*Define the following terms-*
1.Disease
2.Endemic disease
3.Epidemic disease
4.Pandemic disease
5.Sporadic disease
6.Cancer
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1.Disease
The definition of a disease is an illness or sickness with specific, well-defined symptoms that affects a person, plant or animal.
2.Endemic disease
The constant presence of a disease or infectious agent within a given geographic area or population group; may also refer to the usual prevalence of a given disease within such an area or group.
3.Epidemic disease
Epidemics of infectious disease are generally caused by several factors including a change in the ecology of the host population, a genetic change in the pathogen reservoir or the introduction of an emerging pathogen to a host population.
4.Pandemic disease
A pandemic is defined as “an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people”.
5.Sporadic disease
Diseases that are seen only occasionally, and usually without geographic concentration, are called sporadic diseases.
6.Cancer
A very serious disease in which some cells in one part of the body start growing in a way that is not natural and form lumps.
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