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Vocab
20 cards·by kaydicolvin
Infection
The process of infecting or the state of being infected
Contagious
when an infection spread from one person to another from direct or indirect contact
Virulent
when your disease or infection is really severe or harmful to you
Transmission
the action or process of transmitting something from one place to another
Bacteria
one-celled simple organisms
Viruses
an infective agent
Fungi
a group of living organisms
Protozoa
single-celled microscopic animal
Helminths
a parasitic worm
Prions
an abnormal form of a normally harmless protein
Microbiology
a branch of science that deals with microoganisms
Aseptic technique
using practice and procedures to prevent contamination
Gram stain
the staining technique for preliminary identification of bacteria
Bacillus (rod)
a rod-shaped bacterium
Coccus (sphere)
a roughly spherical bacterium
Spirillum (spiral)
a bacterium with a rigid spiral structure
Antibodies
a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen
Phagocytes
a type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria
System
a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism
Organs
a part of an organism that is typically self-contained