Medical Detectives

Overheating of the body, possibly due to extreme weather conditions.

Something that indicates the presence of bodily disorder.

The ability to maintain equilibrium by adjusting physiological processes in order to function.

Measurements of the body's most basic functions.

The application of the principles of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.

Abnormally low body temperature.

A harmless variant of a pathogen that stimulates a host's immune system to mount defenses.

The blood pressure generated by the heart during contraction.

Any disease-producing agent such as a virus, bacteria, or parasite.

A sub-microscopic particle that must infect living plant or animal cells to reproduce.

High blood pressure.

A measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as the number of beats per minute.

The state produced by the establishment of an infective agent in or on a suitable host.

The introduction of a pathogen into an organism to stimulate the production of antibodies.

A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease.

Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions.

The rhythmic expansion and recoil of arteries resulting from heart contraction.

To recognize a disease by signs and symptoms.

Communicable by contact.

The force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood.

An infectious disease that spreads rapidly and sickens a large number of people.