Immune System Vocab
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| Infectious disease | a disease that can pass from one organism to another
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| Pasteurization | a process of heating something up to kill of microorganisms
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| Inflammatory response | response when a bacterial infection is established in the body
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| Phagocyte | white blood cells that are released the inflammatory response
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| Immune response | a second line of defense that triggers white blood cells to attack to attack the pathogens
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| Pathogen | Organisms that cause infectious disease
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| T cell | identifies one specific pathogen
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| Antigen | molecules on cells that the immune system recognizes either
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| B cell | produces chemicals that help destroy each kind of pathogen
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| Antibody | chemical that are on the b cells
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| Immunity | is the body ability to destroy pathogens
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| Vaccine | usually consist of pathogens that have been weakened or killed but can trigger the immune system to go in action
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| Passive immunity | when antibodies are given to the person
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| Antibiotic | kills bacteria without making cells
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| Allergy | is when the body is overly is oversensitive to foreign substances
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| Allergen | any substance that causes an allergy
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| Histamine | substance that responsible for allergies
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| Lymphocyte | is responsible for rejecting and produces anti bodies to attack
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| Active immunity | when your body eliminates a sickness before your even sick
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| Vaccination | contains weak pathogens to trigger the immune system
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