| A | B |
|---|
| Angina Pectoris | Chest pain that results when the heart doesn't get enough oxygen |
| Atherosclerosis | The process in which the plaques accumulate on artery walls |
| Arrhythmias | Irregular heartbeats |
| Cardiovascular Disease | A disease that affects the heart or blood vessels |
| Hypertension | High blood pressure |
| Noncommunicable Disease | A disease that is not transmitted by another person, a vector, or from the enviorment |
| Benign | Noncancerous |
| Biopsy | The removal of a small piece of tissue for examination |
| Cancer | Uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells |
| Carcinogen | A cancer-causing substance |
| Malignant | Cancerous |
| Metastasis | Spread of cancer from the point where it originated to other parts of the body |
| Remission | A period of time when symptoms disappear |
| Tumor | An abnormal mass of tissue that has no natural role in teh body |
| Allergy | A specific reaction of the immune system to a foreign and frequently harmless substance |
| Autoimmune Disease | A condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks itself, targeting the cells, tissues, and organs of a person's own body |
| Arthritis | A group of more than 100 different diseases that cause pain and loos of movement in the joints |
| Asthma | An inflammatory condition in which the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles become narrowed, causing difficulty in breathing |
| Diabetes | A chronic disease that affects the way body cells convert food into energy |
| Histamines | Chemicals that can stimulate mucus and fluid production in an area |
| Osteoarthritis | A disease of the joints in which cartilage breaks down |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | A disease characterized by the debilitating destruction of the joints due to inflammation |
| Americans with Disabilities Act | A law prohibiting discrimination against people with physical or mental dissabilities in the workplace, transpotation, public accommodations, and telecommunications |
| Disability | Any physical or mental impairment that limits normal activities, including seeing, hearing, walking, or speaking |
| Mental Retardation | The below average intellectual ability present from birth or early childhood and associated with difficulties in learning social adaptaion |
| Profound Deafness | A hearing loss so severe that a person affected cannot benefit from mechanical amplification, such as hearing aid |
