Waiting Room Puzzle 1

2. a general term for any agent (like a bacteria or virus) that causes a disease.
5. the signs of a disease used to determine a diagnosis.
8. condition causing signs and symptoms of illness.
9. a substance that drives away or wards off a mosquito.
11. a very common kind of insect; the females bite to obtain blood.
13. a very small agent (regarded as nonliving) that can be transmitted from a mosquito to a human, causing disease or illness in the human.
14. the liquid in the human body that the female mosquito sucks out.

1. A general term for an organism (like a bacteria or virus) that lives in or on a host organism, and causes harm to that host.
3. injection used to prevent an infection or disease.
4. a person receiving medical care or treatment.
6. the act of identifying a disease.
7. a facility that provides medical and surgical care.
10. a person trained and licensed to practice medicine.
12. the act of piercing the skin with a “mouth part” (teeth, needles, fangs)