Disease Vocab Words
Across
- 4. a combination of body defenses made up of cells, tissues, and organs that fight pathogens in the body
- 6. a protein that helps fight off infection and provides protection from the same disease again
- 7. a living pathogen that can be found in any environment
- 9. a type of disease that can spread from one person to another
- 11. a life threatening medical condition caused by a severe allergic reaction
Down
- 1. any organism that can cause disease
- 2. a substance that produces antibodies to prevent infection and provide immunity from a specific disease
- 3. when there is no direct person to person contact
- 5. when there is physical contact between an infected person and a susceptible person
- 8. a condition when the immune system reacts abnormally to a foreign substance
- 10. a pathogen that replicates only within live host cells