Plain & Simple Guide to Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork Cerification, Cha
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- Acute
- Sudden onset
- Aerobe
- An organism that lives in a oxygen environment
- Ambulatory
- Able to walk
- Anaerobe
- An organism that lives in a oxygen-free environment
- Anaplasia
- The irregular structural charicteristics of a cell that identify it as a malignant cancer cell
- Anomaly
- An abnormal occurrence, especially in reference to birth defects
- Antibiotic
- A chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections
- Antibody
- A protein produced by the body as a part of its defense against foreign bacteria or blood cells
- Antiseptic
- The prevention of sepsis by excluding or destoying microorganisms
- Asepsis
- A substance that kills or prohibits the growth of microorganisms
- Atrophy
- Wasting away or decrease in size of a cell, tissue, organ, or part of the body caused by lack of nourishment, inactivity, or loss of nerve supply
- Autoimmunity
- A Situation in which the body produces an immune responce against its own organs or tissues, causing severe inflammation and chronic conditions
- Bacteria
- Microoganisms capable or reproduction; some strains cause (and some are beneficial)
- Benign
- Referring to a tumor, or abnormal growth, that is not cancerous and does not invade nearby tissues or spread to other parts of the body
- Chronic
- Slow developing, recurring
- Degenerative
- Charicterized by diminishing capabilities
- Diagnosis
- The identification of disease or trauma
- Disease
- An impairment of health that interferes with the body's ability to function normally
- Endemic
- A Disease that exists in a location or group of people all the time
- Epidemic
- A sudden outbreak of disease in numbers much higher than normal
- Etiology
- The study of the cause and origin of disease
- Exacerbation
- A marked increase in symptoms or severity of disease
- Fungus
- A mold, yeast, or mushrooms; some fungi are beneficial; some, such as ring worm and athlete's foot, are not
- Hereditary
- Genetically passed from parent to child
- Hyperplasia
- An increase in the number of cells in an organ or tissue
- Idiopathic
- Of unknown origin
- Infection
- A protective response from the body in response to infection or injury, characterized by swelling, heat, redness, and pain
- Local
- affecting only one part
- Malignant
- cancerous; a growth with tendency to invade and destroy nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body
- Morbid
- Disease or sick
- Morbidity
- Any departure, subjective, or objective, from a state of physiological or phychological well-being
- Neoplasm
- An abnormal growth of tissue that may be benign or malignant
- Pandemic
- An epidemic that effects an expanded demographic area
- Pathogensis
- The origin and developmentof disease
- Pathology
- Study of disease
- Pathophysiology
- The study of howdisease and/or trauma alters the normal functioning of the body
- Signs
- The evidence of diseases as perceived by a doctor
- Sterilize
- To destroy bacteria and other microorganisms
- Symptoms
- The subject evidence of disease as perceived by the patient
- Syndrome
- A group of signs or symptoms characteristic of a particular disease or abnormal condition
- Systemic
- Affecting the whole body
- Trauma
- A Physical injury or caused by an external force of violence, which may cause death or permanent disability. Trauma is also to discribe severe emotional or psychological shock or distress
- Virulence
- The ability of an organism to cause disease
- Virus
- An intracellular parasite that causes disease
- Anterior (Ventral)
- oward the front; in front of