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| DISEASE IMMUNITY ESTABLISHEDTHROUGH CELLULAR MEMORY FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO THE DISEASE ANTIGEN. |
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| PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES WHICH COMBAT A SPECIFIC DISEASE. |
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| ORGANISMS THAT FAVOR AN ENVIRONMENT WITH OXYGEN. |
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| ORGANISMS THAT PREFER AN OXYGEN-POOR ENVIRONMENT. |
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| A TYPE I HYPERSENSITIVE IMMUNE REACTION THAT OCCURS IN RESPONSE TO PREVIOUS SENSITIZATION TO A SUBSTANCE, USUALLY A PROTEIN. |
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| A CHEMICAL AGENT USED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TREATMENT OF BACTERIAL INFECTION. |
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| A MICROOGANISM THAT IS ABLE TO RESIST DESTRUCTION BY ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY. |
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| COMPLEX GLYCOPROTEINS PRODUCED BY THE IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT ARE FORMED IN RESPONSE TO ANTIGENS. |
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| MACROMOLCULES ON THE SURFACE OF CELLS THAT IDENTIFY THEM AS PART OF THE ORGANISM OR FOREIGN. |
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| AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HARBORS DISEASE MICROBES AND IS CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING THE DISEASE TO OTHERS BUT MAY NOT SHOW SIGNS OF THE INFECTION. |
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| DOUBLE STRANDS OF SPECIFICALLY PAIRED PROTEINS THAT CONTAIN THE GENETIC CODE OF A CELL. |
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| THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO ORGANISMS IN WHICH ONE USES THE OTHER FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS BUT CAUSES IT NO HARM. |
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| A SURFACE, SUBSTANCE, OR TISSUE THAT IS NOT COMPLETELY FREE OF MICROOGANISMS. |
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| THE SPREAD OF INFECTION FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER OR FROM AN OBJECT TO A PERSON. |
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| THE PROCESS OF GROWING A MICROBE IN A LABORATORY SETTING SO THAT IT CAN BE STUDIED AND TESTED. |
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| A TEST IN WHICH A SPECIFIC SAMPLE OF BACTERIA IS GROWN IN THE LABORATORY IN THE PRESENCE OF VARIOUS ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS TO TEST HT E BACTERIA'S SENSITIVITY TO THEM. |
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| SEPARATION OF THE TISSUE EDGES OF A SURGICAL WOUND. MAY BE PARTIAL OR INVOLVE THE FULL THICKNESS OF THE WOUND. |
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| THE TRANSFER OF MICROBES FROM THEIR SOURCE TO A NEW HOST BY DIRECT PHYSICAL CONTACT WITHTHE MICROBES. |
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| DRIED REMNANTS OF PREVIOUSLY MOIST SECRETIONS CONTAINING MICROOGANISMS. |
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| IN MICRBIAL TRANSMISSION, THE SITES WHERE MICROOGANISMS ENTER THE BODY. |
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| THE PROTRUSION OF AN INTERNAL ORGAN THROUGH A WOUND OR SURGICAL INCISION. |
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| THE ABILITY OF SOME ORGANISMS TO LIVE WITH OR WITHOUT OXYGEN. |
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| THE ORGANISM THAT HARBORS OR NOURISHES ANOTHER ORGANISM. |
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| THE BODY'S ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF FROM "NONSELF" SUBSTANCES. |
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| THE BODY'S NONSPECIFIC REACTION TO INJURY OR INFECTION THAT CAUSES REDNESS, HEAT, SWELLING, AND PAIN. |
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| NON-SPECIFIC IMMUNITY PRESENT FROM BIRTH; THE BODY'S NORMAL PHYSIOLOGIC REACTION TO INJURY. |
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| THE STUDY OF MICROBES, OR ORGANISMS THAT REQUIRE A MICROSCOPE FOR OBSERVATION. |
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| THE RELATIONSHIP OF TWO ORGANISMS OF DIFFERENT SPECIES IN WHICH BOTH BENEFIT BY THE ASSOCIATION. |
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| ANOTHER TERM FOR HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTION OR HEALTHCARE-ACQUIRED INFECTION. |
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| AN ORGANELLE INSIDE THE NUCLEUS THAT CONTAINS PROTEINS NECESSARY FOR CELL REPRODUCTION. |
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| INFECTION OCURRING IN A WEAKENED INDIVIDUAL, USUALLY BY COLONIZATION OF A BACTERIUM THAT DOES NOT USUALLY CAUSE DISEASE. |
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| THE MOVEMENT OF LUQUID THROUGH A SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE ACCORDING TO THE DIFFERNCES IN THE CONCENTRATION OF SUBSTANES IN THE LIQUID. |
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| PROTECTION AGAINST A DISEASE BY ANTIBODIES FROM ANOTHER PERSON OR ANIMAL. |
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| MOVEMENT OF SUBSTANCES OR LIQUID BY DIFFUSION OR OSMOSIS. |
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| A DISEASE-CAUSING MICROORGANISM. |
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| A DEFENSIVE MECHANISM IN WHICH A CELL ENGULFS A SUBSTANCE OR ANOTHER CELL. |
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| A RODLIKE ATTACHMENT EXTENDING FROM THE CELL MEMBRANE THAT IS CAPABLE OF ATTACHING TO ANOTHER CELL TO TRANSFER GENETIC MATERIAL. |
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| THE MICROORGANISMS THAT NORMALLY LIVE IN CERTAIN TISSUES OF THE BODY; ALSO CALLED NORMAL FLORA. |
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| THE SITE OF PROTEIN SYTHESIS FOR REPRODUCTION IN THE CELL. |
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| CURVED OR SPIRAL-SHAPED BACTERIA. |
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| THE HIGHLY RESISTANT DORMANT STAGE OF SOME BACTERIA. |
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| COMPLETELY FREE OF ALL MICROORGANISMS. |
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| HAVING DEVELOPED PUS AND FLUID. |
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| THE DEGREE TO WHICH A MICROORGANISM IS CAPABLE OF CAUSING DISEASE. |
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