Download Microbiology Type DEFINITION Antibiotic VOD Medicine used to kill

Microbiology
Type
DEFINITION
Antibiotic
VOD
Medicine used to kill bacteria
Anti-microbial
VOD
Substances that kill microorganisms
Bacteria
VOD
Prokaryote that can be helpful or harmful
Biotechnology/biomedical
VOD
Using organisms to advance science
Carrier
VOD
Non-symptomatic disease carrying host
Contagious
VOD
Can be spread from person to person
Dose
VOD
The quantity of a substance
Epidemic/Pandemic
VOD
Rapid and widespread outbreak of a disease
Exposure
VOD
Being near the disease-causing agent
Genetic Engineering
VOD
Scientists change the genes of living organisms
Genetics
VOD
Inheritable traits from parents
Immunization
VOD
Process to prevent a disease-vaccination
Infection
VOD
Having the disease-causing agent actively impacting one or more body systems
Microbe
VOD
A microscopic organism (pathogen)
Mutagen
VOD
Substance capable of changing a cell
Parasite
VOD
Organism that feeds on another organism (host)
Pathogen
VOD
An agent that causes disease
Pharmaceutical
VOD
Having to do with preventing or treating diseases
Potency
VOD
The strength of substance
Prevention
VOD
Activities designed to protect patients or other members of the public from actual or
potential health threats and their harmful consequences.
Susceptibility
VOD
Individual response to an outside stimulus
Toxin
VOD
Poisonous substance produced by an organism
Treatment
VOD
Attempting to stop or slow down the infection of a disease
Vaccine
VOD
Medicine that prevents a disease (makes antibodies)
Vector
VOD
An organism (mosquito, tick) that spreads disease to a host without harm to itself
Virus
VOD
A microscopic particle that causes a disease
Contamination
NON Exposured to a poisonous or polluting substance.
Host
NON An organism that a parasite lives in
Hygeine
NON Cleanliness