1.3 Disease Agents Vocabulary

What is nasal congestion?

• Excess mucus and secretions in the air passages of the nose.

• Damage to an area on the body through injury or disease.

• Lymph nodes in the neck that help the body fight germs.

• High-pitched whistling sound during breathing.

What is a lesion?

• Excess mucus and secretions in the air passages of the nose.

• Damage to an area on the body through injury or disease.

• Lymph nodes in the neck that help the body fight germs.

• High-pitched whistling sound during breathing.

What are glands?

• Excess mucus and secretions in the air passages of the nose.

• Damage to an area on the body through injury or disease.

• Lymph nodes that are small, bean-shaped organs that help the body recognize and fight germs, infections, and other foreign substances.

• High-pitched whistling sound during breathing.

What are tonsils?

• Excess mucus and secretions in the air passages of the nose.

• Damage to an area on the body through injury or disease.

• Lymph nodes in the neck that help the body fight germs.

• High-pitched whistling sound during breathing.

What is wheezing?

• Excess mucus and secretions in the air passages of the nose.

• Damage to an area on the body through injury or disease.

• Lymph nodes in the neck that help the body fight germs.

• High-pitched whistling sound during breathing.

What is a virus?

• Tiny infectious agents that can only multiply when they are inside a host.

• Single-celled organisms that do not rely on a host.

• Organisms such as yeasts or molds that reproduce quickly in moist, humid environments.

• A microscopic organism such as a bacterium, virus, or fungus.

What are bacteria?

• Tiny infectious agents that can only multiply when they are inside a host.

• Single-celled organisms that do not rely on a host.

• Organisms such as yeasts or molds that reproduce quickly in moist, humid environments.

• A microscopic organism such as a bacterium, virus, or fungus.

What are fungi?

• Tiny infectious agents that can only multiply when they are inside a host.

• Single-celled organisms that do not rely on a host.

• Organisms such as yeasts or molds that reproduce quickly in moist, humid environments.

• A microscopic organism such as a bacterium, virus, or fungus.

What are microorganisms?

• Tiny infectious agents that can only multiply when they are inside a host.

• Single-celled organisms that do not rely on a host.

• Organisms such as yeasts or molds that reproduce quickly in moist, humid environments.

• A microscopic organism such as a bacterium, virus, or fungus.

What is a diagnosis?

• The identification of an illness or other problem by examination of the medical evidence.

• A medicine that limits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.

• An overall feeling of tiredness.

• The period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms.