HEALTH AND DISEASE

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  1. 2. Is a condition in which the liver does not function properly due to long-term damage.
  2. 4. A biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease.
  3. 6. Caused by one or more abnormalities in the genome, especially a condition that is present from birth (congenital).
  4. 9. An organism that harbors parasitic, mutual, or commensal symbiont, typically providing nourishment and shelter.
  5. 10. An enzyme occurring naturally in egg white, human tears, saliva, and other body fluids, capable of destroying the cell walls of certain bacteria and thereby acting as a mild antiseptic.
  6. 12. The secondary immune response occurs when the second time (3rd, 4th, etc.) the person is exposed to the same antigen.
  7. 13. Research study conducted with patients, usually to evaluate a new treatment or drug. Each trial is designed to answer scientific questions and to find better ways to treat individuals with a specific disease.
  8. 15. An infection caused by an opportunistic pathogen. These pathogens attack organisms who's immune system is depleted due to another recent infection. The common cold is an example.
  9. 16. Eukaryotic organisms that cannot be classified as a plant, animal, or fungus.
  10. 17. To convert (a molecule or cell) into a form that carries out a specific action.
  11. 19. He methods, plans, and procedures involved in establishing and executing defensive measures against attack utilizing chemical agents.
  12. 20. Minute hairlike organelles, that line the surfaces of certain cells
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  1. 1. An antibiotic drug obtained from molds especially of the genus Penicillium or produced synthetically, available in various preparations and usually used to treat infections caused by gram-positive bacteria.
  2. 3. A clear, colorless, fuming, poisonous, highly acidic aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride, HCl, used as a chemical intermediate and in petroleum production, ore reduction, food processing, pickling, and metal cleaning. It is found in the stomach.
  3. 5. Any of a diverse group of virus diseases (such as Lassa fever and Ebola) that are usually transmitted by arthropods or rodents and are characterized by a sudden onset, fever, aching, bleeding in the internal organs, petechiae, and shock.
  4. 7. A process which renders to organism immunity to a specific disease by exposing the organism to an antigen to promote the production of antibodies to a particular antigen supplement.
  5. 8. Research using animals to find out if a drug, procedure, or treatment is likely to be useful.
  6. 11. A tube made of metal or plastic that is inserted into a vessel or passage to keep the lumen open and prevent closure due to a stricture or external compression.
  7. 14. To limit, prevent or block the action or function.
  8. 18. A lesion of the skin or of a mucous membrane, such as the one lining the stomach or duodenum, that is accompanied by formation of pus and necrosis of surrounding tissue, usually resulting from inflammation or ischemia.