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Top 10 Vaccine Myths Debunked - Glossary


Glossary

Pneumonia: An inflammatory infection that occurs in the lung.

Cervical cancer: Cancer of the cervix.

Homeopathy: Practice of using extremely small doses of medicines and herbs to cause the same symptoms the disease causes. Homeopaths (practitioners of homeopathy) acknowledge no diseases, only symptoms.

Polio: An infectious disease caused by a virus; usually causes only mild symptoms but in rare cases can attack the brain and spinal cord and cause paralysis or death.
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