Chapter 17

1. - group of minute infectious agents, ability to replicate only in living host cells.
5. pathogens - Disease causing microorganisms in human blood.
6. -Prokaryotic, single-celled organisms.
7. - Stage in cycle, enclosed in a protective wall.
9. - object such as a book, not harmful in itself, harbors pathogenic microorganisms.
12. - treatment of disease by chemical agents.
14. - originating in the hospital, develops 72 hours after admittance.
21. - chemicals used to free environment from pathogenic organisms.
22. Asepsis - Procedure used to prevent contamination by microbes and edospores.
23. - subkingdom of simple oranisms of the animal kingdom.
24. - A passive host that carries pathogenic organisms, no injury to self, infects individuals.
25. - occurring in two distinct forms.
26. - Animal or Plant that nourishes another organism.
27. - invasion of microorganism in the body tissues, toxins, intracellular antibody response.
28. - organisms who cell have a true nucleus.
29. - Disease-producing microorganisms.

2. - security against a certain disease.
3. - cellular organisms that lack true nucleus.
4. - Microbial community found in a healthy person.
8. - Suspension of attenuated or killed microorganisms for prevention.
10. Asepsis - Reduction of infectious agents, reduce probability of infection.
11. - complete destruction of all living microorgansisms, by diferent methods.
13. - freedom from infection.
15. - resulting from the activities of physicians.
16. Precautions - prevent transmission of disease by body fluid and substances.
17. - microscopic organisms, bacteria, viruses, fungi.
18. - Complete viral particle found extracellularly, capable of surviving, called a viral particle.
19. - denote of eukaryotic protists (mushrooms, mold)absence of chlorophyll.
20. - deviation from normal structure,pathologic mechanism.
26. Care-Associated Infection - Infection acquired while receiving another treatment for another health issue.