Chapter 27: Immunity Flashcards

Process of partial sterilization, esp. one involving heat treatment or irradiation, thus making the product safe for consumption and improving its keeping quality

It is a chemical liquid that destroys bacteria.

Of, relating to, or denoting substances that prevent the growth of disease-causing microorganisms.

A disease that can be transmitted.

A disease that is transmitted through sexual contact or activity.

The body's protections against potentially harmful foreign substances.

A blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen.

A toxin or other foreign substance that induces an immune response in the body, esp. the production of antibodies.

The immunity that results from the production of antibodies by the immune system in response to the presence of an antigen.

The short-term immunity that results from the introduction of antibodies from another person or animal.

A form of small leukocyte (white blood cell) with a single round nucleus, occurring esp. in the lymphatic system.

A substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease

A disease that cannot be transmitted

A disease that is long-lasting or recurrent.

The disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body