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What is the lay term for cholecystectomy?
The lay term for cholecystectomy would be 'the removal of the gall bladder'.
How are pathogens and viruses different?
The term pathogen is a general term that is applied to an infectious agent, or germ. The infectious agent itself could be a bacteria or a virus that is harmful to a body. The virus is a type of pathogen.
What is the medical term meaning A microorganism that causes infectious diseases?
Pathogen
What is the general term of the environment in which an infectious agent grows and thrives in is its?
Reservoir.
What is the term where a family is ill with the same infectious disease?
communicable disease
What is the medical term for lack of infectious organisms?
Absence of microorganisms is sterile.
What does infectious?
this term means something is capable of being passed on. i.e airbourne diseases can be passed via coughing, and sneezing therefore are infectious.
What is the term for an inanimate object that can harbor material containing infectious agents?
The term you are looking for is "fomite." Fomites are objects or materials that can carry and transmit infectious agents, such as viruses or bacteria, from one person to another.
What is the lay term for?
I believe the lay term would be contagious or catching. Meaning it can be passed from one person to another.
What is the medical term meaning infectious agent?
pathogenAn agent of infection is a pathogen.
What is the term for infectious diseases associated with AIDS?
opportunistic infections
Is there a medical term that starts with I?
Intussusception, intravenous, infectious, inframammary, iliac, for a few.
