Rheumatic Fever - An inflammatory disease that may be caused by an untreated or improperly treated case of strep throat.⏎
Pandemic - An increase in the occurrence of a particular disease over a very large region, such as a continent or the entire globe, that is greater than what is expected over a given period of time.⏎
Reproduction - The process by which parent organisms create new offspring by either sexual or asexual means.⏎
Organism - A living being that can reproduce, grow, react to external stimuli, and maintain its internal equilibrium.⏎
Plasmid - A ring of DNA usually found in bacteria that is separate from and can replicate independently from DNA in a chromosome and can provide bacteria with some advantages, such as antibiotic resistance.⏎