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refers to bacteria like the mycobacteria that cannot be easily decolorized with acid alcohol after being stained with dyes such as basic fuchsin
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acid-fast
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an infectious disease of animals caused by ingesting bacillus anthracis spores
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anthrax
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a form of food poisoning caused by a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium serotypes; sometimes found in inproperly canned or preserved fook
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botulism
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a lesion resembling cheese or curd; cheesy.
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caseous
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trimming away devitalized tissue and foreign matter from a wound
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debridgement
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an acute, highly contagious childhood disease that generally affects the membranes of the throat and less frequently the nose
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diphtheria
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a dark, slaughing scab that is the lesion of anthrax and certain rickettsiosis
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eschar
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an often fatal disease, caused by the anaerobic, spore-forming bacillus Clostridium, and characterized by muscle spasms and convulsions.
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tetanus
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a glycerinated broth culture of mycobacterium tuberculosis that is evaporated and filtered.
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tuberculin
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an infectious disease of humans and other animals resulting from an infection by a species of mycobacterium and characterized by the formation of tubercules and tissue necrosis, primarily as a result of a host hypersensitivity and inflamation
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tuberculosis
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