stent A small mesh tube used to widen narrowed blood vessels and allow blood to flow more easily. stroke Death of brain cells caused by a lack of blood, due to a blockage in a blood vessel in the brain. waist : hip A measure of the amount of fat in the body, calculated (waist-to-hip) ratio by dividing the waist measurement by the hip measurement. SB5d Pathogens Word Pronunciation Meaning AIDS (acquired When HIV has damaged a immune system, person’s immune deficiency so they are more likely to get secondary infections. syndrome) chalara dieback A communicable disease of ash trees caused by a cal-ar-ra fungus. It produces lesions of the trunk and branches, and dieback of the top of the tree. cholera A communicable disease caused by a bacterium, col-e-ra which causes extreme diarrhoea. diarrhoea Loose or watery faeces. dye-a-ree-a haemorrhagic fever A disease that includes a fever (high body hem-or-raj-ik temperature) and internal bleeding, such as caused by the Ebola virus. host An individual or species that can be infected by a certain pathogen. HIV (human A virus that attacks white blood cells in the human immunodeficiency immune system, often leading to AIDS. virus) malaria A dangerous disease, caused by a protist, that causes mal-air-ee-a serious fever, headaches and vomiting and can lead to death. protist A kingdom of eukaryotic and mainly single-celled organisms (also called ‘protoctists’). secondary infection An infection due to the immune system being weakened previously by a different pathogen. tuberculosis (TB) A communicable bacterial disease that infects the tyoo-ber-cyoo-lOw-sis lungs. ulcer A sore area in the stomach lining which can be ull-ser caused by a bacterium. virus A microbe that multiplies by infecting a cell and taking over the cell's DNA copying processes. Virus particles have no cellular structure and so are not true organisms. white blood cell A type of blood cell that forms part of the body’s defence system against disease.
stent A small mesh tube used to widen narrowed blood vessels and allow blood to flow more easily. stroke Death of brain cells caused by a lack of blood, due to a blockage in a blood vessel in the brain. waist : hip (waist-to-hip) ratio A measure of the amount of fat in the body, calculated by dividing the waist measurement by the hip measurement. SB5d Pathogens Word Pronunciation Meaning AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) When HIV has damaged a person’s immune system, so they are more likely to get secondary infections. chalara dieback cal-ar-ra A communicable disease of ash trees caused by a fungus. It produces lesions of the trunk and branches, and dieback of the top of the tree. cholera col-e-ra A communicable disease caused by a bacterium, which causes extreme diarrhoea. diarrhoea dye-a-ree-a Loose or watery faeces. haemorrhagic fever hem-or-raj-ik A disease that includes a fever (high body temperature) and internal bleeding, such as caused by the Ebola virus. host An individual or species that can be infected by a certain pathogen. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) A virus that attacks white blood cells in the human immune system, often leading to AIDS. malaria mal-air-ee-a A dangerous disease, caused by a protist, that causes serious fever, headaches and vomiting and can lead to death. protist A kingdom of eukaryotic and mainly single-celled organisms (also called ‘protoctists’). secondary infection An infection due to the immune system being weakened previously by a different pathogen. tuberculosis (TB) tyoo-ber-cyoo-lOw-sis A communicable bacterial disease that infects the lungs. ulcer ull-ser A sore area in the stomach lining which can be caused by a bacterium. virus A microbe that multiplies by infecting a cell and taking over the cell's DNA copying processes. Virus particles have no cellular structure and so are not true organisms. white blood cell A type of blood cell that forms part of the body’s defence system against disease.
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