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Chapter 4
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Health Care
Undergraduate 3
09/07/2014

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Term
bacteria
Definition
colorless, minute, one-celled organisms with a typical nucleus
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fungi
Definition
cells that require an oxegenated environment to live; may be either yeasts or molds
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helminths
Definition
parasitic worms that may live in the human intestinal tract for long periods of time if not treated.
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immune
Definition
free from acquiring a particular infectious disease
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immune surpressed
Definition
persons whose immunity is prohibited for physiological reasons
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infectious disease
Definition
a disease capable of being passed from one person to another
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parasite
Definition
an organism that lives in or on another and draws its nourishment form that on which it lives
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viruses
Definition
minute microbes that cannot be visualized under an ordinary microscope; the smallest microorganisms known to produce disease
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