Acquired immunity - ✅✅ -not the result of inherited factors but is gained
as a result of having the disease or is artificially acquired by receiving
vaccines or immune serums
Active immunity - ✅✅-An individual produces his or her own immunity
ADHD - ✅✅ -Refers to a developmentally inappropriate degree of
gross motor activity, impulsivity, and inattention in the school and home
settings that begins before age 7 years, lasts more than 6 months and is
not related to the existence of any other CNS illness
Alopecia - ✅✅-Hair Loss (seen in tinea capitis which is ringworm of the
scalp)
Anasarca -✅✅-severe generalized edema
Anorexia Nervosa - ✅✅-form of self-starvation seen mostly in
adolescent girls
Anthelmintic - ✅✅-substance that works against intestinal worms
drugs include: Mebendazole (Vermox), Pyrantel pamoate (Antiminth)
and Pyrvinium pamoate (Povan)
antidiuretic hormone - ✅✅ -hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary
gland to prevent the kidneys from expelling too much water
Art Therapy - ✅✅ -therapeutic approach that allows a person to
express troubled feelings without words, using a variety of art materials
and media
Autism Spectrum disorder - ✅✅ -Group of neurobiological disorders
characterized by difficulties in social interaction and communication,
repetitive behaviors, and stereotyped interests and activities
Autograft - ✅✅-Healthy tissue obtained from another part of the
patient's body
, ✅✅-Bacteria in the urine
Bacteriuria -
Behavior modification - ✅✅-Focuses on modifying specific behaviors
by means of stimulus and response conditioning
Bibliotherapy - ✅✅ -reading of stories to children in a situation similar to
the child's situation
Bullimia - ✅✅ -Compulsive eating, is recognized by the DSM-V as a
binge eating disorder
Celiac Disease - ✅✅ -Autoimmune genetic illness that affects the small
intestine because of gluten intolerance and resolves with removal of
gluten from the diet.
Chillblain -✅✅ -Cold injury with erythema and the formation of vesicles
and ulcerative lesions that occur as a result of vasoconstriction
Chordee - ✅✅ -Downward curvature of the penis caused by a fibrotic
band of tissue
Close contact - ✅✅-within 6 feet of a person for 15 minutes
✅✅-Inflammation of the colon
Colitis -
Colonoscopy - ✅✅-visual examination of the colon (more invasive
compared to endoscopy)
Comedo -✅✅-Plug of keratin, sebum, or bacteria
Communicable disease - ✅✅-Disease that can be transmitted, directly,
indirectly, from one person to another
crust - ✅✅-scab