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Health - ANSWER-Physical, mental, and social well-being Disease - ANSWER-Deviation from the normal state of homeostasis Pathophysiology - ANSWER-Functional changes in the body as a result from disease Atrophy - ANSWER-Decrease in the size of cells Hypertrophy - ANSWER-Increase in cell size Hyperplasia - ANSWER-Increased number of cells Metaplasia - ANSWER-Mature cell type is replaced by a different mature cell type Dysplasia - ANSWER-Cells vary in size and shape within a tis...