Unit One Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. a system of prioritizing and classifying patient injuries to determine priority of need and treatment
  2. 5. to lesson, decrease, or cease
  3. 7. pertaining to producing disease
  4. 8. state of being diseased; ill, sick
  5. 9. localized collection of pus
  6. 10. pertaining to time; denotes a disease with little change or of slow progression; the opposite of acute
  7. 12. without decay; sterile; free from all living microorganisms
  8. 14. process of cutting out, surgical removal
  9. 15. process of identifying a disease or disorder
  10. 18. away from the norm or rule; a condition that is considered to be not normal
  11. 21. chemical substance that is applied to objects to destroy pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria
  12. 22. condition of being able to walk, not confined to bed
  13. 25. paleness, a lack of color
  14. 27. abnormal condition of tissue death
  15. 29. sudden, sharp, severe; used to describe a disease that has sudden onset, severe symptoms, and a short course
  16. 31. pertaining to fever, sustained body temperature above 98.6 degrees F
  17. 32. study of the causes of disease
Down
  1. 1. pertaining to an agent that works against sepsis (infection)
  2. 2. preventing or protecting
  3. 4. process of cutting into
  4. 6. surgical removal of a small piece of tissue for microscopic exam; used to determine a diagnosis of cancer or other disease process in the body
  5. 9. process of being stuck together
  6. 11. process of being badly shaped; deformed
  7. 13. pertaining to the armpit
  8. 16. an agent that is used to lower an elevated body temperature (ex. Tylenol)
  9. 17. being human, subject to death
  10. 19. formation of bad kind; growing worse, harmful, cancerous
  11. 20. substance given to counteract poisons and their effects
  12. 23. relationship of understanding between two individuals, especially between the patient and the physician
  13. 24. an agent that works against coughing
  14. 26. condition in which one lacks feelings and emotions and is indifferent
  15. 28. study of x-rays and other imaging modalities that use x-rays
  16. 30. the rapid, widespread occurrence of an infectious disease that can be spread by any pathological organism transmitted by and to humans, birds, insects, and other living things. Any problem that has grown out of control