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Immune System Vocabulary

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white blood cell   a blood cell that fights disease  
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antibody   protein that defends the body against disease  
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immunity   the body's ability to identify, destroy and dispose of disease  
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antibiotic   medicine that kills or slows the growth of bacteria  
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pathogen   organism that causes disease  
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vaccination   an injection that produces a mild form of a disease in order to help the body build up an immunity to the disease  
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virus   an extremely small organism that causes disease in humans, animals and plants  
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bacteria   a one-celled micro-organism, some are helpful and some cause disease  
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fungus   a simple parasitic organism  
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lymph node   tissue that helps to filter pathogens from the body  
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parasite   an organism that lives in or on another organism  
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organism   a living thing  
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