Disease Vocabulary
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elizabethmc2 on March 6, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 homeostasis | the physical and chemical activities that occur within the body to keep everything the same. |
| immunity | the ability to resist a disease, due to either a vaccine or having the disease. |
| epidemic | a situation in which a particular disease is affecting large numbers of people and is spreading rapidly from person to person. |
| toxin | a poisonous substance produced by bacteria and viruses. |
| treatment | steps taken to help a person feel better by getting rid of disease symptons. |
| cure | something that actually gets rid of a disease-causing organism or the disease itself. |
| antibody | a protein made by a white blood cell that attacks a disease-causing organism. |
| antibiotic | a chemical substance that can stop or destroy bacteria and other micro-organisms. |
| antitoxin | a substance used to neutralize a toxin. |
| vaccine | A weakened or dead form of a disease-causing organism. It gives your immune system a chance to learn the characteristics of the disease-causing organism, so that way, your WBC's will recognize the organism when you're exposed to it. |
| Five Ways You Can Be Infected With A Pathogen | The Air, Contaminated Objects, Person to Person, Animals and Food or Water. |
| Three Disease Fighting Habits | Washing your hands regularly, excersising regularly and staying active, eating healthy foods and not eating foods that are spoiled or have been poorly handled. |
| The First Line of Defense | the skin |
| Anton von Leeuwenhoek | invented the microscope and discovered bacteria, 1600s. |
| Edward Jenner | made the first vaccine to prevent smallpox, 1790s. |
| Louis Pasteur | developed pasteurization, a system in which milk and other foods are heated in order to kill bacteria, 1800s. |
| Joseph Lister | created antiseptics which prevented infection, 1800s. |
| Alexander Fleming | created penicillin using specialized mold that which cured bacterial infections, 1928. |
| Alfred Nobel | Swedish millionaire who awarded people with monetary awards who made large discoveries and improvements in the medical field, 1890s |
| Walter Reed | helped fight mosquito caused diseases, such as yellow fever, 1800s |
| Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin | created an oral vaccine against the disease polio, mid 1900s. |
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