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COMMUNICABLE
Capable of being transmitted by infection
PATHOGENS
Any disease-producing agent (plural)
PREVENTED
To keep from happening or arising
IMMUNE
A person who is ___ to a particular infection
ACQUIRED
To come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
INCUBATION
The phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and
TRANSFUSION
The introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery
CHANCRE
A small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen
PENICILLIN
Any of various antibiotics obtained from ___ molds and used in the treatment of various
PNEUMONIA
Respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma with congestion caused
HOSPICE
A program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill
STERILITY
The state of being free of pathogenic organisms
SYPHILIS
A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete
DISEASES
An illness that harms the body (plural)
CAUSES
Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something (plural)
CHLAMYDIA
Coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals
OPPORTUNISTIC
Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
CHRONIC
Being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
VIRUS
Ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts
CURED
To provide a ___ for, make healthy again
AIDS
The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something (plural)
RESOURCES
Available source of wealth (plural)
TREATMENTS
Care provided to improve a situation (plural)
HARMLESS
Not causing or capable of causing harm

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