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communicable disease

a disease that is transmitted from one person to another

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AID

human immunodefincey virus causes…

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Toxins

poisonous substances produced by some microorgansims are called..

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acquired immunity

the type of immunity the body develops after overcoming a disease

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30 seconds

the minimum amount of time to hand wash

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non porous

a non absorbent thing

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pathogenic

harmful bacteria that causes disease or infection

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nonpathogenic

harmless bacteria

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disinfecting

process that eliminates most but not all microorganism on non porous surface

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sterilizing

destroys all microbial life

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bacteria

one celled microorganisms

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virus

parasitic particle that lives in another living thing

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fungus

single cell organism that grows in irregular masses