More Disease Vocab
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carlyegoldenberg on January 29, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Immunity | the body's ability to destroy pathogens before they can cause disease |
| Active immunity | immunity that occurs when a person's own immune system produces antibodies in response to a pathogen |
| Vaccination | the process by which harmless antigens are deliberately introduced into a person's body to produce active immunity |
| Passive immunity | immunity in which antibodies are given to a person rather than produced within the persons own body |
| Antigen | a molecule that the immune system reconizes as part of the body or as coming from outside the body |
| Antibody | A protein produced by a B cell of the immune system that destroys pathogens |
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