disease-germs
11Tropical disease — Tropical diseases are diseases that are prevalent in or unique to tropical and subtropical regions. The diseases are less prevalent in temperate climates, due in part to the occurrence of a cold season, which controls the insect population by… …
12ear disease — ▪ human Introduction any of the diseases or disorders that affect the human ear and hearing. Impaired hearing (deafness) is, with rare exception, the result of disease or abnormality of the outer, middle, or inner ear. Serious… …
13Infectious disease — In*fec tious dis*ease (a) Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of microorganisms in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious. (b) Sometimes, as distinguished from {contagious disease}, such a disease… …
14infectious disease — A disease caused by bacteria, virus, or other parasite in the body. A disease likely to be spread to other persons by infection. A disease which presupposes a cause acting by hidden influences, like the miasma of prison ships or marshes, or… …
15Fermentation theory of disease — Fermentation Fer men*ta tion (f[ e]r m[e^]n*t[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. fermentation.] 1. The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance… …
16infectious disease — /ɪnˌfɛkʃəs dəˈziz/ (say in.fekshuhs duh zeez) noun 1. a disease caused by germs, as bacteria or filterable viruses. 2. any disease, produced by the action of a microorganism in the body, which may or may not be contagious …
17Fracastoro, Girolamo — Latin Hieronymus Fracastorius born с 1478, Verona, Republic of Venice died Aug. 8, 1553, Caffi, near Verona Italian physician, poet, astronomer, and geologist. He is best known for Syphilis, or the French Disease (1530), an account in rhyme of… …
18antiseptic — adj germicidal, bactericidal, disinfectant (see under ANTISEPTIC n) antiseptic n Antiseptic, germicide, bactericide, disinfectant all denote an agent that interferes with the growth and activity of microorganisms. An antiseptic is an agent that… …
19in|oc|u|late — «ih NOK yuh layt», verb, lat|ed, lat|ing. –v.t. 1. to give (to a person or animal) a preparation made from killed or weakened germs or viruses that causes a mild form of the disease. Thereafter the individual will not get that disease or will… …
20sterilize — 1 Sterilize, castrate, spay, emasculate, alter, mutilate, geld, caponize mean to make incapable of producing offspring. Sterilize, the most general of these terms, is applicable to both human beings and animals and is used whether the end is… …
