Health Crossword
Across
- 3. National public health agency of the United States
- 4. A sexually transmitted bacterial infection that, if untreated, may cause infertility
- 6. Most efficient way to avoid STIs
- 7. A sexually transmitted infectious disease caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum
- 8. They help your immune system fight germs and protect you from disease
- 10. When a bacteria, virus, or parasite enters and grows in or on your body
- 12. A sheath-shaped barrier device used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy or a sexually transmitted infection
- 13. A member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease
- 15. Able to be relieved of symptoms of a disease or conditions
- 16. An infection transmitted through sexual contact, caused by bacteria, viruses, or parasites.
- 17. The invasion and multiplication of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites that are not normally present within the body
- 18. A submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism
- 19. A virus that attacks the body's immune system
Down
- 1. STD that can cause a foul-smelling vaginal discharge, genital itching, and painful urination
- 2. In medicine, public health, and biology, transmission is the passing of a pathogen causing communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a particular individual or group, regardless of whether the other individual was previously infected.
- 5. Showing no effects or signs of a disease or infection
- 7. Showing effects or signs of a disease or infection
- 9. The deliberate use of artificial methods or other techniques to prevent pregnancy
- 11. A very small parasitic bacterium that, like a virus, requires the biochemical mechanisms of another cell to reproduce
- 14. Type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria