Pandemic
Across
- 2. the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells.
- 6. treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease; inoculate
- 10. an infectious viral disease that affects the central nervous system and can cause temporary or permanent paralysis
- 11. sufficient to cause death
- 12. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time
- 14. having great power, influence, or effect
- 16. (of a sound or voice) quiet and soft
Down
- 1. An agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce
- 3. he great size or extent of something
- 4. each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, for example new and knew.
- 5. examine (a book, movie, etc.) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it.
- 6. (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects
- 7. the action of forbidding something, especially by law
- 8. an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense
- 9. recall and show respect for (someone or something
- 13. a highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever, severe aching, and catarrh, and often occurring in epidemics
- 14. (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world
- 15. a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people