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