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Pathogen: An infectious micro-organism or other agent that causes disease

Prokaryotic: Cell that has no membrane-bound nucleus or membrane-bound organelles

Eukaryotic: Cell that has membrane-bound organism and membrane-bound organelles

Disease: Any condition that interferes with how an organism, or any part of it, functions

Flagella: a single thread-like structure on micro-organisms that allows them to move/swim

Heterotroph: Organism that doesn’t produce its own sustenance

Autotroph: Organism that produces its own sustenance, either by itself or from sunlight(photosynthesis, produces sugar from carbon dioxide, water and sunlight)

Bacteria: Single-celled organisms that are prokaryotic

Virus: Piece of genetic material (RNA or DNA) housed within a protective coat that is not a cell

Protist: Single or multi-cellular micro-organisms (eukaryotes) that aren’t plants, animals or fungi

Fungi: Single or multicellular eukaryotic organism with cell walls made of chitin, and reproduce using spores

Infectious Disease: Disease that can invade the body

Contagious Disease: Disease that can be spread from one organism to another

Non-infectious Disease: Disease cannot be spread from one organism to another

Vaccination: Administration of a material that stimulates adaptive immunity to a disease

Health: Physical condition of an organism, without being affected or infected by a pathogen or other condition

Disease: Abnormal condition of an organism resulting from various causes, e.g. infection

Disorder: Condition that affects the function of the mind or body

Micro-organism: Organism of microscopic or ultra-microscopic size

Infection: Invasion of an organism by a pathogen

Virulence: Pathogen’s or micro-organism’s ability to damage its host

Endemic: Limited to a particular location, region or people 

Epidemic: Limited to many individuals in a wide area, or a population

Pandemic: Occurring over a wide geographic area and usually affecting a large amount of the population

Outbreak: Sudden occurrences of a disease in a particular time or place

Antigen: something on the cell that is recognised by the immune system

Antibody: protein produced by the immune system which recognises the antigen, and can neutralise it

Immunity: resistance against a particular pathogen through the specific antibodies, lymphocytes or other immune system components