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Vocabulary
What's up Doc?
What Pathogen are You on?
Fight the Good Fight!
Don't Spread it!
100
Another name for an illness
What is disease
100
A place to wait for the doctor.
What is the waiting room
100
An organism or virus that causes disease.
What is a pathogen
100
Signs or feelings of a disease.
What are symptoms
100
A disease where a certain cell grows out of control.
What is cancer
200
An illness that can be spread from person to person.
What is infectious disease
200
A mental or physical problem that cannot spread to other people.
What is a disability
200
These are the smallest pathogens.
What are viruses
200
The body system that fights disease.
What is the immune system
200
Cancer caused by the sun.
What is skin cancer
300
An illness not caused by pathogens so it cannot be spread from person to person.
What is noninfectious disease
300
"Normal" body temperature.
What is 98.6 degrees
300
A one celled living thing that can cause disease such as strep throat.
What is bacteria
300
Blood cells that kill pathogens.
What are white blood cells
300
A noninfectious disease in which a person has a reaction to a certain thing like animal fur for example.
What is an allergy
400
Diseases that last a long time like cancer for example.
What is chronic
400
A doctor's order for medication.
What is a prescription
400
The growth of pathogens somewhere in the body.
What is an infection
400
Chemicals made by the body that help fight disease.
What are antibodies
400
A disease that affects the joints of the body.
What is arthritis
500
Diseases that last a short time like a cold for example.
What is acute
500
A preventative measure to combat an illness typically given in the form of a shot.
What is a vaccine
500
Water that has dangerous pathogens.
What is contaminated water
500
The body's ability to defend itself against certain diseases.
What is immunity
500
A disease that causes difficulty in breathing.
What is asthma