcards
Biomedical science
The application of the principles of the natural sciences, especially biology and psychology, to clinical medicine.
Blood pressure
The force of blood pushing against her walls of arteries as the heart pumps blood and expressed in millimeters of mercury.
Contagious
Communicable through contact.
Diagnose
To recognize a disease by signs and symptoms.
Diastolic pressure
Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions.
Epidemic
An infectious disease that spreads rapidly and sickens a large number of people.
Heart rate
A measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as the number of beats per minute.
Homeostasis
The ability of an organism or cell to maintain equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes in order to function properly.
Hyperthermia
Overheating to the body, possibly due to extreme weather conditions.
Hypertension
High blood pressure.
Hypothermia
Abnormally low body pressure.
Infection
The state produced by the establishment of an infective agent in or on a suitable host.
Inoculation
The introduction of a pathogen or antigen into a living organism to stimulate the production of antibodies.
Outbreak
A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease.
Pathogen
Any disease-producing agent such as a virus, bacteria, or parasite.
