Microbio

• Neoplastic diseases are caused by abnormal cell growth that leads to the formation of various types of either harmless of cancerous growth.
• Iatrogenic diseases are caused by medical procedures or treatments (i.e., surgical errors, drug reaction).
• Idiopathic are diseases whose causes are unknown.
• Endocrine diseases are caused due to excesses or deficiencies of hormones.
• An organism that benefits at the expense of another organism (the host) is known as a parasite.
• A noticeable impairment of body function or disturbance in the state of health would be called a disease.
• Organisms that live in or on the body but do not cause disease are collectively referred to as normal flora.
• Virulence factors are special structural or physiological characteristics that help organisms cause infection in a disease.
• A toxin is any substance synthesized in one organism and that is poisonous to another organism.
• The spreading of exotoxins by blood from the site of infection is called toxemia.
• Diseases that result from the ingestion of a Toxin are termed intoxication.
• The presence of large parasites such as worms or lice and ticks in the body is termed infestation.
• Animal Passage is the rapid transfer of a pathogen through animals of species susceptible to infection by pathogen.
• Neoplastic disease are caused by abnormal cell growth that lead to the formation of various types of either harmless or cancerous growth.
• Congenital diseases are present at birth and caused by drugs, excessive X-ray exposure, or certain infection.
• Organisms that live in or on the body but do not cause disease are collectively referred to as normal microbiota.
• The association between two (or more) species is termed symbiosis.
• Inherited diseases are caused by errors in genetic information (ex., sickle cell).
• Any organism that harbors another organism is called host.
• The phenomenon where normal microbiota compete with pathogenic microbes and in some instances actively combat their growth is known as microbial antagonism.
• The sites at which microorganisms enter the host body are called portal of entry.
• The avenue by which a microorganism leaves the host body is called portal of exit.
• The seperation of "healthy" human or animal carriers from the general population when they have been exposed to a communicable disease is called quarantine.
• When a patient with a communicable disease is prevented from having contact with the general population it's called isolation.
• The science that deals with the study of factors and mechanisms involved in the frequency and spread of diseases is called epidemiology.
• Living transmitters of an infectious organism are called vectors.
• Nonliving carriers (such as food, air, and water) involved in the transmission of an infectious organism are called fomite.
• The location where a disease-causing organism is normally found and where it maintains its ability to infect is called its pathogen.
• A disease that affects a population occasionally, occur in a random and unpredictable manner is known as sporadic.
• Endocrine diseases are caused to excesses or deficiencies of hormones.
• The interval, during the course of a disease, in which the signs and symptoms begin but are not yet clear enough for a diagnosis is called the incubation period.
• A combination of signs and symptoms that occur together and are indicative of a particular disease or abnormal conditions is known as syndrome.
• An infection in which the symptoms have a rapid onset, usually severe, bust lasting only a short time would be classified as acute disease, whereas other diseases that result from the ingestion of a toxin are termed intoxication.
• In vector-borne transmission of disease, an insect such as a fly carries the pathogen on its body parts to human food.
• A disease that is constantly or continually present in a population of a particular geographic area is known as endemic.
• A disease that suddenly has a higher than normal incidence in a poulation is called prevalent.