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Flashcards in Communicable and Non-Communicable Deseases Deck (6)
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Health

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Is the state of physical and mental well-being.

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Pathogen

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Is a microorganism that causes a disease e.g. bacteria, viruses, fungi, protists

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Communicable disease

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A disease caused by a microorganism that can be transmitted from one person to another.

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Non-communicable disease

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A disease not caused by a microorganism that can not be transferred from one person to another.

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Benign tumour

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Growths of abnormal cells which have not yet invaded other parts of the body.

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Malignant tumour

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Growths of abnormal cells which have invaded neighbouring tissues and spread to different parts of the body in the blood where they form secondary tumours.