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Vocabulary Part I

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Term
Definition
Pathogenesis   The manner in which a disease develops  
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Competitive exclusion   Growth of some microbes inhibits the growth of other microbes  
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Symbiosis   Living together of two different organisms or populations  
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Probiotics   Microbes inoculated into a host to occupy niche & prevent pathogen growth  
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Symptoms   Change in body function felt by a patient as a result of disease  
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Signs   Change due to disease that a person can observe & measure  
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Syndrome   Specific group of signs/symptoms that accompany a disease  
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Communicability   Spread from one host to another  
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Contagious   Easily spread from one person to another  
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incidence   Fraction of population that contracts disease during particular period of time  
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Prevalence   Fraction of population having a "specific" disease at a given time  
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Sporadic   Occurs occasionally in a population  
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Endemic   Constantly present in a certain population  
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Pandemic   Epidemic that occurs world-wide  
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Acute   Rapid symptoms, short-lived  
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Chronic   Slow development, continue/recurs for long periods of time  
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Latent   Period of no symptoms/ pathogen inactive  
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Systemic   Deep within/ Throughout body  
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Sepsis   Presence of toxin/ Pathogenic organism in blood & tissue  
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Septicemia   Proliferation of pathogens in blood, accompanied by fever/ Sometimes causes liver damage  
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Bacteremia   Bacteria in blood  
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Toxemia   toxins in blood  
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Viremia   Viruses in blood  
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Primary Infection   Acute infection that causes initial illness  
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Secondary Infection   Infection caused opportunistic microbe after a primary infection has weaken defenses  
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Subclinical Infection   Infection not causing notable illness (in-apparent)  
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