Imuune system
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- 4. illnesses that spread from one person to another or from an animal to a person, or from a surface or a food
- 6. Chronic conditions that do not result from an (acute) infectious process and hence are “not communicable.
- 7. are part of the immune system and develop from stem cells in the bone marrow. They help protect the body from infection and may help fight cancer.
- 10. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole country or the world at a particular time.
- 13. A complex network of cells, tissues, organs, and the substances they make that helps the body fight infections and other diseases
- 15. The tissues and organs that produce, store, and carry white blood cells that fight infections and other diseases
- 16. a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen.
- 17. a toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies.
- 18. a very simple microorganism that infects cells and may cause disease.
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- 1. a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
- 2. a person who studies or is an expert in the branch of medicine which deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases.
- 3. A large group of single-cell microorganisms. Some cause infections and disease in animals and humans.
- 5. regularly occurring within an area or community.
- 8. is a type of white blood cell in the immune system of most vertebrates.
- 9. the presence of a virus in the immune system.
- 11. he state or quality of being resistant to a particular infectious disease or pathogen
- 12. A type of white blood cell that makes antibodies
- 14. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.