body at war definitions & examples

Question 1

disease definition

Answer 1

illness or sickness with symptoms

Question 2

infectious disease examples

Answer 2

the flu, measles, HIV

Question 3

non-infectious disease examples

Answer 3

heart disease, cancer, diabetes

Question 4

host definition

Answer 4

organism that provides shelter at the a host.

Question 5

vector definition and example

Answer 5

living organisms that can transfer infectious pathogens between people, moleria

Question 6

antibiotic definition and example

Answer 6

medicine used to treat infections caused by bacteria or other microorganisms

penicillin

Question 7

bacteria examples

Answer 7

bacillus, salmonella

Question 8

antibiotic resistance definition

Answer 8

when germs develop ability to defeat drugs designed to kill them

Question 9

virus definition

Answer 9

tiny infectious particles that cause disease

Question 10

fungus definition

Answer 10

eukaryotic organism

Question 11

fungal disease examples

Answer 11

athletes foot, ringworm

Question 12

phagocyte definition

Answer 12

immune cell that can surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign materials and remove dead cells

Question 13

antigen definition

Answer 13

any substance causing immune system to produce antibodies against it

Question 14

vaccine definition

Answer 14

substance used to stimulate body’s response against disease

Question 15

STD/ STI definition

Answer 15

infection transmitted through sexual contact, caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites