vocab week 12 2
Terms
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- biopsy
- the surgical removal of a sample of tissue from a living body for examination and diagnosis
- Acute disease
- a disease which is characterized by a single episode of fairly short duration, but which develops rapidly with more or less severe symptoms
- Ambulatory care
- all types of health services provided on an outpatient basis
- hemorrage
- a profuse discharge of blood, especially from a damaged blood vessel; to discharge blood profusely
- Diagnosis
- the art and science of determining the nature and cause of disease as well as differentiating amoung diseases
- Cerebral
- related to the brain
- health education
- the process of instructing people in how to make informed decisions about matters affecting individual, family, and community health
- Emergency care
- care for patients with immediately severe and/or life-threatening, or potentially disabling conditions
- preventive medicine
- a medical approach embodying general preventive measures aimed at improving the healthfulness of the environment and peoples relation to it
- medical history
- the complete health status record of a patient including personal and family history of disease
- malignant
- dangerous to health; causing or threatening to cause death
- Malpractice
- professional misconduct or lack of ordinary skill or care in the performance of a professional act
- Behavioral health
- an interdisciplinary field dedicated to promoting a philosophy of health and survival based on individual life-style behavior
- Antibiotic
- any drug containing a quantity of a chemical substance produced by a microorganism which has the capacity to inhibit the growth of or destroy bacteria or other microoganisms
- Communicable
- concerning what can be communicated, a contagious disease
- Congenital
- present (in fetus) at birth; inborn