Disease and Pathogens Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• bacteria: single-celled microorganisms that can exist either as independent (free-living) organisms or as parasites.
• pathology: the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury.
• antibiotic: a medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.
• parasite: an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food at the expense of its host.
• fungus: any of a group of spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter, including molds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools.
• quarantine: a state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.
• contagious: a disease spread from one person or organism to another, typically by direct contact.
• virus: a microscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism.
• zoonosis: a disease that can be transmitted to humans from animals.
• incubation: the period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms.
• epidemic: a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
• vector: an organism, typically a biting insect or tick, that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another.
• inflammation: a localized physical condition in which part of the body becomes reddened, swollen, hot, and often painful, especially as a reaction to injury or infection.
• immunity: the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells.
• pathogen: an organism that causes disease.
• symptom: a physical or mental feature that is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient.
• protoza: diverse group of unicellular eukaryotic organisms, many of which are parasitic and can cause disease.
• pandemic: an epidemic that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents, or worldwide.
• infectious: a disease caused by the entrance into the body of organisms (such as bacteria, protozoans, fungi, or viruses) which grow and multiply there.
• vaccine: a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease.