Immunity
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- 4. Sickness, illness, or loss of health; conditions that make people unhealthy.
- 6. Worldwide disease outbreak that spreads across countries and continents.
- 10. A disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind.
- 12. Protection against a disease.
- 13. Tiny one-celled organisms in the environment. While not all bacteria are harmful, some cause disease.
- 15. The process of being made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by a vaccine.
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- 1. A protein found in the blood that is produced in response to foreign substances (e.g., bacteria or viruses) invading the body.
- 2. Foreign substances (e.g., bacteria or viruses) in the body that can cause disease. The presence of antigens in the body triggers an immune response, usually the production of antibodies.
- 3. Consistently present but limited to a particular region, usually in low levels.
- 5. A disease that is suddenly spread through a large number of people within a community, population, or region greater than normally expected.
- 7. A substance that produces immunity and prevents the spread of disease.
- 8. A tiny organism that multiplies within cells and causes disease in people, other animals, and plants.
- 9. In a state of normal functioning; free from disease.
- 11. Action taken to decrease the chance of getting a disease or condition.
- 14. Literally "against-virus;" a medicine capable of destroying or weakening a virus.