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Mod E Unit I Vocab
Mod E I Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Smear | bacteria spread on a surface as a microscope slide or a culture medium. |
| Smear Fixation | holding a bacterial specimen to a slide |
| Sputum | substance expelled by coughing |
| Stool | evacuation of the bowels |
| Streak Culture | spreading of the bacteria by drawing a wire across the medium |
| Swab | cotton on the end of a slender stick used for applying or collecting |
| Viable | capable of living |
| Pure Culture | culture of a single form of microorganisms, uncontaminated |
| Serological | pertaining to the study of the serum component of the blood |
| Microscopic | visible only by using a microscope |
| Negative Culture | culture that fails to reveal the suspected organisms |
| Pathogens | disease producing microorganisms |
| Positive Culture | culture that reveals the suspected organism |
| Culture | propagation of microorganisms in special media that are conclusive to their growth |
| Culturette | self contained culturing packet system |
| Cytology | science that deals with the formation structure & function of cells |
| Gelatin Culture | culture of bacteria on a gelatin medium, such as agar |
| Histology | study of the microscopic structure of tissue |
| Incubation | period of culture development |
| Inoculate | to add, implant or introduce another material; infective, immune, vaccine into another |
| Media | substance on which microorganisms may grow: broth, gelatin, agar. |
| Agglutination | clumping |
| Aerobes | microorganism that lives & grows in a free oxygen environment |
| Anerobes | a microorganism that lives & grows in the absence of oxygen |
| Microbes | a microorganism, including bacteria, protozoa, algae, fungus and defined viruses. |