HST CHapter 13 Termoniogy
Terms
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- aerobic
- any organism that requires oxygen in order to live and reproduce
- anaerobic
- any organisms that live and reproduce in the appsence of oxygen
- antisepsis
- a process that prevents or inhabits the growth of pathogenic organisms
- asepsis
- being free from infection
- bacilli
- rod shaped bacterica
- clean
- free from organisms causeing diease
- cocci
- bacteria that are round or spherical shaped
- contanimated
- any object that may contain pathogens
- disinfection
- aseptic-control method that destorys pathogens that does not usually kill spores or viruses
- endogenoushe
- an infection or disease that originates within the body
- exogenous
- infection or dieasse originating outside of or to the extral the body
- fomite
- any substance or object that adheres and transmits infectious material
- fungi
- simple plant-like organism such as Yeast or
- nosocomial
- an infection present
- pathogenn
- any organism tha causes infection an d diease or precent in the haealth care
- protza
- on celled like s
- opportunictic
- an infection that occurs when the body defenses are weak
- rickettsiae
- parasitic microorganism (bacteria) that live in oon other living organism that are usually carried by fleas, lice,ticks,and mites
- sprillia
- bacteria that are spril or corks shrew shaped
- steriziation
- process that destorys all mirco organism including spores and viruses
- vires
- smallest non living miroc organism; visable only with electron microscope
- caustitive agent
- the pathogenic microorgaism
- reservior
- where the caustive agent can live,
- portal of exit
- a way to escape from the resorvior in which the pathogens has been growing
- mode of transmission
- when a pathogen leave on resovior it must have a way to transmitted to another host to live
- portal of entry
- a way to enter a new host
- susciple host
- a person likely to get an infection or diseassse because the body's defenses are weak.