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17 Cards in this Set
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disease |
a disorder of the structure or function in a human |
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infectious disease |
a disease that can pass from one person to another |
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pathogens |
an organism that can cause disease |
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microbe |
a microscopic organism that can cause disease |
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prokaryotic |
a cell with no nucleus and all genetic material stored in the cytoplasm |
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unicellular |
an organism made of only one cell |
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decomposers |
oragnism that decomposes organic material |
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HIV |
HIV stands for human human immunodeficiency virus it attacks the human immune system |
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AIDS |
stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome a disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity, greatly lowering the resistance to infection and malignancy.
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fungi |
plural form of fungus. |
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parasite |
an organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host. |
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host |
an organism that is infected by a parasite |
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antigen |
a foreign substance that enters the body |
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antibodies |
created by the immune system to attack pathogens in the body |
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white blood cells |
cells of the immune system |
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vaccination |
a weakened or inactive version of a pathogen that stimulates the body's production of antibodies |
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antibiotics |
chemicals that kill bacteria or slow their growth |
