Vocabulary Of Disease

Question 1

Disease caused by foreign living organism (usually species specific) living inside or outside the animals body

Answer 1

Infectious disease

Question 2

A type of infectious disease, spread from one host to another

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Contagious disease

Question 3

Living beings capable of transmitting disease

Answer 3

Vectors

Question 4

Difference between mechanical and biological vectors

Answer 4

Mechanical- vector picks up, acts as vehicle, non specific

Biological- must go thro a specific vector (ex: mosquito regurgitating)

Question 5

Inanimate objects that can spread diseases

Answer 5

Fomites

Question 6

What a chronic disease means

Answer 6

Has had for long period of time

Question 7

Acute disease

Answer 7

Fast occurring (either gets better or dies fast)

Question 8

Peracute disease

Answer 8

Very acute, signs appear within hours

Question 9

A subclinical disease

Answer 9

Minor signs

Question 10

Carrier disease

Answer 10

Never shows signs, makes others sick

Question 11

Endo vs exotoxins

Answer 11

exo- toxins secreted from cell wall

Endo- made inside cell (part of cell wall), cell must burst to release

Question 12

Attenuation

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The weakening of the organism (ex: vaccines)

Question 13

Epidemiology

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Study of distribution of disease within a population

Question 14

Epizootic vs enzootic

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Epizootic- spreads rapidly in population, runs course

Enzootic- continuously present in group w/o fast outbreak (rabies)

Question 15

Morbidity

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Percent that contract disease in a population

Question 16

Mortality

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Percent of those infected w disease who die

Question 17

Examples of external causes of disease (living and non)

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Living: pathogens

Non living: trauma, chemicals, toxins, nutrition

Question 18

Internal causes of disease

Answer 18

Metabolic, neoplasia, degeneration