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Surgical Technology Unit 3 Flashcards

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Aerobe

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requires oxygen to live

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Anaerobe

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lives without oxygen

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Antibody

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protein that developed by the body in response to presence of antigen which gain access to the body

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Antigen

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bacteria, bacterial toxins or foreign blood cells which induce the formation of antibodies

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Asepsis

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absence of pathogens

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Aseptic technique

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the procedures which render and maintain an object or area completely free form pathogens

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Bactericide

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kills bacteria

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Binary Fission

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a method of asexual reproduction in which the cell divides into two parts

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Bioburden

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the number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object

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Carriers

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persons who harbor pathogens without being sick themselves and who shed organisms into the environment

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Chronic Infection

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that has a slow developing long lasting symptoms

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Clostridium

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anaerobic spore forming bacilli.

example lock jaw

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Clostridium Difficile

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a bacterium that can cause symptoms ranging form diarrhea to life threatening information of the colon

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Communicable

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refers to disease capable of being transmitted more or less rapidly to other persons

also called contagious

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Contamination

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transmission of microorganisms for person to person form object to person and vice versa

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Culture

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tissue sample, washing or swapping that is grown in a media under either aerobic or anaerobic condition

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Decontamination

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the process of removing organisms form articles rooms lines after their use to make them safe to handle

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Droplets

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very small masses of liquid carried in the a spray form the nose or the mouth which fall to surfaces upon expiration as liquid and which are not readily inhaled

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Droplet Nuclei

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very small masses of liquid carried in a spray form nose or mouth which evaporates before settling and remains suspended in the air

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Epidemiology

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division of medical science concerned with defining andexplaining the interrelationships of the host agent and environment in causing disease

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Facultative

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microorganisms which can live or without oxygen

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Flagellum

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hair like motile process on the extremity of a bacterium or protozoon

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Fungus

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microorganism that is considered a plant that have no chlorophyll such as mushrooms or molds and must live in or kn plants animals and decaying material

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Local infection

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contained infection in one area

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fomites

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inanimate object which are freshly contaminated with secretion pr excretion form an infected in one area

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Germ thoery

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a disease are the result of the presence of pathologic microorganisms

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Gram stain

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lab technique to identify bacteria which consists of staining bacteria with violet or then counterstaining with red stain

gram positive is violet
gram negative is red

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28
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worm

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Helminth

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29
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resistance to toxic agents or organism due to pervious exposure to the same agent or organism

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immunity

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small round bodies found in cells affected by a virus

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Inclusion

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invasion of the body by the pathogens and the reactions of the tissue to their presence and their toxins

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infection

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32
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spread of infection to other areas via the lymphatic systems

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Invasions

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33
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those procedures used to protect patient and environment form transmission if the disease producing organisms traveling form one patient to the other

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Medical Asepsis

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34
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agent through which microorganisms are transmitted

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Medium

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35
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a bacterium that causes infections in different parts of the body

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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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36
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study of fungi

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mycology

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37
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any disease induced by a fungus

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Mycosis

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38
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microscopic life such as bacteria which are adapted to residing in a given area of the body during health. any condition that upset this balance can cause over growth of the other organism resulting in symptoms of disease

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Normal Flora

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39
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hospital acquired infection

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nosocomial infection

40
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organism of a fungus or bacterium which cause infection when given the opportunity by the altered state of the host

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opportunistic

41
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organism that lives within upon or at the expense of another living organism known as the host

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parasite

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disease causing microorganisms

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pathogen

43
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the ability of a pathogenic species to produce disease

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pathogenicity

44
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a cell which has the ability to ingest and destroy particulate substance

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Phagocyte

45
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aerobics species found in soil water sewage debris air and sometime in normal flora of skin and intestines

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Pseudomonas

46
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avenue by which infectious organism gain access to the body

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Portal of entry

47
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the first infection that develops after microbial invasion

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Primary Infection

48
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liquid product of infection composed of albuminous substance leukocytes and dead bacteria

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purulent

49
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ability of body mechanisms to interpose barriers to the progress of invasions or multiplication of infectious disease

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Resistance

50
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bacilli in GI tract of human

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Salmonella

51
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destruction of bacteria through good cleaning process

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Sanitation

52
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organism living on decaying or dead organic matter

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Saprophyte

53
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the microorganism invade tissue in which there is an existing primary infection

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Secondary Infection

54
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where the infectious agent spread throughout the body tissues

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systemic infection

55
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the disease condition denoting presence of pathogenic bacteria and pus

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sepsis

56
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a small single celled reproductive body that is highly resistant to chemicals and heat

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Spore

57
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an inflammation which is producing pus

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Suppuration

58
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not sterile but as clean as possible

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surgically clean

59
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a disease by bacteria called mycobacterium tuberculosis. the bacteria usually attack the lungs but cam damage other body parts

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tuberculosis

60
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the process of sterilizing articles after they have been used and before putting them back into circulation again

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terminal sterilization

61
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poisonous product produced by bacteria

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toxins

62
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the virulence of a toxin producing pathogenic organism

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toxigenicity

63
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resistant bacteria that are resistant to vancomycin the drug often used to treat infections caused by Escherichia Coli

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vancomycin resistant enterococci

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an animal, insect which transmits pathogens form infected to non infected individuals

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vector

65
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a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms

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virus

66
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power of a pathogen to cause a disease or infection

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virulence

67
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are bacteria that are normally present in the human intestines and in the female genital tract and are often found in the environment

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E coli

68
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father of medicine

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Hippocrates

69
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operated on gladiators
boiled instruments
wine as a disinfectant

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Galen

70
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using ligatures and invented surgical instruments

the father of surgery

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Pare

71
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famous for his textbook on anatomy

Chief Founder of Modern study of anatomy

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Vesaluis

72
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developed the microscope and lens

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Leeuwenhoek

73
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promoting the field of

bacteriology and microbiology

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Pasteur

74
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advanced antisepsis and hand-washing

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Lister

75
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microbiology helped to identify wound bacteria

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Koch

76
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discovered penicillin

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Fleming

77
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vaccine to prevent polio

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salk

78
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first instituted to washing hands with bleach

chlorine solution

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Semmelweis

79
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anesthesia

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Holmes

80
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cells

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Hooke

81
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one caused by more than one organism p

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mixed

82
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one which is inactive or hidden

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Latent

83
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one which follow or complicates the original disease

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secondary

84
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first or original infection

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primary

85
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intracellular parasite

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virus

86
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refers to those organism normally living together in the body that do not usually cause disease

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flora

87
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power of the pathogen to cause an infection or disease

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virulence

88
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only can be seen with a microscope

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microorganisms

89
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ability of microbes to live together

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symbiosis

90
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interferes with phagocytosis and increase virulence of bacteria

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capsule

91
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study of bacteria

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bacteriology

92
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poison excreted into the bacteria surrounding

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exotoxin

93
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cell eating

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phagocytosis

94
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poisonous substance confined within the body of a bacteria

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endotoxin

95
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form fungi group causes a thrush

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yeast

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