Chapter 17

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Across
  1. 5. stage in the life cycle of certain parasites during which they are enclosed in a protective wall
  2. 6. microbial community found on or in a healthy person
  3. 8. organisms whose cells have a true nucleus
  4. 9. security against a particular disease
  5. 11. any of a group of minute infectious agents not resolved in the light microscope with certain exceptions
  6. 14. chemicals used to free an environment from pathogenic organisms
  7. 16. invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in the body tissues
  8. 17. cellular organisms that lack a true nucleus
  9. 20. a carrier especially an animal that transfers an infective agent from one host to another
  10. 22. also know as HAI and is an infection that patients acquire while they are receiving treatment for another health care issue
  11. 24. procedure used to prevent contamination by microbes and endospores before during or after surgery using sterile technique
  12. 25. pertaining to or originating in the hospital said of an infection not present or incubating before admittance to the hospital
  13. 26. reduction in numbers of infectious agents
  14. 27. Freedom from infection
  15. 28. complete destruction or elimination of all living microorganisms accomplished by physical methods chemical agents radiation or mechanical methods
  16. 29. and object such as a book wooden object or a article of clothing that is not in itself harmful
Down
  1. 1. Disease-causing microorganisms that may be present in human blood
  2. 2. Deviations from or interruptions of the normal structure or function of any part,organ,or system of the body
  3. 3. an animal or plant that harbors or nourishes another organism
  4. 4. complete viral particle found extracellulary and capable of surviving in crystalline form and infecting cell
  5. 5. treatment of disease by chemical agents
  6. 7. alternative or passive host or carrier that harbors pathogenic organisms without injury to itself
  7. 10. resulting from the activities of physicians
  8. 12. occurring in two distinct forms
  9. 13. disease producing microorganisms
  10. 15. precautions to prevent the transmission of disease by body fluids and substances
  11. 18. suspension of attenuated or killed microorganisms administered for treatment of infectious disease
  12. 19. prokaryotic ubiquitous single-celled organisms
  13. 21. microscopic organisms those of medical interest including bacteria viruses fungi and protozoa
  14. 23. a subkingdom comprising the simplest organisms of the animal kingdom consisting of unicellular organisms
  15. 29. general term used to denote a group of eukaryotic protists including mushrooms yeasts rusts molds smuts