infectious organism

collocation in English

meaningsofinfectiousandorganism

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infectious
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈfek.ʃəs/us
/ɪnˈfek.ʃəs/
(of a disease) able to be passed from one person, animal, or plant ...
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organism
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/us
/ˈɔːr-/
a single living plant, animal, ...
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(Definition ofinfectiousandorganismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is not surprising, as there is no evidence that theinfectiousorganismpersists in the soil.
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The identification of theinfectiousorganism(or other cause) is an important part of modern treatment of pneumonia.
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One obstacle is variant surface glycoprotein which makes it difficult for the immune system to recognize theinfectiousorganism.
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Rickettsia rickettsii is considered the prototypicalinfectiousorganismin the group.
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If infection is suspected, theinfectiousorganismcan be cultured from the tissue and identified.
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Persistent infections are characterized by the continual presence of theinfectiousorganism, often as latent infection with occasional recurrent relapses of active infection.
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However, the old municipal hot pools were closed in 1978 after the discovery of aninfectiousorganismin one stratum of the aquifer.
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In addition, several studies have indicated that increased cortisol levels in plasma of stressed fish elevate the susceptibility of the affected hosts to various infectious organisms.
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The difficulty is that carriers of these diseases may be symptomless and, furthermore, in such cases excretion of infectious organisms may be only intermittent.
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After transferring the infectious organisms to the host species, the flies leave to rest and during that time transmission was successful only in some cases.
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Once the bone is infected, leukocytes enter the infected area, and, in their attempt to engulf the infectious organisms, release enzymes that lyse the bone.
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Such substances include infectious organisms such as bacteria and fungi as well as other materials such as keratin and suture fragments.
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Symptoms of subcutaneous emphysema can result when infectious organisms produce gas by fermentation.
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Present-day analysis shows that they can be composed of coagulated fibrin including platelets, focal ischemia, inflammatory infiltrate, infectious organisms, or neoplastic cells.
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They are capable of producing molecules that can recognize and bond to specific types of molecules present in infectious organisms or substances that the body identifies as foreign.
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