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| the process by which a food is heated to kill the microbes that make it spoil |
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| disease causing agents such as viruses, bacteria, fungi and protists |
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| microscopic one-celled organism, may be beneficial, harmful or neither |
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| microscopic non-cellular disease-causing agent |
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| organisms that live off dead and decaying organisms or are parasitic on living organisms |
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| single-celled organisms that share some characteristics with both plants and animals; some cause serious diseases |
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| illness that can be spread from one organism to another |
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| form of food poisoning caused by bacteria |
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| form of food poisoning caused by bacteria |
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| staphylococcus bacteria, cause of food poisoning |
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| process that uses steam to destroy bacteria |
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| disease prevalent throughout entire country or continent or whole world (more than an epidemic) |
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| mamy people in a certain region acquire a disease quickly (not as widespread as a pandemic) |
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| a given disease is found to a lesser extent in a particular region |
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| places where people are isolated to prevent the spread of an illness |
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| government and agencies working together to maintain community health |
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| injecting an antigen from a particular disease into the body in order to act as a catalyst for the body to begin producing antibodies |
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| protein compounds released by white blood cells to react with and destroy antigens |
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| the body's physical barriers against pathogens. This includes the skin and mucus. |
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| Tissue swelling and increased blood flow; the body's second line of defense against further damage when the skin is breached |
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| the body's third line of defense against disease; targets specific pathogens |
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| specialized white blood cells of the immune system that surround and destroy damaged cells, foreign proteins and pathogens |
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| structures attached to all cells that help the body's immune system identify pathogens |
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| resistance to disease that is passed on genetically |
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| immunity to pathogens that is developed throughout life through exposure or vaccination |
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| the body's process of developing antibodies against certain diseases |
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| antibodies introduced into the body to create immunity |
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| an antigen injected into the body as a catalyst for the body to begin producing antibodies of its own |
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| catalyst for the body to begin producing antibodies |
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| Medication sold without a doctor's prescription |
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| drug that fights bacterial infections by either killing bacteria or preventing them from reproducing. |
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