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