I. Microbiology
Infection — the state that is produced
1. Acute - having a sudden onset of a
disease.
2. Bacilli - a rod-shaped bacteria
producing endospores.
3. Bacteremia - presence of bacteria in
blood.
4. Capsule - a gelatinous layer of bacteria.
5. Bacteria - lack of nuclear membrane or
membrane-bound organelles, categorized
as gram positive or gram negative
6. Bacteriuria - presence of bacteria in
urine
7. Blood-borne organism - carried or
transmitted by the blood-borne pathogens.
8. Capnophilic - carbon dioxide loving
bacteria
9. Chronic - continuing or occurring
again for a long time of a disease.
10. Cocci -- a spherical shaped bacteria
11. Culture - a group of bacterial growth
from media that can be mixed or pure.
12. Culture and Sensitivity - growing a
microorganism in a nutrient medium to
see if bacteria will grow from the specimen
and then testing for sensitivity to certain
antibiotics.
13. Culture Media - any material wherein
the organism can find nourishment, can
grow and reproduce.
14. Fungi — can be single celled or very
complex multicellular organisms. They are
found in just about any habitat but most
live on the land, mainly in soil or on plant
material rather than in sea or fresh water.
15. Gram negative — bacteria that is
stained red or pink.
16. Gram positive — bacteria that is
stained blue or violet.
17.
by the establishment of an infective agent
or in a suitable host.
18. Inoculation — the introduction of a
pathogen into a living organism.
19. Microbiology — a branch of biology
dealing with microscopic forms of life
particularly organisms that look for a
habitat.
20. Pathogen- a specific causative or
infectious agent of disease
21. Pathogenesis — the origination or the
root source and development of a disease
22. Pyogenic — pus producing bacteria
23. Resistant- the capacity of species of a
microorganism to survive exposure to a
toxic agent formerly effective against it.
24. Therapeutic — relating to the
treatment of disease by remedial agents or
method
25. Virus - microorganism that is smaller
than a bacterium than cannot grow or
reproduce apart from a living cell.
II. Parasitology
1. Amoeba — rhizopod protozoans
with pseudopodia without
permanent organelles supporting
structures
2. Carrier — asymptomatic bearer and
transmitter of a causative agent
3. Commensal - a state of non-
pathologic effect of the parasite
4. Cystic - the infective stage of
amoeba
5. Ectoparasite — parasite that lives
outside the body of a host
6. Embryonated ova or egg which is in
its infective stage
7. Fecalysis — process of physical,
chemical, microscopic examination
of feces
8. Flukes - a flattened digenetic
trematode worm
9. Host — a living animal which a
parasite lives in
10. Infestation — the effect of
ectoparasite
11. Larva - the immature worm
like feeding form that hatches from
the egg
12. Life cycle — a series of stages
through which parasite passes
during its lifetime
13. Malaria - a human disease
that is caused by sporozoan parasite
14. Nematodes — elongated.
cylindrical worms
15. Parasitism — an organism
living in or on another organism
16. Parasitology — a branch of
science that deals with the study of
parasite
17. Pathogenic — agents that
can cause harmful effects to man
18. Protozoans - chiefly motile
and heterotrophic unicellular
protists
19. Reservoir - a organism in
which a parasite that is pathogenic
tor some other species lives and
multiplies usually without damage
20. Symbiosis - close union of
two dissimilar parasites
21. Tapeworms - flatworms that
are parasitic consist of scolex with
suckers
22. Transplacental — passing
through or occurring by way of the
placenta
23. Trophozoite — the feeding
stage of amoeba
24. Vector — also known as
arthropods
25. Zoonotic - a infection or
disease that is transmissible from
animals to humans