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Disease
questions and answers on diseases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Feeling of wellbeing, able to function in one's environmnet | health |
| Needed for good health | exercise |
| Any plant or animal | organism |
| Invasion of the body | Infection |
| Easily transmitted from person to person | communicable |
| Micro-organism that causes disease | pathogen |
| Can cause disease in humans, living in the intestine | tapeworm |
| Transmitted by dirtect contact | contagious |
| Protects against invaders | antibody |
| Hardening and thickening of the skin due to parasite | elephantitius |
| Carrier of disease | vector |
| World ------ organisation | Health |
| Insect responsible for spreading malaria | mosquito |
| Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (disease) | AIDS |
| Found in food and used as energy or to build tissue | nutrients |
| A metobolic or chemical disease in which insulin is required | diabetes |
| ----------- diseases may be related to the type of lifestyle the person chooses to live | nutritional |
| A substanc, when taken or injected, helps to develop immunity | vaccine |