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- Urbanization
- The shift of the population from rural to city areas.
- Automation
- The process of making devices do things automatically.
- Health
- Physical - social - mental well-being.
- Health status
- The current state of one's health.
- Heredity
- The sum of all traits passed on from parents to children.
- Fatigue
- A condition of weakened physical or mental ability.
- Pulse rate
- The speed at which the heart beats.
- Obese
- A condition characterized by a severe amount of excess fatty tissue.
- Artery
- A blood vessel which carries blood from the heart to parts of the body.
- Genes
- The units of heredity that are carried in each cell.
- Heart attack
- An acute condition in which the flow of blood to parts of the heart is blocked.
- Mental health
- The part of health that has to do with a person's thoughts and feelings.
- Physical health
- The portion of health that pertains to a person's anatomy.
- Self-concept
- All the ideas and feelings people have about themselves
- Social health
- A person's generalized psychological state averaged throughout their environment.
- Stroke
- An acute condition in which the blood flow to part of the brain is cut off
- Traits
- The inherited characteristics of a person - eye color - hair color etc.
- Sphygmomanometer
- The instrument used to measure blood pressure.
- Stethoscope
- An instrument used to listen to sounds produced by the body
- Hypochondriac
- One who suffers from imaginary physical ailments
- Coma
- A physical condition in which a person is incapable of attaining consciousness.
- Inhibitions
- Personal value judgements in certain social situations.
- Alcoholism
- A disease in which the body goes through an abnormal reaction in the process of removing the alcohol from its system.
- Depressant
- A drug that slows the functions of the body.
- Peer pressure
- Influence from other people your age
- Cirrhosis
- A disease of the liver caused by the excessive use of alcohol
- Stimulant
- A drug that speeds up the functions of the body
- Addict
- A person that is affected by a narcotic drug which will induce withdrawal symptoms when the drug is no longer taken.
- Overdose
- A condition reached when a person is harmfully affected by too much of a drug.
- First aid
- The immediate temporary care given an injured person
- Fracture
- A broken bone
- Tourniquet
- The last resort method to stop bleeding
- CPR
- The method of manually, artificially maintaining an ill or injured person's respiration and/or pulse.
- Frostbite
- Freezing a part of the body
- Heat stroke
- Red or flushed - hot - dry skin and high body temperature may indicate this
- Tetanus
- A serious infection often associated with a puncture wound.
- Third-degree
- A deep burn that goes all the way through the skin
- Pressure point
- Where pressure is applied to control bleeding
- Splint
- A device used to immobilize an injured part when a fracture is suspected
- Sprain
- An injury to a joint ligament or muscle in the region of a joint
- Strain
- An injury from overstretching a muscle
- Antidote
- Something that acts against the effects of a poison
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