Epidemiology Vocabulary

5. The study of how and why diseases occur.
7. Related to the stomach and intestines.
11. A type of medicine that kills germs or prevents them from growing.
12. The disposal of sewage and waste.
14. Organism that lives and feeds either inside of or attached to another organism and does harm to that organism.
15. A disease that spreads very readily from person to person.
16. Things that people do to stay healthy.

1. To imitate how something happens in a real-world situation by acting it out with a model.
2. (medical) a condition in which the body does not have enough fluid to function properly.
3. A way of representing something in the world to learn more about it.
4. A disease that cannot be passed on by the person who is sick to other people.
6. A person who begins the spread of a disease in a group
8. An indication in your body that you have a disease.
9. The first person in a group to get a contagious disease.
10. A scientist who studies diseases and how they spread.
12. The solid waste that is produced by the body.
13. The growth of germs in your body.