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May 20, 2013

Plague Glossary of Terms

The following are health and medical definitions of terms that appear in the Plague article.

Abdominal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Abdominal pain: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Aerosol: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Antibiotic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Antibiotic resistance: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Antigen: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Aspirate: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bacteria: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bacterial: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bacteriophage: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bacterium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bioterrorism: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Black Death: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood pressure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bloody sputum: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Breathing: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Buboes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bubonic plague: See the definition from MedTerms.com

CDC: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chest: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chest pain: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chills: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Clinical trials: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cough: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cytokine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diagnosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Endemic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Epidemic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Escherichia coli: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Fever: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Gangrene: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Genetic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Genetics: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Genome: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Gram-negative: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Immune: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Immune response: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Infection: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Inguinal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Laboratory: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lethal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Low blood pressure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lungs: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lymph: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Lymphadenopathy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Microscope: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mortality: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Node: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pain: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pathogenic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pestilence: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pestis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Piles: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Plague: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pneumonia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pneumonic plague: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prognosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Progressive: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prophylactic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Prophylaxis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Public health: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pulmonary: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Resistance: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Septic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Serum: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Shock: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Shortness of breath: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sputum: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sulfonamides: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sumycin: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Supportive care: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Titer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Trigger: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vaccination: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Vaccines: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vector: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Viable: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Virulent: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Yersinia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Yersinia pestis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Zoonosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Zoonotic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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