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Micro-life
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Definition | Word |
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a scientist who trace the spread of a disease through a population | epidemiologist |
someone who never develops symptoms of an illness yet carries and spreads the disease | carrier |
an organism (other than a human) that spreads disease-causing germs usually without getting sick itself. (rats, ticks, mosquitoes, and fleas) | vector |
insolation | quarantine |
easily spread | infectious |
tiny form of life | micro-life |
an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | disease |
a virus or organism that can cause disease | pathogen |
one-celled micro-organisms, some of which are beneficial and some of which cause disease | bacteria |