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Differentiate between acute and chronic diseases.

The difference between acute and chronic when used for diseases is that acute means extremely severe pain, brief and dangerous disease whereas chronic refers to a medical condition that lasts over a long period. Chronic also means something always present and recurring or something habitual.


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State in brief the principle of immunisation.

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Name any two diseases that can be prevented by immunisation.

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Give one example each of acute and of chronic diseases.

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Match the following column with correct answers:











Column I



Column II



(a) Fungal disease


(b) Viral disease


(c) Protozoan disease


(d) Bacterial disease



(i) Dengue fever


(ii) Cholera


(iii) Skin disease


(iv) Malaria