Which of the Following Statements best Defines the Term Disease

question 83

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best defines the term disease as we understand it today?

• A) It is a subjective state in which a person feels ill.
• B) It is an alteration of a perception of feeling ill.
• C) It is an imbalance of the body's internal fluids.
• D) It is an alteration in body structure or biochemistry that causes the body's regulatory mechanisms to fail.

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Definitions:

Holocaust

The mass genocide of six million Jews and millions of others, including Roma, disabled individuals, and political dissidents, by the Nazi regime during World War II.

Late Modernity

A period characterized by significant social, economic, and technological changes, following modernity and marked by globalization, digital technology, and complex identities.

Zygmunt Bauman

A Polish-British sociologist known for his analysis of the links between modernity and the Holocaust, consumerism, and globalization.

Elites

A select group of people with a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or intellectual influence within a society.