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Cards Term Acute Definition Short term infection; sever course Term Airborne Definition moved by air Term Allergen Definition can cause allergic reaction Term Amoebas Definition single celled Term Antibiotics Definition living organisms that kill pathogens Term Antigen Definition Provoke immune system Term Antigen Definition substance that is recognized as foreign and triggers an immune system reponse Term Antiseptic Definition substance that inhibits the growth and development of microorganisms Term Autoimmunity Definition directed agenst the bodys oun tissue Term Bacilli Definition rod shaped bacteria Term bacterium Definition tiny cell without nucleus Term benign Definition mild;local disease Term Biopsy Definition removal of tissue or fluid Term Carcinogen Definition agent or process that causes cancer Term Carrier Definition Transports disease without symptoms. (have namonia in you but not sick) Term Chemotherapy Definition treatment of with drugs or chemicals to treat disease Term Chronic Definition persisting over a long period of time (oppisite of acute) Term Cilliates Definition protazoa with cillia(hair) Term Cocci Definition round shaped bacteria Term Communicable Definition able to transmitt from one person to another person Term Disinfectants Definition kills pathogenic organisms (lysol) Term Emerging Definition New disease coming out Term Endemic Definition found every where( not many die) Term Epidemic Definition attacks many at one time; spreads rapidly Term Epidemiology Definition study of the spread and distribution of disease Term Etiology Definition study the cause of a disease Term Homeostasis Definition internal enviornment remains constant Term Flagellates Definition micoorganism that can propell inself Term Fungi Definition type of organism,with nucleus, branches off Term Host Definition supports another organism or parisite Term Idiopathic Definition disease with unknown cause of infection Term Incubation Definition development of microorganism (eggs) Term infection Definition invasion and multipulcation of micoorganisms in the bodys tissue Term Inflamation Definition reaction to protect the injury;stop it from damaging the rest of the body Term Malignant Definition tendency to progresivly become worse and result in death (cancer) Term microbe Definition small living organism Term mutagens Definition cause change in DNA;malignancy Term Nematodes Definition large parasite;round worms Term Nosicomial Definition Disease originated in hospital; go in with one but come out with another illness Term Pandemic Definition epidemic that effects large geographical regions Term Parasite Definition organism that lives off another for nutrients Term Pasteurization Definition process of heat treatment to distroy bacteria that may cause spoileg Term Pathogen Definition able to cause a disease Term Pathology Definition Study of the stuctual and funtional changes caused by a disease (asma-your throat closed) Term Pathophysiology Definition Study of the physical changes caused by a disease Term Platyhelminthes Definition flat worms Term Prion Definition infectious protein;can cause a disease Term Re-emerging Definition once was a big problem then declined and now re emerging Term Remission Definition Recovery stage Term Risk Factor Definition factor that may increase your chances of getting a disease. (snoking-lung cancer) Term Sporozoa Definition protozoa characterized by adult oganells laking locamotibility;asexual Term Sign Definition Any objective evidence (sweat-hot) Term Symptom Definition Subject change in body function (cough) Term Syndrome Definition Group of signs and symptoms that occur together(fever,bumps) Term Toxins Definition poisons Term Vaccine Definition injection of killed or altered pathogens to trigger immune system to fight infectious diseases Term Vector Definition on who carries (masquito)