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- 3. A type of hypoglycemia that occurs because the body produces too much insulin even when no food is eaten.
- 4. A buildup of substances that circulate in the blood (e.g., calcium, fat, cholesterol, cellular waste, fibrin) on a blood vessel wall, making it vulnerable to blockage from blood clots.
- 5. The tiny disk-shaped components of blood that are essential for blood clotting.
- 9. A non-cancerous tumor.
- 10. A type of cancer that arises in cells of the lymphatic system.
- 11. A type of diabetes in which the target cells (e.g., fat and muscle cells) lose the ability to respond normally to insulin.
- 12. A condition in which a person’s blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough to warrant a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
- 14. Elevated blood sugar.
- 15. A cancer-causing agent.
- 17. Hypertension caused by an underlying condition such as a kidney disorder.
- 18. The pressure measured during the heart’s resting phase.
- 20. The intersection of information, nutrition, and technology, and it underlies all areas of dietetics practice.
- 21. A type of hypoglycemia that occurs about 1 hour after eating carbohydrate-rich food.
- 23. The spread of cancer cells from the original site to form new tumors in other organs.
- 24. The pressure measured during the heart's contraction.
- 25. A type of hypertension with no obvious cause.
- 28. A slow, progressive hardening and narrowing of the arteries by deposits of fat, cholesterol, and other substances.
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- 1. The first stage of cancer development.
- 2. The presence of greater than normal amounts of cholesterol in the blood.
- 6. An impairment of the normal state of a living animal.
- 7. Differences in health outcomes and their determinants between segments of the population, as defined by social, demographic, environmental, and geographical attributes.
- 8. An instrument for measuring blood pressure and especially arterial blood pressure.
- 13. The hardening of the arteries.
- 16. A cancerous tumor.
- 18. An eating plan low in total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol, and rich in fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products, that has been shown to reduce elevated blood pressure.
- 19. A type of diabetes caused by decreased pancreatic release of insulin.
- 22. A condition in which cells respond weakly to insulin and the pancreas releases additional insulin to maintain normal blood glucose levels.
- 26. The subunits of DNA or RNA consisting of a nitrogenous base (adenine, guanine, thymine, or cytosine in DNA; adenine, guanine, uracil, or cytosine in RNA), a phosphate molecule, and a sugar molecule (deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA).
- 27. The structural subunit of nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA that is composed of a nitrogenous base covalently attached to a five-carbon sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) and is either a pyrimidine (cytosine, thymine, or uracil) or a purine (adenine or guanine).
- 29. The formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel or a chamber of the heart.