Preventing Disease

5. bacterial or viral infection of the tonsils
6. pandemic that started in 2020
7. condition in which there is inflammation of the joints, causing pain and stiffness
11. microorganisms that cause communicable disease
12. also known as noninfectious diseases
13. another name for the flu
14. disease that involves uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells
17. also known as pink eye
18. medical emergency in which blood flow to the brain is interrupted which injures or kills brain cells

1. disease in which the body's immune system attacks and damages healthy body tissues
2. also called infectious disease
3. contains dead or nontoxic part of a pathogen that is injected into a person to train that person's immune system
4. mass of abnormal cells
8. way a disease spreads; can be direct or indirect
9. disease resulting from body's inability to regulate glucose
10. viral infection shared through sharing certain objects like drinks
15. medical emergency in which blood flow to the heart is restricted
16. kills pathogenic bacteria