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chapter 20
terminology review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bacili | bacteria that have a rod shape |
| Cocci | bacteria that has a round shape |
| colony | a mass of bacteria growing o a solid culture medium that have arisen from the multipication of a single bacterium |
| contagious | capable of being transmitted directly or indirectly from one person to another |
| culture | the propagation of a mass of microorgansims in a labatory culture medium |
| culture medium | a mixture of nutrients on which microorgansims are grown in the labatory |
| false negitive | a test result denoting that a condition is absent when it is actually present |
| false positive | a test result denoting that a condition is present when it is actually absent |
| fastidious | extremely delicate, difficult to culture,and involving specialized growth requirements |
| immunization | the process of becoming protected from a disease through vaccination |
| incubate | in microbiology the act of placing a culture in a chamber that provides optimal growth requirements for the multiplication of the organsims such as the proper temp, humidity and darkness |
| incubation peroid | the interval of time between the invasion by a pathogenic microorgansim and the apperance of the first symptoms of the disease |
| infectious disease | a disease caused by a pathogen that produces harmful effects on its host |
| inoculate | to introduce microorgansims into a culture medium for growth and multiplication |
| microbiology | the scientific study of microorgansims and their activites |
| mucous membrane | a membrane lining body passages or cavities that open to the outside |
| normal flora | harmless nonpathogenic microorganism that normally reside in many parts of the body but do not cause disease |
| resistance | the natural ability of an organism to remain unaffected by harmful substance in its environment |
| sequela | a morbid condition occuring as a result of a less serous primary infection |
| smears | material spread on a side for microscope examination |
| specimen | a small sample or part taken from the body to show the nature of the whole |
| spirlla | bacteria that have spiral or curved shape |
| streaking | the process of inculating a culture to provide for the growth of colonies on the surface of a solid medium |
| streptolysin | an extoxin produce by beta-hemolytic streptococci which completelty hemolyzes red blood cells |
| suceptible | easily affected lacking resistance |
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