Germs and Sickness Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. A microorganism that has the potential to cause disease.
  2. 8. Treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens (used on milk).
  3. 9. When an infectious disease spreads worldwide.
  4. 10. A type of pathogen that cause disease by rapidly reproducing and making toxins which damage our body cells (tetanus, cholera, E. Coli).
  5. 12. When an infectious disease has many cases in only one area of the world.
  6. 13. Drugs that kill bacteria
Down
  1. 1. Isolating an infected person or thing to prevent spread of diseases.
  2. 3. When a person has white blood cells that can rapidly make antibodies to get rid of pathogens.
  3. 4. proteins created by white blood cells that destroy pathogens
  4. 5. A type of pathogen that causes diseases by growing on a host.
  5. 6. An inactive pathogen that can prevent some diseases
  6. 7. Microorganisms that cause disease; bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi, etc.
  7. 9. A type of pathogen that absorbs nutrients from a host (protozoans, worms, malaria)
  8. 11. A type of pathogen that infects living plant or animal cells to reproduce (flu, rabies, Ebola)