Health Vocabulary

3. services Medical care provided by public or private facilities.
6. A physiological or psychological need for a drug.
8. Simple single-cell organisms commonly found in air, soil, and food and on the bodies of plants and animals. Bacteria can produce toxins and cause illness.
12. An infectious agent (such as a virus or bacterium) that causes a disease.
13. Principles or standards of behavior one considers important.
17. A poor state of health and wellness.
19. Involving a possibility of something bad or unpleasant happening.
20. Advantages gained from something.

1. Manner of acting or controlling oneself.
2. Consuming the fluids necessary for the body to function properly.
4. An association or organization dedicated to a particular interest or activity.
5. A measure of the energy that food supplies to the body.
7. Substances in food that the body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply energy.
9. Keep something from happening.
10. Any malicious act that causes harm to any person’s physical or mental well-being.
11. An overall state of being in good health.
14. Salt.
15. Someone who witnesses an act or event without participating.
16. Negative actions that are intentional, repeated, negative, show a lack of empathy,and indicate a power imbalance.
18. Hostile or violent behavior or attitudes toward another.