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Science Week 3 Pandemic terms
Term | Definition |
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bioremediation | using microorganisms to change harmful chemicals into harmless ones |
antibiotics | medicines used to kill bacteria and other microorganisms |
pathogenic bacteria | bacteria that cause disease |
virus | microscopic particle that gets inside a cell and destroys the cell |
host | living thing that a virus or parasite lives on or in |
noninfectious diseases | diseases that are not spread from one person to another |
infectious diseases | diseases that can be passed from one living thing to another |
examples of bacterial diseases | sinus infection, tuberculosis, strep throat |
examples of viral diseases | influenza, mononucleosis, common cold |
epidemic | a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community |
pandemic | disease prevalent over a whole country or the world |