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Infection Terms U5 2B

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Antibody   An antigen-binding immunoglobulin, produced by B cells, that functions as the effector in an immune response.  
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Aseptic Technique   A procedure performed under sterile conditions.  
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Bacillus   A cylindrical or rod-shaped bacterium.  
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Bacteria   Single-celled microorganisms that are often aggregated into colonies or motile by means of flagella, typically live in soil, water, organic matter, or the bodies of plants and animals.  
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B Lymphocyte (B Cell)   A type of lymphocyte that develops in the bone marrow and later produces antibodies.  
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Coccus   A spherical bacterium.  
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Contagious   Communicable by contact.  
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Fungus   Saprophytic and parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll and include molds, rusts, mildews, smuts, mushrooms, and yeasts.  
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Gram Stain   A method for the differential staining of bacteria that involves fixing the bacterial cells to a slide and staining with crystal violet and iodine, then washing with alcohol, and counterstaining with safranin.  
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Helminth   A parasitic worm (as a tapeworm, liver fluke, ascarid, or leech).  
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Immunity   A condition of being able to resist a particular disease, especially through preventing development of a pathogenic microorganism or by counteracting the effects of its products.  
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Infection   The state produced by the establishment of an infective agent in or on a suitable host.  
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Microbiology   A branch of biology dealing especially with microscopic forms of life (as bacteria, protozoans, viruses, and fungi).  
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Phagocyte   A cell (as a white blood cell) that engulfs and consumes foreign material (as microorganisms) and debris.  
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Prion   Any of various infectious proteins that are abnormal forms of normal cellular proteins, that proliferate by inducing the normal protein to convert to the abnormal form, and that in mammals include pathogenic forms.  
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Protozoan   Any protist of the phylum or subkingdom Protozoa.  
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Spirillum   A spiral-shaped bacterium.  
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T Lymphocyte (T Cells)   A type of lymphocyte responsible for cell-mediated immunity that differentiates under the influence of the thymus.  
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Transmission   The way a microbial organism moves from one host to another.  
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Virus   infective agents that typically contain genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, or plants.  
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