Across
- 2. procedure to prevent contamination during or after surgery
- 5. microscopic organisms, bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa
- 7. organisms that lack a true nuclues
- 9. alternative host that harbors pathogens w/o harm to itself
- 14. microbial community found on or in a healthy person
- 15. single celled organism, prokaryotic
- 18. acquired while in hospital
- 21. occurring in two distinct forms
- 22. deviations of normal structure of part of body, prognosis unknown
- 24. treatment by chemical agents
- 25. disease producing microorganisms
- 26. elimination of all living microorganisms, using heat, chemicals, or radiation
- 27. suspension used to treat and prevent infectious diseases
- 28. chemicals used to free an environment from pathogens
- 30. originating in the hospital, 72 hrs after admittance
- 31. minute infectious agents, lack of independent metabolism and can replicate in a host
Down
- 1. complete viral particle, can survive in crystalline form, comprises the genetic material
- 3. precautions to prevent transmission of disease
- 4. object able to harbor pathogenic microorganisms;agent of transfer
- 6. reduction in numbers of infectious agents, decrease probability of infection
- 8. animal or plants that harbors or nourishes another organism
- 10. organisms that have a true nucleus
- 11. invasion of microorganisms in body tissues
- 12. eukaryotic, mushrooms, yeast, molds, chlorophyll absent, rigid cell wall present
- 13. resulting from activities of physicians
- 16. disease causing microorganisms in blood
- 17. unicellular, submicro/macroscopic, simplest organism
- 19. life cycle of parasites; enclosed in protective wall
- 20. a carrier, animal or arthropod that transfers an infective agent from one host to another
- 23. freedom from infection
- 29. security against a particular disease