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Bonewit Ch.20
Bonewit Ch.20 (Kayla Sharp)
Term | Definition |
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Bacilli | bacteria that have a rod shape. |
Cocci | Bacteria that have a round shape. |
Colony | A mass of bacteria growing on a solid culture medium that have arisen from the multiplication of a single bacterium. |
Contagious | Capable of being transmitted directly or indirectly from one person to another. |
Culture | The propagation of a mass of microorganisms in a laboratory culture medium. |
Culture Medium | A mixture of nutrients on which microorganisms are grown in the laboratory. |
False-negative | A test result denoting that a condition is absent when it is actually present. |
False-positive | A test result denoting that a condition is present when it is actually absent. |
Fastidious | Extremely delicate, difficult to culture, and involving specialized growth requirements. |
Immunization | The process of becoming protected from a disease through vaccination. |
Incubate | In microbiology, the act of placing a culture in a chamber that provides optimal growth requirements for the multiplication of the organisms, such as the proper temperature, humidity, and darkness. |
Incubation period. | The interval of time between the invasion by a pathogenic microorganism ad appearance of first symptoms of the disease. |
Infectious disease | A disease caused by a pathogen that produces harmful effects on its host(also known as a communicable disease) |
Inoculate | To introduce microorganisms into a culture medium for growth and multiplication. |
Microbiology | The scientific study of microorganisms and their activities. |
Mucous membrane | A membrane lining body passenger or cavities that open to the outside. |
Normal flora | Harmless, nonpathogenic microorganisms that normally reside in many parts of the body but do not cause disease. |
Resistance | The natural ability of an organism to remain unaffected by harmful substances in its environment |
Sequela | A morbid (secondary)condition occurring as a result of a less serious primary infection. |
Smear | Material spread on a slide for microscopic examination. |
Specimen | A small sample or part taken from the body to show the nature of the whole. |
Spirilla | Bacteria that have a spiral or curved shape. |
Streaking | In microbiology, the process of inoculating a culture to provide for the growth of colonies on the surfaces of a solid medium |
Streptolysin | An exotoxin produced by beta-hemolytic streptococci, which completely hemolyzes red blood cells. |
Susceptible | Easily affected, lacking resistance. |