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Diseases Vocab 1

About diseases and words associated :)

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A breakdown in the structure or function of a living organism disease
a disease that can be passed from person to person infectious diseases
a disease that cannot be passed from one person to another non infectious diseases
capable of being communicated or transmitted communicable
carrying or capable of spreading disease contagious
microbes that are single celled do not have a nucleus can live almost n e where good and bad bad bacteria are called pathogens, shapes are rod, sphere, and spiral. bacteria
greek: very first organism harmfulk or harmless single celled microbes that have a nucleus protist
louis pasteur suggested that microbes reffered as germs could cause infectious diseases and were spread easily by people germtheory
tiny piece of genetic material that infects and multiplies in host cells virus
host cell living cell in which a virus can hide&reproduce in until activated by environmental factors
a tyoe of symbolic relationship in which one organism benefits and one does not parasite
complex group of defense systems that protect the body again pathogens immune system
to keep from happening or developing prevention
chemicals produced by some bacteriaa that are usedto limit the growth of other bacteria greek: biotics, relating to life antibiotics
preparation made typically from killed bacteria or damaged particles from bacteria cell walls that can prevent some viral and or bacterial diseases. vaccine
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