Science Homework

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Pathogen	A bacterium, virus or other microorganism that can cause disease.
Bacterium	A unicellular microorganism that can leave either as an independent organism or a parasite.
Virus	A microorganism that invades living cells and uses its chemical machinery to keep itself alive and reproduce.
Disease	Illness of people, plants, animas etc... often caused by infection or failure of health.
Organ	A group of tissues that perform a specific function.
Tissue	Groups of cells with a similar structure working together for a specific function.
Cell	The structural, functional and biological unit of all organisms.
Organism	An organism is any contiguous living system.
Diagnosis	The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.
Prognosis	The likely course of a medical condition.

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	Created by Liss Backham about 10 years ago