Microbiology - chp1

Endemic

Pertaining to an infectious disease that is constantly present in a region, community, or population, but involves relatively few numbers of people and low rates of mortality.

Epidemic

Pertaining to an infectious disease which occurs with a greater-than-normal incidence rate at the same time in a geographical area.

Pandemic

An infectious disease that occurs worldwide or in a majority of the population of a large geographic region

Abiogenesis

Also called the theory of spontaneous generation, this theory claimed that life could spontaneously arise from nonliving material.

Etiology

The cause or origin of something; typically used in medicine to describe the reason for a patient’s illness or infection as part of the history and physical (H&P).