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Cold
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ColdAn upper respiratory infection.
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Infection
Anything that invades the body and reproduces. Infections can be bacteria, protozoa, fungi, or viruses. Bacteria and fungi are one celled creatures that cause many infections including strep throat, bladder infections, and some lung infections. Fungi cause “athlete’s foot” and thrush, an infection in the mouth. Protozoa are small organisms with many cells that can cause infections in the guts or in the lungs. Most healthy people do not get protozoal infections, but people with suppressed immune systems can. Viruses are not really organisms; they are tiny particles that can live only inside another cell. They reproduce by taking over a cell and causing that cell to make more virus particles, rather than doing what the cell is supposed to do. Viruses cause most colds and flu cases.
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Clot
A jelly-like mass of blood.
Coal tar
A by-product of coal used in the treatment of some skin conditions, such as psoriasis.
Cobalamin
Vitamin B12.
Coccyx
The tailbone.
Cochlea
The portion of the inner ear that senses sound.
Cold
Cold sore
Herpes simplex infection of the lip.
Colorado tick fever
A viral illness spread by ticks. Characterized by headache, backache and fever that begins to break and then returns midway through the course of the illness.
Comedo
See blackhead.
Communicable disease
A disease spread through direct contact with an infected person or substance.
Compress
A dressing used to apply pressure or medicine to an area. Useful in applying heat or cold.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Infection
Anything that invades the body and reproduces. Infections can be bacteria, protozoa, fungi, or viruses. Bacteria and fungi are one celled creatures that cause many infections including strep throat, bladder infections, and some lung infections. Fungi cause “athlete’s foot” and thrush, an infection in the mouth. Protozoa are small organisms with many cells that can cause infections in the guts or in the lungs. Most healthy people do not get protozoal infections, but people with suppressed immune systems can. Viruses are not really organisms; they are tiny particles that can live only inside another cell. They reproduce by taking over a cell and causing that cell to make more virus particles, rather than doing what the cell is supposed to do. Viruses cause most colds and flu cases.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Clot
A jelly-like mass of blood.
Coal tar
A by-product of coal used in the treatment of some skin conditions, such as psoriasis.
Cobalamin
Vitamin B12.
Coccyx
The tailbone.
Cochlea
The portion of the inner ear that senses sound.
Cold
Cold sore
Herpes simplex infection of the lip.
Colorado tick fever
A viral illness spread by ticks. Characterized by headache, backache and fever that begins to break and then returns midway through the course of the illness.
Comedo
See blackhead.
Communicable disease
A disease spread through direct contact with an infected person or substance.
Compress
A dressing used to apply pressure or medicine to an area. Useful in applying heat or cold.
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