Vocabulary Words (set 5) Health Terms

1. ACHE A persistent usually moderately intense pain.

2. ANEMIA A deficiency of red blood cells.

3. ANTIDOTE Remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison.

4. BACTERIA Single-celled organisms that can cause disease.

5. DISABILITY When one cannot perform due to physical or mental unfitness.

6. EPIDEMIC Widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.

7. INFECTION Invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms.

8. INFLUENZA Highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever, headache, severe aching, etc

9. MEDICATION Something that treats or prevents the symptoms of disease.

10. SYMPTOM A change in the body or its functions that indicates the presence of a disease or other disorder.