Chapter18 Vocab

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Communicable disease

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A disease that can be passed from person to person, animal, or object

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Disease

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An condition that messes with your body or mind

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Pathogens

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Germs

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Infection

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When pathogens enter the body, multiply, and harm

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Virus

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Smallest pathogen

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Bacteria

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Tiny one called organism

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Fungi

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Organisms that are more complex but can’t make their own food

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Protozoa

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One called organisms that are more complex than bacteria

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Vector

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Organism that transmits pathogens

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Hygiene

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Cleanliness

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Immune system

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Combination of body parts that fight off pathogens

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Immunity

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Bodies ability to resist the germs that cause a particular disease

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Inflammation

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Bodies responded to injury or disease

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Lymphatic system

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Secondary circulatory system that fights germs

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Lymphosytes

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White blood cells in the lymphatic system

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Antigen

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Any substance released by invading pathogens

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Antibodies

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Proteins that attach to antigens, and keeping them from harming the body

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Vaccine

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Preparation for disease that are dead cells put in u

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Contagious period

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Length of time a disease can be spread

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Mononucleosis

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A viral disease characterized by a severe sore throat and swelling

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Hepatitis

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Viral disease that yellows liver

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Tuberculosis

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Is a bacterial disease that usually affects the lungs

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Pneumonia

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Serious inflammation of the lungs

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Strep throat

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Sore throat caused by bacteria

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STD

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Diseases spread by sexual contact

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HIV

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Virus that causes AIDs

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AIDs

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Deadly disease that affects your immune system

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Opportunistic infection

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Infection that rarely occurs in a healthy person

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Carrier

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Person who appears healthy but is infected with HIV and can pass it to another person