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Diseases Vocabulary

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  • Q1
    pandemic

    Highly contagious and often severe viral infection of the respiratory tract

    An outbreak of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time

    A disease that is caused by a pathogen and that can be spread from one individual to another.

    Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.
    30s
  • Q2
    fungus
    A parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores

    Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes

    A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.

    An organism that causes disease

    30s
  • Q3
    influenza

    An organism that causes disease

    One-celled organisms that are more complex than bacteria

    A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.

    An infectious disease caused by the flu virus
    30s
  • Q4
    bacteria

    One-celled eukaryotic organisms 

    Spore-producing eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll 

    A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.

    Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes
    30s
  • Q5
    virus

    Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes

    A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.

    One-celled organisms that are more complex than bacteria

    Spore-producing eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll

    30s
  • Q6
    epidemic
    Regional outbreak of a disease

    An organism that causes disease

    A disease that is caused by a pathogen and that can be spread from one individual to another.

    Disease that occurs over a wide-spread geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.

    30s
  • Q7
    protozoa

    A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.

    One-celled organisms that are more complex than bacteria

    Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes

    Spore-producing eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll 

    30s
  • Q8
    morphology

    The ability of spreading disease

    The study of a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.

    The study of disease carrying organisms

    The form and structure of organism
    30s
  • Q9
    infectious disease

    An organism that causes disease

    A disease that is caused by a pathogen and that can be spread from one individual to another.

    A widespread outbreak of a disease.

    Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.

    30s
  • Q10
    pathogen

    A disease that is caused by a pathogen and that can be spread from one individual to another.

    An organism that causes disease

    A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.

    A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.

    30s
  • Q11
    Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes

    virus

    protozoa

    bacteria

    fungus

    30s
  • Q12
    An increase in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in that population in an area.

    pathogen

    epidemic

    infectious disease

    pandemic

    30s
  • Q13
    Spore-producing eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll and include molds, rusts, mildews, smuts, mushrooms, and yeasts.

    virus

    bacteria

    fungus

    protozoa

    30s
  • Q14
    A disease that is caused by a pathogen and that can be spread from one individual to another.

    virus

    infectious disease

    pandemic

    epidemic

    30s
  • Q15
    A highly contagious and often severe viral infection of the respiratory tract
    ebola
    influenza (flu)

    pathogen

    epidemic

    30s

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