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02/03/2004

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Acute
Definition
Short term infection; sever course
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Airborne
Definition
moved by air
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Allergen
Definition
can cause allergic reaction
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Amoebas
Definition
single celled
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Antibiotics
Definition
living organisms that kill pathogens
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Antigen
Definition
Provoke immune system
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Antigen
Definition
substance that is recognized as foreign and triggers an immune system reponse
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Antiseptic
Definition
substance that inhibits the growth and development of microorganisms
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Autoimmunity
Definition
directed agenst the bodys oun tissue
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Bacilli
Definition
rod shaped bacteria
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bacterium
Definition
tiny cell without nucleus
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benign
Definition
mild;local disease
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Biopsy
Definition
removal of tissue or fluid
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Carcinogen
Definition
agent or process that causes cancer
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Carrier
Definition
Transports disease without symptoms.
(have namonia in you but not sick)
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Chemotherapy
Definition
treatment of with drugs or chemicals to treat disease
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Chronic
Definition
persisting over a long period of time
(oppisite of acute)
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Cilliates
Definition
protazoa with cillia(hair)
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Cocci
Definition
round shaped bacteria
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Communicable
Definition
able to transmitt from one person to another person
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Disinfectants
Definition
kills pathogenic organisms
(lysol)
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Emerging
Definition
New disease coming out
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Endemic
Definition
found every where( not many die)
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Epidemic
Definition
attacks many at one time; spreads rapidly
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Epidemiology
Definition
study of the spread and distribution of disease
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Etiology
Definition
study the cause of a disease
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Homeostasis
Definition
internal enviornment remains constant
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Flagellates
Definition
micoorganism that can propell inself
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Fungi
Definition
type of organism,with nucleus, branches off
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Host
Definition
supports another organism or parisite
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Idiopathic
Definition
disease with unknown cause of infection
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Incubation
Definition
development of microorganism
(eggs)
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infection
Definition
invasion and multipulcation of micoorganisms in the bodys tissue
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Inflamation
Definition
reaction to protect the injury;stop it from damaging the rest of the body
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Malignant
Definition
tendency to progresivly become worse and result in death
(cancer)
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microbe
Definition
small living organism
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mutagens
Definition
cause change in DNA;malignancy
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Nematodes
Definition
large parasite;round worms
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Nosicomial
Definition
Disease originated in hospital; go in with one but come out with another illness
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Pandemic
Definition
epidemic that effects large geographical regions
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Parasite
Definition
organism that lives off another for nutrients
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Pasteurization
Definition
process of heat treatment to distroy bacteria that may cause spoileg
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Pathogen
Definition
able to cause a disease
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Pathology
Definition
Study of the stuctual and funtional changes caused by a disease
(asma-your throat closed)
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Pathophysiology
Definition
Study of the physical changes caused by a disease
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Platyhelminthes
Definition
flat worms
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Prion
Definition
infectious protein;can cause a disease
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Re-emerging
Definition
once was a big problem then declined and now re emerging
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Remission
Definition
Recovery stage
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Risk Factor
Definition
factor that may increase your chances of getting a disease.
(snoking-lung cancer)
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Sporozoa
Definition
protozoa characterized by adult oganells laking locamotibility;asexual
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Sign
Definition
Any objective evidence
(sweat-hot)
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Symptom
Definition
Subject change in body function
(cough)
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Syndrome
Definition
Group of signs and symptoms that occur together(fever,bumps)
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Toxins
Definition
poisons
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Vaccine
Definition
injection of killed or altered pathogens to trigger immune system to fight infectious diseases
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Vector
Definition
on who carries
(masquito)
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