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- 4. A chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin by itself.
- 5. An examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease.
- 7. A diminution of the seriousness or intensity of disease or pain; a temporary recovery.
- 9. A disease that occurs when your blood sugar is too high.
- 14. An abnormal mass of tissue that forms when cells grow and divide more than they should or do not die when they should.
- 17. A hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood.
- 18. Occurs when the flow of blood to the heart is severely reduced or blocked.
- 20. A new occurrence of something that happened or appeared before.
- 22. A chronic health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy.
- 23. A condition, tumor, or growth that is not cancerous.
- 24. A disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.
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- 1. Surgical repair or unblocking of a blood vessel, especially a coronary artery.
- 2. The swelling and tenderness of one or more joints.
- 3. Abnormally high blood pressure.
- 6. Of an illness, persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.
- 8. A compound which is released by cells in response to injury and in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of capillaries.
- 10. A respiratory condition marked by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing.
- 11. A substance that causes an allergic reaction.
- 12. When the blood supply to part of the brain is blocked or reduced.
- 13. A rash of round, red welts on the skin that itch intensely, sometimes with dangerous swelling, caused by an allergic reaction, typically to specific foods.
- 15. A damaging immune response by the body to a substance, especially pollen, fur, a particular food, or dust, to which it has become hypersensitive.
- 16. A substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue.
- 19. The passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.
- 21. The treatment of disease by the use of chemical substances, especially the treatment of cancer by cytotoxic and other drugs.
- 25. factors Something that increases the chance of developing a disease.