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| Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome | is a condition that occurs when one or more parts of the system are efficient or missing |
| antiviral | is a drug used to treat viral infections or to provide temporary immunity |
| aspergillosis | is an infection caused by a fungus of the genus aspergillus |
| axillary lymph nodes | are small beam-shaped structures located under the arm in the lymph vessels |
| bacilli | are rod-shaped spore-forming bacteria |
| bacteria | are a group of one-celled microscopic organisms |
| bacteriostatic | is an agent that inhibits,slows,or retards the growth of bacteria |
| carcinoma | also known as Ca, is a malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue |
| complement | is a complex series of proteins that circulate in normal serum |
| cytomegalovirus | also known as CMV is an infection caused by a group of large hepes-type viruses with a wide variety of disease effects |
| ductal c arcinoma in situ | also known as DCIS is breast cancer at its earliest stage before the cancer has broken through the wall of the duct |
| herpes zoster | also known as shingles or HZ is an acute viral infection characterized by painful skin eruptions that follow the underlying route of the inflamed nerve |
| Hodgkin's disease | also known as Hodgkin's lymphoma of HL, is distinguished by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells |
| human immunodeficiency virus | also known as HIV is a blood- born pathogen that invakes and then progressively impairs or kills cells of the immune system |
| immunosppressant | is a drug that prevents or reduces the body's normal reactions to invasion by disease or by foreign tissues |
| antigen | also known as Ag, is any sub-stance such as a virus, bacterium, or toxin that the body regards as foreign |
| antibody | also known as Ab, is a disease-fighting protein created by the immune system in response to the presence of that specific antigen |
| Anaphylaxis | is a severe response to a foreign substance such as a drug, food, insect venom, or chemical |
| allergen | is an antigen that is capable of inducting an allergic response |
| immunodeficiency disorder | is a condition that occurs when one or more parts of the immune system are deficient or missing |
| immunotherapy | is a treatment of disease either by enhancing or repressing the immune response |
| infectious mononucleosis | which is caused by the Epstein-Barr Virus is characterized by fever, a sore throat, and enlarged lymph nodes |
| lymphangioma | is a benign abnormal collection of lymphatic vessels forming a mass |
| lymphadenitis | is an inflammation of the lymph nodes |
| lumpectomy | is the surgical removal of only the cancerous tissue and a margin (rim) of normal tissue |
| staphylococci | are bacteria that form irregolar groups or clusters |
| streptococci | are bacteria that form a chain |
| Western blot test | detects the presence of specific viral proteins |
| splenorrhagia | is bleeding from the spleen |
| sarcoma | is a malignant tumor that arises from connective tissue |
| retinoblastoma | is a malignant tumor of childhood arising from cells of the retina of the eye and usually occorring before the third year of life |
| rabies | is an acute viral infection that may be transmitted to humans by the blood, tissue, or saliva of an infected animal |
| rickettsia | is a small bacterium that lives in lice, fleas, ticks, and mites |
| phagocytosis | the process of destroying cells, debris, dust , and pollen |
| phagocyte | is a WBC's with the ability to ingest |
| pathogen | is a microorganism that causes a disease |
| parasite | is a plant or animal that lives on or within another living organism at the expense of that organism |
| osteosarcoma | is a malignant tumor usually involving the upper shaft of long bone, the pelvis, or knee |
| oncology | is the study of the prevention, causes, and treatment of tumors and cancer |
| oncologist | an oncologist is a specialist in diagnosing and treating malignant disorders tumors and cancer |
| nevroblastoma | a nevroblastorna is a sarcoma of nervors system origin |
| neoplasm | a neoplasm is a new and abnormal tissue formation |
| myosarcoma | is a malignant tomor derived from muscle tissue |
| myoma | a common benign fibroid tumor of the uterine muscle |
| moniliasis | is an infection of skin or mucous membranes caused by the pathogenic yeast candida albicans |
| metastasis | is the nen cancer site that results from the spreading process |
| lymphokines | dorect the immune reponse by signaling between the cells of the immune system |
| interferon | is a family of proteins released by cells when invaded by a virus |
| lymohocytes | are wbc's that specialize so they can attack specific microorganisms |
| Kaposi's Sarcoma | also known as ks, is an opportunistic infection frequently associated with HIV |
