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MA 1 UNIT 1 VOCAB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AEROBE | A MICROORGANISM THAT NEEDS OXYGEN TO GROW |
| ANAEROBE | A MICROORGANISM THAT DOES NOT NEED OXYGEN TO GROW |
| MICROORGANISM | A MINUTE LIVING BODY NOT SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE |
| PATHOGEN | A DISEASE-PRODUCING MICROORGANISM |
| MEDICAL ASEPSIS | DESTRUCTION OF ORGANISMS AFTER THEY LEAVE THE BODY |
| CONTAMINATED | TO PLACE IN CONTACT WITH MICROORGANISMS |
| BACTERIA | A SINGLE-CELLED MICROORGANISM |
| ETIOLOGY | THE STUDY OF THE CAUSES OF DISEASE |
| ANTISEPTIC | AN AGENT WHICH PREVENTS THE GROWTH &/OR ARRESTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF MICROORGANISMS |
| SPORES | HARD CAPSULES FORMED BY CERTAIN BACTERIA WHICH ALLOW THEM TO RESIST PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO HEAT |
| INFLAMMATION | A NONSPECIFIC DEFENSE RESPONE OF THE BODY TO AN IRRITATING, INVASIVE OR INJURIOUS FOREIGN SUBSTANCE |
| SANITATION | A CLEANING PROCESS USING WATER & DETERGENT |
| DISINFECTION | DESTROYING MICROORGANISMS CHEMICALLY OR PHYSICALLY |
| STERILIZATION | A PROCESS THAT DESTROYS ALL ORGANISMS & THEIR SPORES |
| VIRUS | AN INFECTIOUS AGENT THAT REPRODUCES BY ENTERING A HOST CELL & USES THE HOST'S GENETIC MATERIAL TO MAKE COPIES OF ITSELF |
| BENIGN | NON-PROGRESSIVE & NON-LIFE THREATENING |
| BIOPSY | EXCISION OF A SMALL PIECE OF TISSUE FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION |
| CANCER | A DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY UNRESTRAINED & EXCESSIVE MULTIPLICATION OF BODY CELLS |
| CARCINOGEN | AGENT THAT CAUSES CANCER |
| CARCINOMA | CANCEROUS TUMOR MADE UP OF EPITHELIAL CELSS |
| CHEMOTHERAPY | TREATMENT USING DRUGS |
| CONTAGIOUS | INFECTIOUS |
| IMMUNE | PROTECTED IR RESISTANT TO DISEASE |
| INVASIVE | HAVING THE ABILITY TO ENTER & DESTROY SURROUNDING TISSUE |
| MALIGNANT | PROGRESSIVE & LIFE THREATENING |
| METASTSIS | MALIGNANT TUMOR CELLS DETACH THEMSELSVES FROM THE TUMOR SITE, TRAVEL THROUGH THE BLOODSTREAM & LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, & ESTABLISH A NEW TUMOR SITE |
| PAPANICOLAOU SMEAR | TISSUE FROM THE CERVIX IS EXAMINED UNDER A MICROSCOPE FOR EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER |
| SARCOMA | CANCEROUS TUMOR DERIVED FROM CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
| TUMORS(NEOPLASM) | MASSES OR GROWTHS THAT ARISE FROM NORMAL TISSUE |
| ONC/O | TUMOR |
| SEPS/0 | INFECTION |
| CARCIN/0 | CANCEROUS |
| PLE/O | MANYMORE |
| CHEM/O | CHEMICALDRUG |
| MEDULL/O | SOFTINNER PART |
| PLAS/O | FORMATION |
| SARC/O | FLESHCONNECTIVE TISSUE |
| CA | CANCER |
| bx | BIOPSY |
| NED | NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE |
| Pap smear | PAPANICOLAOU SMEAR |
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