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Diseases Vocabulary Review 4th Grade
Term | Definition |
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disease | Any change in the body that keeps it from working normally. |
symptom | The changes that a disease causes in the body. |
treatment | medicine or actions to treat a disease. |
prevention | steps taken to prevent disease. |
infectious | diseases spread from one person to another. |
noninfectious | diseases that are not spread from one person to another. |
bacteria | single celled living things that grow just about everywhere. |
viruses | small germs that take over a cell in the body to reproduce. |
antibodies | substances our bodies make to fight viruses. |
White Blood Cells | Large cells that surround and destroy bacteria. |
antibiotics | Medicine prescribed by a doctor that will kill bacteria but not viruses. |
Vaccinations | a shot that will make you immune to a disease. |
skin | Your first line of defense against disease. |
Pathogen | Password |