Chapter 16 - testing, testing Flashcards
infectious disease?
disorder caused by pathogenic organisms
contagious disease or communicable disease?
disease spread from one animal to another by direct or indirect contact and disorder transmitted from animal to animal or through contact with contaminated objects
noncontagious disease?
disease that cannot be spread to another animal by contact or contact with an infected object
noninfectious disease?
disorder not caused by organisms (examples include genetic, traumatic and iatrogenic)
iatrogenic disease?
disorder caused by veterinarian and the treatment ordered
nosocomial infection?
disease caused by pathogenic organisms contracted in a facility or clinic
zoonotic disease?
disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans
diagnosis?
determination of the cause of disease
susceptible?
lacking resistance
trocar?
sharp, needlelike instrument that has a tube that is used to puncture the wall of a body cavity to withdraw fluid or gas
projection?
path of the x-ray beam
roentgen?
international unit of radiation
bacillus?
rod-shaped bacterium
coccus?
spherical bacterium
chronic?
having a long course
