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Chapter 5, lesson 3
Health- Vocabulary for Lesson 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| resistance | the natural ability of the body to fight pathogens |
| immune system | body system that recognizes and destroys invading pathogens |
| antibodies | substances produced in the blood to help fight disease |
| immunity | the body's memory of how to make antibodies to a specific pathogen |
| vaccine | a medicine containing dead or weakened pathogens that cause the immune system to form antibodies and produce immunity to a disease without actually causing the disease |
| injection | a shot |
| immunization | receiving a vaccine to make you immune to a disease |
| booster | later dose of a vaccine needed to maintain immunity |
| antibiotic | a medicine that kills pathogens, especially bacteria |