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of short and sharp course, not chronic; sharp, pointed at the end
the condition in which "self" is exempt. In Immunology, however, used in quite the opposite sense, to denote the condition in which one's own tissues are subject to deleterious effects of the immunological system.
of long duration; denoting a disease of slow progress and long continuance.
the process whereby ingested food is converted into materials suitable for assimilation for synthesis of tissues or liberation of energy.
relating to digestion
morbus, illness, sickness; an interruption, cessation, or disorder of body functions, systems, or organs. A disease entity characterized usually by at least two of these criteria: a recognized etiologic agent (or agents) , an identifiable group of signs and symptoms, or consistent anatomical alterations.
a disturbance of function, structure or both resulting from a genetic or embryologic failure in development, or from exogenous factors such as poison, injury, or disease.
lack of equality between opposing forces ( for example - lack of balance between sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems)
free from the possibility of acquiring a given infectious disease; resistant to an infectious disease.
insusceptibility; the status or quality of being immune.
the property or condition of being malignant (e.g. in reference of neoplasm, having the property of locally invasive and destructive growth and metastasis. )
tissue change;
the sum of chemical changes occurring in tissue, consisting of anabolism, or those reactions that convert small molecules into large ( e.g. amino acids to proteins), and catabolism, or those reactions that convert large molecules into small ( e.g. glycogen to pyruvic acid).
the shifting of a disease, or its local manifestations, from one part of the body to another. In cancer , the appearance of neoplasm in part of the body remote from the seat of primary tumor.
new growth; tumor; an abnormal tissue that grows by cellular proliferation more rapidly than normal and continues to grow after the stimuli that initiated the new growth cease.
the structural and functional changes that result from the disease processes.
relating to physiology. Normal as opposed to pathologic; denoting the various vital processes. Denoting the action of a drug when given to a healthy person, as distinguished from its therapeutic action.
the science concerned with living things, with the normal vital processes of animal and vegetable organisms.
a fundamental process of life characteristic of both plants and animals, in which oxygen is used to oxidize organic fuel molecules, providing a source of energy as well as carbon dioxide and water.
relating to respiration.
a period in the course of a disease; the distribution and extent of dissemination of a malignant neoplastic disease. A particular step, phase, or position in a developmental process.
vascular
relating to or containing blood vessels.
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