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✔✔General Infection - ✔✔Infection that results when the bloodstream carries bacteria
or viruses and their toxin (poisons) to all parts of the body
✔✔Hepatitis - ✔✔Disease marked by inflamation of the liver and caused by bloodborne
a virus
✔✔HIV - ✔✔Human immunodeficiency virus; virus that causes AIDS
✔✔Immunity - ✔✔Ability of the body to destroy any bacteria that have gained entrance
to the body and resist infection in general
✔✔Infectious - ✔✔Communicable by infection from one person to another person from
ont infected body part to another
✔✔Infectious disease - ✔✔Disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms or viruses
that are easily spread
✔✔Inflammation - ✔✔Condition of some part of the body as a protective response to
injury, irritation, or infection, characterized by redness, heat pain, and swelling
, ✔✔Local Infection - ✔✔Infection that is confined to a particular part of the body and is
indicated by a lesion containing pus
✔✔Nonpathogenic - ✔✔Not harmful; nor disease-producing; organisms that perform
useful functions
✔✔Parasite - ✔✔Organism that lives in or on another organism and draws its
nourishment from that organism
✔✔Pathogenic - ✔✔causing disease; harmful
✔✔Pathogenic Disease - ✔✔Disease produced by disease-causing bacteria, such as
staphylococcus and streptococcus (pus-forming bacteria), or viruses
✔✔Pediculosis Capitis - ✔✔Skin disease caused by infestation of head lice
✔✔Phenol - ✔✔Carbolic acid; caustic poison; in 5 percent dilute solution is used to
sanitize metallic implements
✔✔Pus - ✔✔fluid product of inflammation that contains white blood cells and the debris
of dead cells tissue elements, and bacteria
✔✔Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (quats) - ✔✔Disinfectant that is considered
nontoxic, odorless, and fast-acting
✔✔Sodium Hypochlorite - ✔✔Common household bleach; disinfectant used to sanitize
implements
✔✔Spirilla - ✔✔Spiral or corkscrew-shaped bacteria, such as Treponema pallida, which
causes syphilis, and Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease
✔✔Staphylococci - ✔✔Pus-forming bacteria that grown in clusters like a bunch of
grapes; causes abscesses, pustules, and boils
✔✔Streptococci - ✔✔Pus-forming bacteria arranged in curved lines resembling a string
of beads; cause infections such as strep throat and blood poisoning
✔✔Systemic Disease - ✔✔Disease that affects the body generally, often due to under-
or overfunctioning of the internal glands
✔✔Tuberculocidal - ✔✔Capable of destroying the bacteria that cause tuberculosis