test 37- types of illness

Question 1

• a (1) dating from birth disease may be (2) passed down from parents to offspring or may be the result of damage to the (3) unborn baby

Answer 1

(1) congenital
(2) hereditary
(3) foetus

Question 2

• (4) physical damage may be the result surgical operations, accidents, excessive temperatures, radiation or (5) destructive chemicals.

Answer 2

(4) trauma

(5) corrosive

Question 3

• mechanical (6) faults lead to the (7) blocking of tubes or vessels.

Answer 3

(6) defects

(7) obstruction

Question 4

• an infection or (8) invasion of living organisms may be the cause of disease.
• these living organisms include bacteria, viruses, (9) worm-like parasites , fungi or animal parasites.
• some of these diseases are (10) spread easily between people and the result may be a (11) large number of people suffering the disease

Answer 4

(8) infestation
(9) protozoa
(10) infectious
(11) epidemic

Question 5

• it’s possible to have a (12) person with the disease but no symptoms
• some diseases may be (13) passed on by touching

Answer 5

(12) carrier

(13) contagious

Question 6

• most tumours are (14) new growths

- some of these are (15) mild and self-limiting , while others are (16) cancerous and spread

Answer 6

(14) neoplasms
(15) benign
(16) malignant

Question 7

• a (17) wearing out disease happens when tissue loses its normal function.
• there may be (18) insufficient blood supply to an organ which may result in infarction and subsequent (19) death of the tissue

Answer 7

(17) degenerative
(18) ischaemia
(19) necrosis

Question 8

• if biochemical reactions in the body are upset, the result may be a (20) chemical conversion disease.
• one possible cause is an excess or (21) shortage of certain nutrients in the diet.

Answer 8

(20) metabolic

(21) deficiency

Question 9

• problems in the body’s complex defence mechanism can lead to (22) defence mechanism disease.
• one possible cause is a (23) hypersensitive reaction to an (24) external substance which to most people is harmless.

Answer 9

(22) immunological
(23) allergic
(24) allergen

Question 10

• some drugs or poisons may cause disease because of the (25) unwanted action of these drugs.
• this can be dose-related or (26) have a bad effect only on a few people

Answer 10

(25) side effects

(26) idiosyncratic