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Disease
| answer | question |
|---|---|
| toxins | poisons made by microorganisms |
| cilia | tiny hairs on the surface of cells in the breathing tubes that move mucus |
| vaccination | an injection of dead or weak bacteria or viruses that cause the body to make antibodies |
| clot | red blood cells in a net of fibres prevent microbes from entering wounds |
| bacterium | very small living cell which causes disease, with a membrane but no proper nucleus |
| virus | micro-organism that lives inside cells of other organisms |
| antibiotics | drug that kills bacteria but not viruses |
| mucus | sticky fluid in the breathing tubes which traps microbes |
| phagocyte | white blood cell which engulfs microbes to kill them |
| antibody | chemicals made by white blood cells to kill microbes |
| acid | chemical in the stomach to kill microbes |
| antitoxin | chemical made by white blood cells to neutralise microbe poisons |