Disease and medicine - agb

3. a family doctor: a _______ practitioner
6. another word for operation
8. another word for illness (usually mild or chronic)
9. a substance used to immunize people
12. a person who seeks medical aid
16. something your doctor gives you so you can get medicine
17. an abnormal growth in your body that can be benign or malignant
18. a regular visit to a doctor to make sure you are healthy even when no symptoms are apparent
20. protected against catching a certain disease
22. medicines that kill living microbes such as bacteria or fungi
26. a single-celled, disease-causing microbe
27. not harmful medically
28. a disease that spreads widely
29. a scientific term for germ

1. any material that helps a patient fight disease or recover from an illness
2. a microorganism such as a virus or bacterium that causes disease
4. a microbe such as a mold that can cause disease
5. the steps and medicines needed to cure a disease
7. get over an illness
10. good medical advice: get a second _______
11. a sign of an illness
13. a doctor that specializes in one type of disease
14. another word for cure
15. heal an illness
16. something used to relieve pain
19. an organism such as a worm that lives inside another organism
21. a __________ disease is a disease that can be spread from person to person
23. a _______ ailment is an ailment that comes back again and again
24. a disease-causing microbe
25. an invasion of your body by a disease-causing microbe