| A | B |
|---|
| AIDS | Aquired Immune Deficiency Disorder- Virus cause by exchange of bodily fluids |
| aerobic | growing in the presence of oxygen |
| aerosol transmission | cloud of mist containing disease- such as a sneeze |
| antibiotic | substance made from mold or bacterium or synthetically that stops or slows down disease |
| antibodies | part of the immune response of disease which are built up in your blood |
| biological warfare | use of bacteria or viuses or their toxins as weapons |
| bubonic plague | usually spread by flea bites from an infected animal to humans |
| babesiosis | diease caused by ticks |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control |
| Cholera | fecal contamination of food or water and by eating raw or undercooked seafood |
| CAT Scan | similar to an x-ray, it shows a 2-dimentional cross-section |
| dengue fever | virus transmitted by the Aedes mosquito |
| diagnosis | the act of identifying a disease and what caused it |
| dialysis | a procedure which uses a machine to filter things from the blood stream |
| diptheria | a serious bacterial disease spread by droplets sprays |
| ebola | a deadly virus from an animal or infected person |
| epidemic | a widespread outbreak where many people are infected at the same time |
| endemic | a disease that is present in a certain people or culture of a certain area |
| exposure | when you come in contact with a disease |
| hemorrhagic | bleeding, loss of blood and body fluids |
| hoof and mouth disease | a disease of cattle and cloven footed animals, recently found in the United Kingdom. Animals had to be put to sleep |
| host | an organism which provides shelter or food for another organism |
| intravenous | entering through a vein. Medicines often are given this way |
| lyme disease | a tick borne disease often diagnosed by a circular rash |
| macroscopic | visible to be seen with a naked eye |
| mad cow disease | European cow disease, a mutation has spread to humans |
| malaria | a tropical disease carried by the female anopheles mosquito, spilling stagnent water helps the spread |
| microorganism | an organism seen only by use of a microscope |
| mutagen | something that increases mutations such as x-rays, ultraviolet |
| outbreak | a large number of cases of a disease in a short period of time |
| pandemic | an epidemic that effects multiple geographic areas at one time |
| parasite | a plant or animal that lives in or on another animal |
| pastuerization | partially sterililized food which occurs at a certain temperature |
| pathogen | any disease-producing agent |
| placebo | often used in trials of new medicines, has no effect and is used to see if people thnik there is an effect (control group) |
