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Disease Notes
Title: Disease Notes
Category: Science & Technology / Biology
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Disease Notes
Health-state of complete physical and mental wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease
Disease-condition that disturbs, or has the potential to disturb the bodies functions
Infectious disease-caused by a pathogen
Non-infectious disease-caused by a malfunction of the body
Contagious-easily spread
Non-contagious eg. Oppurtunistic infections
Pathogens-disease causing organisms
Micro-organisms-too small to be seen
Macrorganisms-can be seen with eye
Endoparasites-live in body eg worms
Ectoparasites-live outside body eg. Lice
Pathogens are parasites that cause disease
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…showed last 75 words of 401 total…Vaccination-the act of receiving a substance so that the body will develop immunity to a specific disease.
Water treatment-
Primary-screening and degritting (removal of large debris and grit)
<Tab/>-flocculation (mix water with chemicals to form suspended particles)
<Tab/>-sedimentation (suspended particles settle
<Tab/>-sludge processing (solids and liquids are processed)
Secondary-filtration (removal of microbes and fine mud)
Tertiary-fluoridation and chlorination (add chemicals)
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