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communicable
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something that can be passed from one person to another
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immune
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resistant to infection
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incubation
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time between the initial infection and the appearance of symptoms of a disease
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pathogen
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an agent that causes disease
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deformity
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abnormally formed structure
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mucous membrane
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the moist lining of all body passages
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mucus
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secretion of the mucous membranes
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antibody
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a protein that kills a specific pathogen
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vaccination
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an injection of dead or weakened viruses to make the body immune to viruses
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immunization
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means of making the body immune from a disease
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