What are measures meant to stop disease before it starts called?
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Prevention
Vaccination and check-ups are typical examples.
💡 Did you know? “Prevention is better than cure.”
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What is identifying and naming a disease called?
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Diagnosis
It rests on examination and tests.
💡 Did you know? The right treatment follows from it.
What is the treatment of a disease called?
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Therapy
It may use drugs, surgery or exercises.
💡 Did you know? A “therapist” is the one who treats.
What is the forecast of how a disease will develop called?
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Prognosis
It states the chances of recovery.
💡 Did you know? The word is Greek for “foreknowledge”.
What is a sign of illness the patient notices (e.g. pain) called?
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Symptom
Several symptoms form a clinical picture.
💡 Did you know? A syndrome is a typical set of symptoms.
What is a disease-causing agent like bacteria or viruses called?
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Pathogen
Fungi and parasites count too.
💡 Did you know? Antibiotics work only against bacteria.
What is deliberately training the body's defence against a pathogen called?
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Vaccination
The body learns the pathogen without falling ill.
💡 Did you know? Edward Jenner introduced the first vaccination.
What is the body's own defence against pathogens called?
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Immune system
White blood cells are its key cells.
💡 Did you know? It remembers pathogens it has beaten.
What is the tissue's reaction to injury, with redness and swelling (ending -itis)?
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Inflammation
Redness, heat, swelling and pain are its signs.
💡 Did you know? The ending “-itis” marks it, e.g. bronchitis.
What is the administered amount of a medicine called?
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Dose
“The dose makes the poison.”
💡 Did you know? Too much can harm, too little may not work.
What is the entry and multiplication of pathogens in the body called?
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Infection
Not every infection causes illness.
💡 Did you know? Contagious diseases are also called infectious.
What is a disease that lasts a long time (as opposed to “acute”) called?
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Chronic
Acute diseases appear suddenly and briefly.
💡 Did you know? Diabetes and asthma are chronic diseases.
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