DEFINATIONS Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| ALLERGEN | A SUBSTANCE CAPABLE OF CAUSING AN ALLERGIC REACTION |
| ANAPHYLAXIS | HYPERSENSITITY(AS TO FORIGN PROTIENS OR DRUGS)RESULTING FROM SENSATION FOLLOWINGPRIOR CONTACT WITH A CAUSTIVE AGENT |
| ANTIGEN | any substance (as an immunogen or a hapten) foreign to the body that evokes an immune response either alone or after forming a complex with a larger molecule (as a protein) and that is capable of binding with a product (as an antibody or T cell) of the i |
| ASYMPTOMATIC | presenting no symptoms of disease |
| CARCINOGENIC | A SUBSTANCE OR AGENT CAUSING CANCER |
| CHROMOSOME | any of the rod-shaped or threadlike DNA-containing structures of cellular organisms that are located in the nucleus of eukaryotes, are usually ring-shaped in prokaryotes (as bacteria), and contain all or most of the genes of the organism; also : the genet |
| GENOTYPE | all or part of the genetic constitution of an individual or group — |
| HOMEOSTASIS | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| ISCHEMIA | : deficient supply of blood to a body part (as the heart or brain) that is due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood |
| METASTASIS | a : change of position, state, or form b : the spread of a disease-producing agency (as cancer cells) from the initial or primary site of disease to another part of the body; also : the process by which such spreading occurs |
| MUTATION | a relatively permanent change in hereditary material involving either a physical change in chromosome relations or a biochemical change in the codons that make up genes; also : the process of producing a mutation |
| PATHOGENESIS | the origination and development of a disease |
| ACUTE | ABRUBT ONSET OF SYMPTOMS THAT RUN A BRIEF COURSE OF LESS THAN 6 MONTHS |
| CHRONIC | : marked by long duration or frequent recurrence : not acute |
| lymphadenopathy | abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes |
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