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infection vocabwk3
infection control vocab wk3
Question | Answer |
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bacterial dysentery | shingella dysenteriae |
gonorrhea | neissera gonorrhoeae |
cholerae | vibrio cholerae |
whooping cough | bordetella pertusis |
botulism | clostriclium botullnum |
most post op wound infection | staphylococcus aureus |
virulence | relative power of a pathogen to cause disease |
saprophyte | an organism living on decaying or dead organic matter |
pathogen | disease-causing microorganisms |
parasitology | study of parasites |
obligate | compulsory |
mycosis | any disease induced by a fungus |
mycology | study of fungi |
morphology | science of structure and form |
microbiology | study of microorganisms |
inclusion bodies | small, round bodies found in cells affected by a virus |
heterotrophic | requiring organic compounds to live and grow |
flagellum | hairlike, motile process on the extremity of a bacterium or a protozoan |
binary fission | method of asexual reproduction in which the cell divides into 2 parts |
bacteriophage | virus that attacks bacteria |
bacteriology | study of bacteria |
autotrophic | capable of growing in absence of organic compounds; self nourishing |
anaerobe | microorganism; lives without oxygen |
aerobe | microorganism; requires oxygen to live |