American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick - LightNovelsOnl.com
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ANt.i.tOXIN.--A substance that neutralizes the action of a toxin.
ASEPTIC.--Free from living germs.
AXILLA.--The armpit.
B
BACILLUS (pl. bacilli).--A rod-shaped or elongated bacterium.
BACTERIAL.--Relating to bacteria.
BACTERICIDE.--An agent having the power to destroy bacteria.
BACTERIOLOGICAL.--Relating to bacteriology.
BACTERIOLOGY.--The science dealing with microorganisms.
BACTERIUM (pl. bacteria).--A unicellular vegetable micro-organism.
C
CARRIER.--An apparently healthy person who harbors pathogenic germs in his body.
COCCUS (pl. cocci).--A bacterium of spherical or nearly spherical shape.
COUNTER-IRRITANT.--A substance or agent which if applied to the skin causes irritation and thereby relieves an abnormal condition in another part of the body.
D
DEGENERATION.--A deterioration in cells or tissues of the body so that they become less able to perform their proper functions.
DEGENERATIVE.--Pertaining to degeneration.
DEODORANT.--An agent that destroys odors.
DIGESTIVE TRACT.--The entire alimentary ca.n.a.l, including the mouth, sophagus, stomach, and the small and large intestines.
DIPLOCOCCUS.--A form of coccus in which two individuals remain attached after cell division has taken place.
DISINFECT.--To destroy the germs of disease.
DISINFECTANT.--An agent that destroys the germs of disease.
DISINFECTION.--The process of destroying the germs of disease.
E
EMETIC.--A substance used to induce vomiting.
ENEMA.--An injection of fluid into the r.e.c.t.u.m.
F
FECAL.--Pertaining to feces.
FECES.--Matter discharged from the bowels; bowel movement.
FERMENTATION.--Decomposition produced in an organic substance by the action of certain living agents.
FISSION.--The process by which a cell divides into two parts.
FLAGELLUM (pl. flagella).--A long hair-like appendage, by the action of which certain micro-organisms are enabled to move.
FLEX.--To bend at a joint.
FOMENTATION.--See _Stupe_.
G
GASTRIC JUICE.--The fluid secreted by the glands of the stomach.
GERM.--A minute unicellular organism, either animal or vegetable; a micro-organism; a microbe.
GERMICIDE.--An agent having the power to kill germs.
H
HOST.--An animal or plant in or upon which another organism lives.
I
IMMUNE.--Not susceptible to a particular disease; also, a person who is not susceptible to a particular disease.
IMMUNITY.--The state in which an individual is not susceptible to a particular disease.
IMMUNIZE.--To render immune.
INCUBATION.--The interval between exposure to an infectious disease and the first appearance of symptoms.
INFECT.--To communicate disease germs.
