Understanding & Preventing Diseases

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Across
  1. 2. medical conditions that cannot be spread among living things and objects
  2. 3. viral infection of the respiratory system
  3. 5. mass of abnormal cells
  4. 7. substance that contains a dead or nontoxic part of a pathogen that is injected into a person to train their immune system to eliminate the live pathogen
  5. 9. medical emergency in which flow of blood to the brain is interrupted, injuring or killing brain cells
  6. 10. type of disease/condition someone can develop after coming in contact with living things or objects infected with the disease
  7. 11. condition that results in inflammation of the joints, causing pain and stiffness
Down
  1. 1. complex disease that typically involves an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells
  2. 4. disease that causes the body's immune system to attack and damage healthy body tissues
  3. 5. bacterial or viral infection that affects the tonsils
  4. 6. microorganisms that cause communicable diseases
  5. 8. substances that target and kill pathogenic bacteria