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Y9 Pearson Ch7 Vocab - Biology

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a substance that kills or prevents the growth of bacteria   antibiotic  
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a chemical made by the immune system that makes it easier for white blood cells to destroy pathogens   antibody  
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microscopic, single-celled organisms   bacteria  
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very easy to spread; used to describe a disease   contagious  
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anything that causes your body to stop working properly   disease  
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a chemical that is made by cells in response to injury   histamine  
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able to make the antibodies to a pathogen before it can make you unwell; resistant to a disease   immune  
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the system that fights infections   immune system  
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a disease that can be spread ( adj + noun )   infectious disease  
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a white blood cell that makes antibodies   lymphocyte  
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a white blood cell that consumes pathogens (m...)   macrophage  
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a type of white blood cell that consumes pathogens (n...)   neutrophil  
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an organism that causes disease   pathogen  
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bacteria that cause disease (adj + noun)   pathogenic bacteria  
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an early antibiotic   penicillin  
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isolation to prevent spread of a disease   quarantine  
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indicator of a particular disease   symptom  
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a chemical that causes your body to react as if it encountered a pathogen; used to build immunity to a disease   vaccine  
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a chemical that kills fungi   fungicide  
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the organism a parasite lives in/on   host  
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a cell invaded by viruses   host cell  
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a single cell used by fungi to spread/reproduce   spore  
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a pathogen about 100 times smaller than a bacterium   virus  
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