Diseases Vocabulary
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- Q1pandemic
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 - Q2fungusA 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 - Q3influenza
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 virus30s - Q4bacteria
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; prokaryotes30s - Q5virus
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 - Q6epidemicRegional 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 - Q7protozoa
A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.
One-celled organisms that are more complex than bacteriaSingle-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes
Spore-producing eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll
30s - Q8morphology
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 organism30s - Q9infectious 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 - Q10pathogen
A disease that is caused by a pathogen and that can be spread from one individual to another.
An organism that causes diseaseA tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.
A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.
30s - Q11Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes
virus
protozoa
bacteriafungus
30s - Q12An increase in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in that population in an area.
pathogen
epidemicinfectious disease
pandemic
30s - Q13Spore-producing eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll and include molds, rusts, mildews, smuts, mushrooms, and yeasts.
virus
bacteria
fungusprotozoa
30s - Q14A disease that is caused by a pathogen and that can be spread from one individual to another.
virus
infectious diseasepandemic
epidemic
30s - Q15A highly contagious and often severe viral infection of the respiratory tractebolainfluenza (flu)
pathogen
epidemic
30s