Test #3 Terms

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Scientific study of disease

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Pathology

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Study of the cause of a disease

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Etiology

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Disease-causing organism

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Pathogenesis

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Growth of microorganisms in the body

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Infection

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Any change from a state of health

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Disease

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Microorganisms that colonize a host without causing disease

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Normal Microbiota

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Microorganisms that are present in an animal for a short time without causing disease

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Transient Microbiota

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A property of microorganisms which enables one microorganism to kill, injure, or inhibit the growth of a different microorganism

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Microbial Antagonism

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Living together of two different organisms or populations

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Symbiosis

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Symbiotic relationships which two organisms live in association and one is benefited while the other is neither benefited nor harmed

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Commensalism

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Type of symbiosis in which both organisms are benefited

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Mutualist

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Microbs inoculated into a host to occupy an niche and prevent growth of pathogens

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Probiotics

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Symbiotic relationship which one organism exploits another without providing any benefit in return

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Parasitism

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Microorganisms that does not ordinarily cause a disease but can become pathogenic under certain circumstances

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Opportunistic Pathogen

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Change in body function that is felt by the patient as a result of a disease

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Symptoms

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Specific group of signs or symptoms that accompany a disease

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Syndrome

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Any disease that can be spread form on host to another

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Communicable Disease

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Disease that is easily spread from on person to another

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Contagious Disease

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Fraction of population that contracts a disease during a particular period of time

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Incidence

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Fraction of population having a specific disease at a given time

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Prevalence

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Disease that occurs occasionally in a population

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Sporadic Disease

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Disease that is constantly present in a certain population

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Endemic Disease

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Disease acquired by many hosts in a given area in a short time

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Epidemic Disease

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Epidemic that occurs worldwide

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Pandemic Disease

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Disease in which symptoms develop rapidly but last for only a short time

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Acute Disease

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Illness that develops slowly and is likely to continue or reoccur for a long time

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Chronic Disease

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Disease with symptoms that are intermediate between acute and chronic

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Sub-acute Disease

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Disease characterized by a period of no symptoms when the pathogen is inactive

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Latent Disease

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Infection in which pathogens are limited to a small area of the body

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Local Infection

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Infection throughout the body

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Systemic Infection

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Systemic infection that began as an infection in one place

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Focal Infection

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Presence of a toxin or pathogenic organism in blood and tissue

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Sepsis

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Proliferation of pathogens in blood, accompanied by fever; sometimes causes organ damage

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Septicemia

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Condition in which there are bacteria in the blood

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Bateremia

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Presence of toxins in the blood

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Toxemia

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Presence of viruses in the blood

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Viremia

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InfectionAcute infection that causes the initial illness

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Primary

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InfectionInfection caused by an opportunistic microbe after a primary infection has weakened the hosts defenses

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Secondary

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Asymptomatic = when a patient carries a disease of infection but experiences no symptoms

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Sub-clinical Infection

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FactorAnything that makes the body more susceptible to a disease or alters the course of a disease

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Predisposing

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Continual source of infection

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Reservoir of Infection

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Organisms that harbor pathogens and transmit them to others

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Carriers

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Disease that occurs primarily in wild and domestic animals but can be transmitted to humans

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Zoonosis

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Nonliving object that can spread infection

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Fomite

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Plasmid or birus used in genetic engineering to insert genes into a cell; arthropod that carries one disease to another

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Vectors

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Largest animal phylum, includes insects, spiders, crustaceans, and others;have exoskeleton, segmented body and jointed attachments

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Arthropods

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InfectionInfection that develops during the course of a hospital stay that was not present when patient was admitted

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Nosocomial

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Host whose resistance to infection is impaired

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Compromised Host

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Science that studies when and where disease occur and how they are transmitted

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Epidemiology

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Incidence of a specific disease; condition of being diseased

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Morbidity

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Number of deaths from a specific notifiable disease

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Mortality

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Disease that physicians must report to the U.S Public Health Service; also called reportable disease

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Notifiable Disease