| A | B |
|---|
| Severe, sometimes fatal allergic response | Anaphylactic shock |
| a malignant tumor | Cancer |
| Thickening of skin and blood vessels | Scleroderma |
| Cancer of the lymph nodes | Hodgkin's disease |
| Viral disease caused by oral contact, frequent in youth and children | Mononucleosis |
| Enlargement of the lymph nodes | Lymphadenitis |
| Inflammation of the tonsils due to bacterial or viral infection | Tonsillitis |
| "kissing disease" | Mononucleosis |
| Destruction of many different body tissues by the immune system | Lupus erythematosus |
| the immunity you're born with | Natural immunity |
| obtained through mother''s milk | Passive acquired immunity |
| the body's ability to resist invaders and disease | Immunity |
| the result of recovering from a disease | Natural Acquired Immunity |
| hypersensitivity | occurs when the bodies immune system fails to protect itself against foreign materials |
| allergen | stimulates the formation of antibodies against itself |
| antigen | molecules on the outside of cells that help determine friend vs. foe |
| allergy | an immune response that goes too far |
| anaphylaxis | severe, sometimes fatal allergic reaction |
| antibody | protein that binds to antigens |
| resistance | the capacity to defend against a disease |
| pathogen | organism that causes disease |
| immunity | the body's ability to resist pathogens |
| interstitial fluid | another name for lymph fluid |
| immunization | the process of increasing a person's resistance to a particular infection |
| incubation period | time interval between entry of infectious agent into the host and the onset of symptoms |
| opportunistic infection | an infection caused by an organism that wouldn't ordinarily cause a disease |
| autoimmune | a person's own immune system attacks normal cells |
