Define the following: Immunity

Definition

The ability of an organism to resist and overcome infection is called immunity.

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Chapter 7: Disease and Hygiene - Diseases due to malfunctioning of body organs, first and measures and hygiene

Chapter 7 Disease and Hygiene
Diseases due to malfunctioning of body organs, first and measures and hygiene | Q 3

Find the odd one out:

Cold, AIDS, plague, malaria, measles.

Name the following:

Three mineral-deficiency diseases.

Name the causative germ of AIDS. How is this disease transmitted?

What is a deficiency disease?

Fill in the blanks by selecting suitable words given below:

Anaemia is caused due to the deficiency of ______.

Organism which causes malaria

Find the odd one out, giving reasons:

Write, in brief, about the following: Fever

Pneumonia is an example of ______ disease.

Differentiate between Infectious and Non-Infectious diseases.