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- 1. - a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.
- 3. - painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints.
- 6. Arthritis - a chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints and resulting in painful deformity and immobility, especially in the fingers, wrists, feet, and ankles.
- 10. - 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.
- 14. - 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 drug that causes widening of the bronchi, e.g., any of those taken by inhalation for the alleviation of asthma.
- 19. - A chronic disease in which the bronchial airways in the lungs become narrowed and swollen, making it difficult to breathe.
- 20. 2 diabetes - a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high.
- 21. - (of a disease) not harmful in effect.
- 22. - a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. The lack of insulin causes a form of diabetes.
- 24. - 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.
- 25. - a diminution of the seriousness or intensity of disease or pain; a temporary recovery.
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- 2. - a new occurrence of something that happened or appeared before
- 4. Therapy - the treatment of disease, especially cancer, using X-rays or similar forms of radiation.
- 5. - a swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant.
- 7. - (of a disease) very virulent or infectious.
- 8. - the treatment of disease by the use of chemical substances, especially the treatment of cancer by cytotoxic and other drugs.
- 9. - degeneration of joint cartilage and the underlying bone, most common from middle age onward. It causes pain and stiffness, especially in the hip, knee, and thumb joints.
- 11. - a drug or other compound that inhibits the physiological effects of histamine, used especially in the treatment of allergies.
- 12. - a substance that causes an allergic reaction.
- 13. - an examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease.
- 15. - a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood and urine.
- 17. 1 diabetes - lifelong condition where the pancreas makes little or no insulin, which leads to high blood sugar levels.
- 18. - a substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue.
- 23. Factors - something that increases risk