Medicine Crossword

Disease caused by uncontrolled cell growth
Immunity that occurs when a body makes its own antibodies
Protein made in response to a specific antigen
Immunity that occurs when antibodies come from another source
Method of using heat to kill most bacteria in food
Abbreviation for sexually transmitte disease
A tiny piece of genetic material that infects and multiplies in host cells, killing the host cells
Diseases that are long-lasting and non-infectious
Use of chemicals to destroy cancer cells
Strong reaction of immune system to a foreign substance
Substances foreign to the body
The process of giving by mouth or injection a weakened virus that allows one to develop immunity against a disease
Substance that causes an allergic reaction
Disease not spread by people
Diseases that are spread by water, air, food, contact, and vectors
System of defenses the body has to fight disease
The code that contains all the information that an organism needs to grow and function
Any permanent change in a gene or chromosome of a cell
The joining of an egg and a sperm
Describes cell that have pairs of chromosomes
Cells formed in the male reproductive system
Type of reproduction when two sex cells, usually an egg and a sperm, come together
Cells formed in the female reproductive system
A section of DNA where instructions for making specific proteins are found
A structure in the nucleus that contains hereditary material
Type of reproduction when a new organism is produced that has hereditary material identical to the parent organism
The process in which the nucleus divides to form two identical nuclei
A type of nucleic acid that carries the codes for making proteins from the nucleus to the ribosomes
Produce eggs in the female
Endocrine secretions