Wordsearch 3 Flashcards
Disease causing micro-organism
Pathogen
A disease which occurs suddenly and normally lasts a short period
Acute
Describes how infection can be passed on from person (or animal) to another
Chain of infection
The rate of which a disease occurs in a population
Morbidity
A disease constantly present in a population or region, with relatively low spread
Endemic
A cell of a specific type is replaced with another type of cell normally less specific than the first
Metaplasia
An increase in cell size and volume
Hypertrophy
Multicellular organisms, opportunist infection
Mycosis
‘Programmed cell death’
Apoptosis
An infectious disease that has jumped from an animal to a human
Zoonosis
The cause of a disease or condition
Aetiology
A disease which is persistent, long-lasting in its effect or develops over time
Chronic
A disease with sudden increase in cases across several countries, continents or the world
Pandemic
Signalling in the form of hormones sent around the body in the bloodstream
Endocrine
An increase in the severity of a pre-existing disease
Exacerbation
Abnormal changes and variations in the shape, size and organisation of cells
Dysplasia
Signalling where messages are sent through neurons. Communication is fast and can travel long distances
Nerve
Illness caused by medical examination or intervention
iatrogenic
Present from birth
Congenital
An abnormal mass of tissue that form when cells grow and divide more than they should
Neoplastic
The development of a disease
Pathogenesis
The study and analysis of distribution patterns and determinants of health in a defined population
Epidemiology
A state of balance among the body systems needed for the body to survive and function correctly
Homeostasis
An infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism
Virus
