Glossary/Vocabulary:
Active Immunity: immunity that occurs when a person's own immune system produces antibodies in the response to presence of
pathogens
Allergen: substance that causes an allergy
Allergy: a disorder in which the immune system is overly sensative to a foreign substance
Antibiotic: group of drugs used to block the growth and reproduction of bacterial pathogens
Antibody: protein that either attacks antigens directly or produces antigen-binding proteins
Antigen: any substance that triggers an immune response
B-Cell: a lymphocyte that produces chemicals/antibodies that help destroy a specific type of pathogen
Histamine: chemical response for symptoms of an allergy
Immune Response: the body's specific recognition, response and memory to a pathogen attack
Immunity: the ability of the immune system to destroy pathogens before they can cause a disease
Infectious Disease: disease caused by a microorganism that disrupts normal body functions
Inflamitory Response: part of the body's defense against pathogens in which fluid and white blood cells leak from blood vessels into
tissues; the white blood cells destroy the pathogens by breaking them down
Lymphocyte: white blood cell that reacts to each kind of pathogen with a defense targeted specifically at the pathogen
Pasteurization: a heating process that is widely used to kill microorganisms in food products
Passive Immunity: temporary immunity that develops as a result of natural or deliberate exposure to an antibody
Pathogen: disease-causing agent
Phagocyte: white blood cell that engulfs pathogens, breaking down and destroying them
T-Cell: a lymphocyte that identifies pathogens and distinguishes one pathogen from another
Vaccination: the process by which harmless antigens are deliberately introduced to a person's body to produce active immunity
Vaccine: substance used in vaccination that consists of pathogens that have been weakened or killed but can still trigger the immune system into action
pathogens
Allergen: substance that causes an allergy
Allergy: a disorder in which the immune system is overly sensative to a foreign substance
Antibiotic: group of drugs used to block the growth and reproduction of bacterial pathogens
Antibody: protein that either attacks antigens directly or produces antigen-binding proteins
Antigen: any substance that triggers an immune response
B-Cell: a lymphocyte that produces chemicals/antibodies that help destroy a specific type of pathogen
Histamine: chemical response for symptoms of an allergy
Immune Response: the body's specific recognition, response and memory to a pathogen attack
Immunity: the ability of the immune system to destroy pathogens before they can cause a disease
Infectious Disease: disease caused by a microorganism that disrupts normal body functions
Inflamitory Response: part of the body's defense against pathogens in which fluid and white blood cells leak from blood vessels into
tissues; the white blood cells destroy the pathogens by breaking them down
Lymphocyte: white blood cell that reacts to each kind of pathogen with a defense targeted specifically at the pathogen
Pasteurization: a heating process that is widely used to kill microorganisms in food products
Passive Immunity: temporary immunity that develops as a result of natural or deliberate exposure to an antibody
Pathogen: disease-causing agent
Phagocyte: white blood cell that engulfs pathogens, breaking down and destroying them
T-Cell: a lymphocyte that identifies pathogens and distinguishes one pathogen from another
Vaccination: the process by which harmless antigens are deliberately introduced to a person's body to produce active immunity
Vaccine: substance used in vaccination that consists of pathogens that have been weakened or killed but can still trigger the immune system into action