Medical Microbiology
Terms
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- Two or more organisms living togeter
- Symbiosis
- One organism benefits and the other does not, nor is it harmed
- Commensalism
- Both organism benefit from their association
- Mutualism
- One organism benefits causing harm to the other
- Parasitism
- Presence of microorganisms on inanimate objects or surfaces
- Contamination
- Multiplication of parasites in a host that does or doesn't cause a disease
- Infection
- Multiplication of larger parasites
- Infestation
- Disturbance in the state of health of an individual
- Disease
- Parasite that causes a measurable injury to the host
- Pathogen
- Ability of a pathogen to inflict damage
- Pathogenicity
- Decrease in the ability of a pathogen to cause disease
- Attenuation
- Microorganisms that cause disease when the proper opportunity arises
- Opportunists
- Presence of alleles causing a defective protein
- Inherited disease
- Structural and functional defects present at birth but not hereditary
- Congenital disease
- Disease caused by disorders related to aging
- Degenerative disease