Addendum : Glossary of Terms Continued

histoplasmosis - systemic fungal respiratory disease due to Histoplasma Capsulatum , ( treatable with Amphotericin B intravenously )

immune system - the tissues, organs, and physiological processes which are used by the body to identify a protein as abnormal or foreign, and then to prevent it from harming the organism.

immunology - the study of the reaction of tissues of the immune system of the body to antigenic stimulation . inclusion bodies - microscopic objects of various shapes and sizes observed in the nuclei or cytoplasm of blood or other tissues' cells.

inclusion conjunctivitis - an acute purulent conjunctival infection of the eye-lid mucous membrane caused by chlamydia organisms

insulin - a naturally occurring hormone secreted by beta cells of the islands of langerhans of the pancreas in response to raised glucose levels in the blood.

intermediate host - host in which a parasite passes through its larval or asexual stages of development.

liver abscesses - cavities among the liver cells containing pus surrounded by inflamed tissue - usually caused by amoebic or bacterial infection, or by trauma.

macromolecules - large molecules of colloidal size, such as proteins, polymers, polysaccharides, nucleic acids etc.

metabolic - pertaining to metabolism; the sum of all physical and chemical changes that take place within an organism.

microbes - microorganisms, organisms too small to be visible to the naked eye.

microbial genetics - study and research by genetic manipulation of microbe cells.

monera - the kingdom of all procaryotic organisms

mucosa - mucous membrane / the moist tissue layer lining a hollow organ or body cavity.

nematode - a multicellular thread shaped parasitic worm-like animal of the phylum Nematoda.

non-gonococcal urethritis - an infectious condition of the urethra in males, often due to the obligate intracellular parasite chlamidia trachomatis.

obligate intracellular parasites - are parasites that depend entirely on the internal environment of host cells in order for them to be able to survive.

organism - any living thing , unicellular or multicellular.

parasite - an organism living in , on or at the expense of another , known as the host , without contributing to survival of the host.

pathogenic - capable of causing or producing a disease. phylum - one of the primary divisions of the animal or plant kingdom, one division higher than a class.

pox - an eruptive contagious disease or papular eruption that becomes pustular.

procaryotics - organisms with cells lacking a true nucleus; having nuclear material scattered throughout the cytoplasm.

proteins - any of a large group of naturally occurring complex organic nitrogenous compounds, yielding amino acids when hydrolyzed.

spores (bacterial) - a form assumed by some bacteria that is resistant to heat, drying and chemicals; and which may revert under more favourable conditions to the actively multiplying form of the organism.

sterilization - a technique for destroying microorganisms using such means as heat, radiation, water, chemicals, gases etc.

subcutaneous - beneath (or to be introduced beneath ) the skin.

subphylum - between a phylum and a class in taxonomy.

tox(a)emia - distribution throughout the body of poisonous products of bacteria growing in a focal or local site, thus producing generalized symptoms , e.g. of fever, diarrhoea,vomiting, pulse and respiration disorder etc.

toxin - a poisonous substance of animal or plant origin.

vaccination - inoculation with any vaccine or toxoid to establish resistance to a specific infectious disease.

virology - the study of viruses and viral diseases.                                                                                    THE END