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4th Grade Health Unit D Chapter 8 Communicable and Chronic Diseases
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| disease, | a condition that keeps your body from working as it should |
| communicable disease, | disease that is spread from person-to-person,from animals to people,or from objects in the environment to people |
| pathogen, | a germ that causes disease |
| mucus, | a moist coating that lines your nose and throat |
| white blood cell, | blood cell that fights illness if pathogens get into the body |
| antibody | a substance that your body makes to fight a pathogen as it is attacking you |
| vaccine, | a substance thet makes you immune to a disease without having to get the disease |
| symptom, | a change in the body's condition that signals disease |
| treatment, | care given to a person who is ill |
| antibiotic, | a drug that is used to kill or slow the growth of bacteria |
| chronic disease, | a disease that lasts a long time or comes back from time to time,often over a life time |
| diabetes, | a chronic disease in which there is to much sugar in the blood |
| allergy, | the body's over-reaction to a substance |
| asthma, | a condition in which the small airways of the respiratory system become narrow |
| heart disease, | a chronic disease of the heart or blood vessels |
| heart attack, | a sudden lack of blood to the heart muscle |
| premature heart attack, | one that occurs before age 60 |
| cancer, | a disease in which cells grow in ways that are not normal |
| radon, | a colorless,odorless gas that comes from rock and clay soils |
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