vaccine - a treatment containing a dead or disabled microbe to stimulate the immune system, antibiotic - a chemical that kills fungi or bacteria, antibody - a chemical released by the immune system to disable microbes, immune - to be unable to catch a disease, immune system - the system of barriers that defends the body, white blood cell - a cell whose function is to kill microbes, microorganism - a microscopic organism - usually virus, bacteria or fungi, fungi - a type of microbe that reproduces via spores and lacks chlorophyll, virus - a type of microbe can only reproduce inside a host cell, bacteria - a type of microbe with a cell wall and no defined nucleus, blood vessel - a tube through which blood flows, artery - a blood vessel carrying blood from the hearth, vein - a blood vessel carrying blood to the heart, coronary artery - a blood vessel supplying the heart, capillary - a tiny blood vessel that connects viens and arteries, mutation - a random change in an organisms DNA, resistant - to be able to resist a particular antibiotic, epidemiological study - a study involving the medical histories of large number of people, open trial - a trial in which patients and doctors know whether they are taking the drug, blind trial - a trial in which patients don't know whether they are taking the drug or a placebo, double blind - a trial in which neither doctor or patient knows if the drug is a placebo or real, placebo - a fake drug used in blind trials, epidemic - when large numbers of people catch an infectious disease, natural barrier - a barrier which stops infection, e.g. skin or stomach acid,

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