Nancys Definitions

Having a quick onset and lasting a short period of time with a relatively severe course.

A reduction in size or wasting of cells, tissues, or organs as a result of poor nutrition or nonuse.

Existing at, and usually before, birth and resulting from genetic or environmental factors.

Abnormal tissue development

Spread through the blood.

Having no identifiable causative factor.

Observable changes resulting from cellular changes in the disease process.

The number of deaths from a particular disease averaged over a population.

The traveling of cancerous cells to a distant site or distant organ.

The ease with which an organism overcomes body defenses.