| A | B |
|---|
| Anaphylaxis | exaggerated hypersensitivity reaction that in severe cases leads to vascular collapse, bronchospasm, and shock |
| Antibody | Immunoglobulins produced by the immune system in response to bacteria, viruses, or other antigenic substances |
| Antigen | Foreign substance, that causes the production of a specific antibody |
| Antiseptic | substance, such a salcohol and povidone-iodine solution (Betadine), that inhibits the growth of microorganisms on living tissue. |
| autoimmune | pertaining to a disturbance in the immune system in which the body reacts against its own tisusue like multiple slcerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erhythematosus |
| Contaminated | soiled with pathogens or infectious material nosterile |
| germicides | agents that destroy pathogenic organisms |
| pathogenic | capable of producing disease |
| permeable | able to be passed or soaked through |
| relapse | the recurrence of the symptoms of a disease after apparent recovery |
| remission | the partial or complete disappearance of the clinical and subjective characteristics of a chronic or mlignant disease |
| vectors | animals or insects that transmit the causative organisms of disease (ticks) |
| disinfection | process of killing pathogenic organsms or rendering them inactive |
| medical asepsis | removal or destruction of disease-causing organisms after they leave they the body |
| surgical asepsis | destruction of organisms before they enter the body |
| sanitization | cleansing process that decreases the number of microorganisms to a safe level as dictated in public health guidelines |
| chronic infection | infections that persist for a long period of time, sometimes for life e.g. hepatitis B |
| Latent Infection | is a persistent infection in which the symptoms cycle through periods of relapse and remission e.g. cold sores, herpes simplex virus |
| acute infection | have a raapid onset of symptoms but last a relatively short time |
| the prodromal period | is that time when the patient first exhibit vague, nospecific symptoms of the disease. |
| Four classic sygns and symptoms of inflammation | Erythema (redness), Edema (swelling), Pain, Heat |
| Bacterial infections | can be treated with antibiotics |
| Viral infectious | cannot be treated with antibiotics because viruses are not cells but are parasites within a cell. |
