Science n Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
infectious disease | caused by a disease-causing organism (contagious) |
pathogen | an organism that causes a disease (germ) |
localized | specific to one area, only in one area |
phagocyte | the type of white blood cell that gobbles up the bacteria in or during the inflammatory responce |
interferon | cells produce this which interferes with the ability for a virus to reproduce |
antigen | protien markers found on pathogens |
AIDS | aquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
immunity | the body's ability to destroy pathogens before they can cause disease |
active immunity | occurs when your body goes through the immune responce and produces its own antibodies |
"smart" viruses | know how to mutate |
"dumb" viruses | don't know how to mutate |
passive immunity | immunity that you get from another source |
allergy | a disorder in which the immune system is overly sensitive to a foreign substance |
noninfectious disease | not caused by a pathogen so it is not contagious |
phagocyte | cell that eats |
macrophage | big eater |
lymphocytes | What type of white blood cell produces antibodies? |
asthma | a disorder in which the respiratory passages narrow significantly |
Islet of Langerhans | the area in the pancreas that makes insulin |
cancer | a disease in which cells multiply uncontrollably, destroying healthy tissue along the way |
tumor | a growth |
benign tumors | (friendly) not cancerous because they are not spread |
malignant tumors | (cancerous) tumors that can spread |
metastasized | spread |
carcinogens | cancer causing agents |
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