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Bio Unit 1.1
Infectious Disease Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cells | basic units of living things |
| bacteria | single cellular organisms that can be seen with a microscope |
| antibiotics | medicine designed to kill bacteria by stopping them from building a cell wall |
| normal range | the set of health measurements that a person usually has. |
| homeostasis | the body’s process of maintaining a normal range for various factors such as temperature, white blood cell count, or water levels. |
| immune response | the coordinated response of these different structures in our body to defend against a threat. |
| virus | a pathogen that is too small to see with a microscope and needs a host to survive |