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microbiology med ter
microbiology medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |