Disease Prevention Vocab

the idea that when many people are immune to a contagious infection, usually by getting a vaccine, it's harder for that infection to spread in a community.

• Pandemic

• Herd Immunity

• Epidemic

• Immunization

a disease prevalent over a whole country or the world

• Epidemic

• Endemic

• Disease

• Pandemic

a sticky deposit on teeth in which bacteria proliferate

• Tartar

• Gingivitis

• Plaque

• Cataract

an escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel, especially when profuse

• Hemorrhage

• Aneurysm

• Laceration

• Tumor

a specialist in the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of disorders and diseases of the eye

• Ophthalmologist

• Optometrist

• Endocrinologist

• Eyedinologist

a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time

• Pandemic

• Epidemic

• Virus

• Bacteria

a common and mild form of gum disease

• Cavity

• Tartar

• Plaque

• Gingivitis

an abnormal bulge or ballooning in the wall of a blood vessel

• Brain bleed

• Hemorrhage

• Aneurysm

• Blood clot

mass of blood that forms when platelets, proteins, and cells in the blood stick together

• Aneurysm

• Blood clot

• Hemorrhage

• Hemophilia

a medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision

• Cataract

• Glaucoma

• Myopia

• Hyperopia