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ISOLATION TERMINOLOGY
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06/16/2008

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A MICROORGANISM THAT REQUIRES OXYGEN TO SURVIVE AND MULTIPLY 

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AEROBE
Term
ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
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AIDS
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A MICROORGANISM THAT SURVIVES AND MULIPLIES IN THE ABSENCE OF OXYGEN
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ANAEROBIC
Term
DESTROYING OR SUPPRESSING THE GROWTH OF BACTERIA
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ANTIBACTERIAL
Term
DESTRUCTIVE OF LIFE
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ANTIBIOTICS
Term
DESTROYING OR SUPPRESSING MICROORGANISMS
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ANTIMICROBIAL
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FREE OF MICROORGANISMS CAPABLE OF CAUSING INFECTION OR CONTAMINATION
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ASEPTIC
Term
MICROSCOPIC SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS. CAN BE PATHOGENIC OR NON-PATHOGENIC
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BACTERIA
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THE STUDY AND TREATMENT OF BACTERIA
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BACTERIOLOGY
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A BACTERIALOGICAL TEST PERFORMED ON A BLOOD SAMPLE TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF BACTERIAL ORGANISMS IN THE BLOOD.
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BLOOD CULTURE
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A PERSON  WHO IS ABLE TO SPREAD TO OTHERS A DISEASE WITH WHICH HE IS INFECTED, BUT OF WHICH HE USUALLY HAS NO SYMPTOMS
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CARRIER
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PERTAINING TO A DISEASE WHOSE CAUSATIVE AGENT IS READILY TRANSFERRED FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER
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COMMUNICABLE
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ORGINATING OR PRODUCED WITHIN THE BODY
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ENDOGENOUS
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ORGINATING OR PRODUCED OUTSIDE THE BODY
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EXOGENOUS
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AN ANIMAL OR PLANT WHICH HARBORS OR NOURISHES ANOTHER ORGANISM
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HOST
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PROTECTED AGAINST DISEASE
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IMMUNE
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HOLDING CULTURES OF MICROORGANISMS UNDER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY TEMPRATURE, FAVORABLE OF GROWTH
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INCUBATION
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A PATHOLOGICAL CONDITION DUE TO GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS IN A HOST
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INFECTION
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THE ARTIFICIAL INTRODUCTION OF MICROORGANISMS INTO THE BODY, OR THEIR INTRODUCTION INTO CULTURE MEDIUM
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INOCULATE
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CONFINING A PATIENT WITH A INFECTIOUS DISEASE TO A DESIGNATED AREA; OR A PATIENT WITH REDUCED OR NO IMMUNITY TO INFECTION, TO A CERTAIN AREA
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ISOLATION
Term
A MINUTE, LIVING ORGANISM
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MICROBE
Term
THE STUDY OF MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS
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MICROBIOLOGY
Term
HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS
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NOSOCOMIAL
Term
BLOOD IN SUCH MINUTE QUANITY, IT CAN ONLY BE RECOGNIZED BY MICROSCOPIC MEANS
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OCCULT BLOOD
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THE STUDY OF PARASITES
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PARASITOLOGY
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CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DISEASE
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PATHOGENIC
Term
BACTERIA CAUSING INTESTINAL DISORDERS
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SALMONELLA
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THE PRESENCE IN THE BLOOD OR OTHER TISSUES OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS OR THEIR TOXINS
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SEPSIS
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FREE OF LIVING ORGANISMS
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STERILE
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AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT IMMUNE TO A PARTICULAR DISEASE
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SUSCEPTIBLE
Term
SPREAD FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER
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TRANSMISSION
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A POISONOUS SUBSTANCE ELABORATED BY CERTAIN ORGANISMS, E.G., BACTERIAL TOXINS
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TOXIN
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LIVING
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VIABLE
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THE STUDY OF VIRUSES AND VIRAL DISEASES
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VIROLOGY
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THE CAPACITY OF A MICROORGANISM TO CAUSE DISEASE
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VIRULENCE
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