Medical Interventions Unit 1

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  1. 4. a procedure that presents the immune system with a harmless variant of a pathogen
  2. 6. Resistance to one or more antibiotics, usually due to additional genetic information
  3. 10. A substance dissolved in another substance
  4. 11. a branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution and control of a disease in a population
  5. 13. the introduction of a pathogen or antigen into a living organism to stimulate the production of antibodies
  6. 14. The reactant on which an enzyme works
  7. 15. Hearing loss or impairment resulting from interference with the transmission of sound waves to the cochlea
  8. 17. A protein serving as a catalyst; a chemical agent that changes the rate of reaction without being consumed by the reaction
  9. 18. A type of epidemiologic study where a group of individuals with the diseases are compared to individuals without the diseases
  10. 19. Mechanical energy that is transmitted by longitudinal pressure waves in a medium (such as water or air)
  11. 22. a linking enzyme essential for DNA replication and recombinant DNA techniques
  12. 24. An electrical prosthetic device that enables individuals with sensorineural hearing loss to recognize some sounds
  13. 26. The complement of an organism’s genes; an organism’s genetic material
  14. 29. a harmless variant of a pathogen that stimulates a host's immune response
  15. 30. Any measure whose purpose is to improve health or alter the course of disease
  16. 33. a DNA molecule made in vitro with segments from different sources
  17. 38. A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances, which may be solids, liquids, gases, or a combination of these
  18. 39. The collection, classification, storage, and analysis of biochemical and biological information using computers especially as applied in molecular genetics and genomics
  19. 40. The DNA-containing area of a bacterial cell
  20. 41. A specific causative agent of disease
  21. 42. An electronic device usually worn by a person for amplifying sound before it reaches the receptor organs
Down
  1. 1. The outer visible portion of the ear that collects and directs sound waves toward the tympanic membrane by way of a canal which extends inward through the temporal bone
  2. 2. a degradative enzyme that recognizes specific nucleotide sequences and cuts up DNA
  3. 3. A stepwise dilution of a substance in solution
  4. 5. The one-way transfer of DNA between bacteria in cellular contact
  5. 7. A substance produced by or derived from a microorganism and able in dilute solution to inhibit or kill another microorganism
  6. 8. the resistance of a group to an attack by a disease to which a large proportion of the members of the group are immune
  7. 9. The intermediate portion of the ear containing a chain of three ossicles that extends from the tympanic membrane to the oval window and transmits vibrations to the inner ear
  8. 12. The transfer of genetic material from one organism (such as a bacterium) to another by a genetic vector
  9. 15. A type of epidemiologic study where a group of exposed individuals and non-exposed individuals are followed to determine incidence
  10. 16. The essential part of the vertebrate organ of hearing and equilibrium that includes the vestibule, the semicircular canals, and the cochlea
  11. 19. Hearing loss or impairment resulting from problems with the auditory nerves
  12. 20. a small ring of DNA that carries accessory genes
  13. 21. affecting an atypically large number of individuals within a population at the same time
  14. 23. A foreign macromolecule that does not belong to the host organism and elicits an immune response
  15. 25. The genetic modification of a bacterium by incorporation of free DNA from another ruptured bacterial cell
  16. 27. A quantitative in vitro test for an antibody or antigen as well as a reaction of an enzyme with a substrate to yield a color change
  17. 28. A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease
  18. 31. A small ring of DNA that carries accessory genes separate from those of the bacterial chromosome
  19. 32. The amount of a specified substance in a unit amount of another substance
  20. 34. A graphic representation of the relation of vibration frequency and the minimum sound intensity for hearing
  21. 35. An antigen-binding immunoglobulin, produced by B cells, that functions as the effector in an immune response
  22. 36. A substance, usually a liquid, capable of dissolving another substance
  23. 37. A molecule (a short strand of RNA or DNA) whose presence is required for formation of another molecule (a longer chain of DNA)