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WCC Microbiology - Terminology

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Terminology- Microbiology
Definition
Pathogen   disease producing microorganism  
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Free-living   do not need to live on or in another living organism (host)  
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Commensal   lives in or on a host organism w/out causing any harm to host  
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symbiotic   actually benefits the host  
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parasitic   harms the host  
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flora   microorganisms that normally reside in a particular location in the body  
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virulence   strength of an organism to cause a disease  
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labile   unstable  
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Asymptomatic   without signs of disease  
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Clinical   visible, readily observable, pertaining to treatement  
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subclinical   w/out showing signs of disease  
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Etiology   study of disease causes  
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Lethal   causing death  
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Morbid   afflicted with disease  
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Morbidity   ration of diseased animcal to well animals in a population  
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Mortality   ratio of diseased animals to diseased animals that die  
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Moribund   near death  
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Palliative   relief of condition but not cure  
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Prevalence   # of cases of disease in a pop at a certain time  
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prophylaxis   prevention  
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Epidemiology   study of relatiohships determinint freq and distribution of diseases  
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Diagnosis   determination of the cause of disease  
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Differential diagnosis   list of possible disease causes  
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Prognosis   prediction of the outcome of a disease  
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Sign   characteristic of disease that can be obs by others  
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syndrome   set of signs that occur together  
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acute   short course with sudden onset  
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Peracute   excessively accute onset  
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Chronic   long course with a progressive onset  
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remission   partial or complete disappearance of disease signes  
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endemic   ongoing presence of disease w/in group; AKA enzootic if within an animal  
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Epdemic   sudden and widespread outbreak of disease w/in a group AKA epizootic  
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Pandemic   occuring over a large geographic area  
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Disease   deviation from normal  
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Infectious disease   disorder caused by pathogenic organisms  
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Contagious   disease that can be spread; AKA communicable  
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Iotrogenic disease   disoder caused by medical treatment  
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Nosocomial infection   disorder caused by medical treatment  
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Idiopathic disease   disorder of unknow cause  
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Asepsis   freedom from infection  
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Aspectic technique   all step takin to protect surgery sites from contamination  
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Antiseptic   a chemical agent used on living tissue to kill or prevent growth of microorganisms  
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Bactericidal   kills bacteria  
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Bacteriostatic   inhibits the growth of bacteria  
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Cleansing   removal of organic matter and debris  
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detergent   chemical cleansing substanct  
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fungicidal   kill funal organisms  
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sanitation   reductionn in the # of microogranisms to a level that is considered safe  
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Sporicidal   kills fungal and bacterial spores  
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Sterilization   complete destruction of all microorganisms including spores and virusus  
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Viricidal   kills viruses  
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True sterility   difficult to acheive  
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