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- 2. physical and chemical barriers that are always ready and prepared to defend the body from infection.
- 4. used to attack invading bacteria, viruses, and toxins.
- 7. A drug used to treat infections caused by bacteria and other microorganisms.
- 10. results when exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease
- 11. A type of white blood cell.
- 12. infectious agent of small size and simple composition that can multiply only in living cells of animals, plants, or bacteria.
- 15. A type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills microorganisms, removes dead cells, and stimulates the action of other immune system cells.
- 16. Any substance that causes the body to make an immune response against that substance.
- 17. A complex network of cells, tissues, organs, and the substances they make that helps the body fight infections and other diseases.
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- 1. provided when a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing them through his or her own immune system.
- 3. happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them.
- 5. a group of cells, tissues and organs that work together to protect the body
- 6. A type of immune cell that can surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign material, and remove dead cells.
- 8. eliminating specific pathogens that have been encountered by the immune system previously
- 9. acquired from exposure to the disease organism through infection with the actual disease.
- 10. a mean by which the body is given immunity to a disease by intentional exposure to small quantities of it.
- 13. The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease.
- 14. A type of white blood cell that makes antibodies.