Disease - a condition that interferes with the body & mind, communicable disease - disease that is spreadable, pathogens - organisms that cause disease and can only be seen with a microscope, infection - when pathogens enter the body and multiply to cause harm, virus - smallest pathogen that cannot be treatede with antibiotics, bacteria - tiny one-celled organisms that can be treated by antibiotics, fungi - organisms that cannot make their own food that thrive in warm/moist places, protozoa - one celled organisms that are like parasites, vector - transmitter of pathogens, immune system - body defenses/system that fights off pathogens and disease, immunity - your body's ability to resist germs that cause disease, inflammation - swelling/pain/heat or redness, lymphatic system - system that fights off pathogens and maintains body's fluid balance, lymphocytes - white blood cells, antigen - substances released by invading pathogens, antibodies - proteins that attach to antigens keeping them from harming the body, vaccine - preparation of dead/weakened pathogens that cause the immune system to produce antibodies, contagious - length of time a disease can spread, mononucleosis - spread through saliva- kissing disease, hepatitis - viral disease of the liver causing yellowing of skin and eyes, tuberculosis - bacterial disease that affects the lungs spreads very easy through the air, pneumonia - serious inflammation of the lungs can be virual or bacterial, strep throat - streptococcal bacteria,

Communicable Disease

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