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Anaphylaxis:
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A severe allergic reaction.
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Antibodies:
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Immunoglobulins produced by the immune system in response to bacteria, viruses or other antigenic substances.
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Antigen:
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A foreign substance that causes the production of a specific antibody.
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Antiseptic:
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A substance that inhibits the growth of micro-organisms on living tissue.
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Autoimmune:
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When the immune system reacts against it's own tissue.
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Candidiasis:
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An infection caused by yeast.
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Coagulate:
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To form into clots.
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Contaminated:
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Soiled with pathogens or infectious material.
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Disinfectant:
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A substance that is capable of eliminating many or all pathogens but is not effective against bacterial spores.
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Fomites:
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Contaminated non-living objects that can transmit infectious organisms.
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Germicides:
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Agents that destroy pathogenic organisms.
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Hereditary:
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Characteristic, condition or disease that is genetically transmitted from parent to offspring.
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Interferon:
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A protein formed when a cell is exposed to a virus; the protein protects from viral invasion.
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Opportunistic infections:
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Infections caused by normally non-pathogenic organisms in a host whose resistance has been weakened.
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Pallative:
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A substance that relieves or alleviates the symptoms but does not treat the disease.
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Parenteral:
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The introduction of substances into the body by any route other than the digestive tract.( e.g., subcutaneous, intravenous or intramuscular)
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Pathogen:
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A disease causing micro-organism.
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Permeable:
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Allowing a substance to pass or soak through.
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Pyemia:
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The presence of pus-forming organism in the blood.
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Relapse:
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The recurrence of the symptoms of a disease after apparent recovery.
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Remission:
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The partial or complete disappearance of the clinical and subjective characteristics of a chronic or malignant disease.
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Resident bacteria:
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Bacteria that live in or on a certain part of the human body.
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Rhinitis:
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Inflammation of the mucus membrane of the nose.
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Spores:
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A thick-walled, dormant form of bacteria that is very resistant to disinfectants.
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Sterile:
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Free of all micro-organisms, pathogenic and non-pathogenic.
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Tinea:
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Any fungal infection of the skin.
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Urticaria:
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A skin eruption that creates wheals; hives.
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Vectors:
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Animals or insects that transmit the causative organisms of disease.
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Cicatrix:
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Early scar tissue that appears pale, contracted and firm.
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Dehiscences:
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The separation of wound edges or rupture of a wound closure.
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Infection:
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Invasion of body tissue by micro-organisms, which then proliferate and damage tissues.
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Sterilization:
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Complete destruction of all forms of microbial life.
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Infectious agents:
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A microbial organism with the ability to cause disease. (Bacterial, Viral, Fungal or Parasitic)
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Spread of disease:
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The way a pathogen gets from reservoir to a new host. (Airborne, Blood-born, Contact and Droplet)
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SIRIS:
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Systemic inflammatory response syndrome. (Burns, Trauma, Pancreatitis)
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SEPSIS:
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The immune systems response to infection. (Bacteria, Fungal, Parasites, Viruses)
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