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microbiology med ter
microbiology medical terminology
Question | Answer |
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minute living body not perceptible to the naked eye | microorganism |
study of microorganisms | microbiology |
study of bacteria | bacteriology |
compulsory | obligate |
study of parasites | parasitology |
method of asexual reproduction in which the cell divides into 2 parts | binary fission |
virus that attacks bacteria | bacteriophage |
disease causing microorganism | pathogen |
relative power of pathogen to cause disease | virulence |
capable of growing in absence of organic compounds; self-nourishing | autotrophic |
microorganism that requires oxygen to live | aerobe |
microorganism that does not require oxygen to live | anaerobe |
study of fungi | mycology |
requires organic compounds to live/grow | hetertrophic |
organism living on decaying/dead matter | saprophyte |
any disease induced by a fungus | mycosis |
small,round bodies found in cells and affected by a virus | inclusion bodies |
science of structure/form | morphology |
hairlike/motile process on the extremity of bacterium or a protozoan | flagellum |
bordetella pertussis | whooping cough |
staphyloccoccus aureus | most post-operative wound infections |
neisseria gonnorrhoeae | gonnorrhea |
clostridium botulinum | botulism |
vibro cholerae | cholerae |
shigella dysenteriae | bacterial dysentery |