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Spicer MB Final Voca
Vocabulary, Microbiology, Spicer, Bastyr, Final,
Question | Answer |
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Colitis | inflamed large intestine. |
Diarrhea | frequent bowel movements of watery feces. |
Dysentery | frequent bowel movements of bloody or mucus-filled stools, with abdominal pain, fever, dehydration. |
Enteritis | inflamed small intestine (usually). |
Gastritis | inflamed stomach. |
Hepatitis | inflamed liver (usually used to refer to a viral infection, but can also be used as a general term). |
Bacteremia | temporary presence of bacteria in the blood. |
Septicemia | a systemic disease due to the presence of pathogens circulating throughout the body. |
EHEC | Enterohemorrhagic diarrhea. Hemorrhagic watery diarrhea (not dysentery). |
ETEC | Enterotoxigenic diarrhea/traveler’s diarrhea. Profuse watery diarrhea with/without mucus or blood. |
Lymphadenitis | inflammation of the lymph nodes. |
Lymphadenopathy | enlargement of the lymph nodes. |
Lymphangitis | an acute inflammation of the lymph channels. |
HIV | a retrovirus which infects immune cells. |
AIDS | a disease of the immune system caused by infection with the retrovirus HIV. |
Kaposi sarcoma | vascular tumor. |
Biological vector | an insect which is infected with a pathogen and provides a place for it to multiply, mature, or both. |
Rickettsiae | unusual bacteria. |
Lyme disease | an infectious bacterial disease transmitted by ticks, in which skin rash, fever, and headache precede arthritis and nervous disorder. |
Bubonic plague | “Bubonic” refers to swollen, inflamed, tender lymph nodes (buboes) that develop later. |
Pneumonic plague | “Pneumonic” refers to highly communicable lung infections. |
Malaria | an infectious disease caused by a parasite that is transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes. |
Nephritis | severe inflammation of the kidney. |
Cystitis | inflammation of the urinary bladder. |
Encephalitis | inflammation of the brain. |
Meningitis | A CNS infection having multiple causes. Viral or bacterial infection inflames the meninges. |
Myelitis | inflammation of the spinal cord or bone marrow. |
Botulism | a food borne microbial intoxication (Clostridium botulinum). |
Tetanus | an acute neuromuscular disease caused by a bacterial exotoxin called tetanospasmin. (Clostridium tetani bacteria) |
Tetanospasmin | bacterial exotoxin which causes tetanus. |
Condyloma accuminatum | a growth resembling a wart on the skin or a mucous membrane. |