Killing Germs, Saving Lives: Criss Cross
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- 2. An English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing, she served as a manager of nurses trained by her during the Crimean War.
- 5. A preparation of killed, weakened, or fully infectious microbes that is given (as by injection) to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease.
- 6. A British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery. He promoted the idea of sterile surgery while working at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
- 8. A microscopic living thing that can cause disease.
- 9. Very tiny infectious agents that are too small to be seen with the ordinary light microscope.
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- 1. A substance produced by special cells of the body that combines with an antigen and counteracts its effects.
- 3. French biologist, microbiologist and chemist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization.
- 4. Single-celled microorganisms that can cause diseases.
- 7. A change in a living thing that indicates the presence of a disease or other physical disorder.
Word Bank
vaccine
bacteria
virus
germs
antibodies
symptoms
louis pasteur
joseph lister
florence nightingale
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