Chapter 9 Word Scramble
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Adolescent | An individual 12 to 18 years of age. |
Immunity | The resistance of the body to the effects of a harmful agent, such as a pathogenic microorganism and its toxins. |
Immunization (active, artificial) | The process of becoming immune or of rendering an individual immune through the use of a vaccine or toxoid. |
Infant | A child from birth to 12 months old. |
Length (recumbent) | The measurement from the vertex of the head to the heel of the foot in a supine position. |
Pediatrician | A physician who specializes in the care and development of children and the diagnosis and treatment of children's diseases. |
Pediatrics | The branch of medicine that deals with the care and development of children and the diagnosis and treatment of children's diseases. |
Preschool child | A child 3 to 6 years of age. |
School-age child | A child 6 to 12 years of age. |
Toddler | A child 1 to 3 years of age. |
Toxiod | A toxin that has been treated by heat/chemicals to destroy it's harmful properties It is administered to an individual to prevent an infectious disease by stimulating the production of antibodies in that individual. |
Vaccine | A suspension of attenuated (weakened) or killed MO's administered to an individual to prevent an infectious disease by stimulating the production of antibodies in that individual. |
Vertex | The top of the head |
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