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Bonewit chapter 20
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bacilli(bacillus) | Bacteria that have a rod shape |
| Cocci(Coccus) | Bacteria that have a round shape |
| Colony | A mass of baceria growing on a solid culture medium that have arisen from the multiplication of a single bacterium |
| Contagious | Capable of being transmitted directly or indirectly from one person to another |
| Culture | The propagation of a mass of Mo's in labroratory culture medium |
| Culture medium | A mixture of nutrients on which MO's are grown in the laboratory |
| False neg. | A test result denoting that a condition is absent when it is actually present |
| False positive | A tst result denoting that a condition is present when it is actually absent |
| Fastidious | Extremely delicate, difficult to culture, and involving speciliazed 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 (incubator) that provides optimal growth requirements for the multipication of the orgamisms, such as rhe proper temp, humidity and darkness |
| Incubation period | The interval of time between the invasion by a pathogenic microorganisms and the appearance of first symptoms of the disease |
| Infectious disease | A disease caused by a pathogen that produces harmful effects on its host |
| Inoculate | To introduce MO's into a culture medium for growth and multiplication |
| Microbiology | The scientific study of MO's and their activities |
| Mucous membrane | A membrane lining body passages or cavities that open to the outside |
| Normal flora | Harmless, nonpathogenic MO's 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 substances in its environment |
| Squela | A morbid secondary condition occuring as a result of a less serious primary infection |
| Smear | Material spread on a slide for microscopic examination |
| Specimen | A small sample or part taken form the Body to show the nature of the whole |
| Spirilla | bacteria that have a spiral or curved shape |
| Streaking | The process of inoculating a culturee to provide for the growth of colonies on the surface of a solid medium. accomplished by skimming a wire inoculating loop that contains the specimen across the surface of the medium, using a back and fourth motion |
| Streptolysin | An extoxin produced beta-hemolytic strepococci, which completely hemolyzes red blood cells |
| Susceptible | Easily effected, lacking resistance. |
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