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1Virus — A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus invades living cells and uses their chemical machinery to keep itself alive and to replicate itself. It may reproduce with fidelity or with… …
2virus — viruslike, adj. /vuy reuhs/, n., pl. viruses. 1. an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA …
3Infection — The growth of a parasitic organism within the body. (A parasitic organism is one that lives on or in another organism and draws its nourishment therefrom.) A person with an infection has another organism (a germ ) growing within him, drawing its… …
4Some common diseases of dogs — ▪ Table Some common diseases of dogs name(s) of disease causative agent nature of disease distemper virus affects nonvaccinated (nonimmunized) puppies in contact with infected animals; symptoms include loss of appetite, fever; inflammation of the …
5SEPTICÉMIE — Pendant longtemps, le terme de septicémie a signifié pullulation microbienne dans le milieu sanguin. Il est exact que ce concept répond au tableau de la septicémie expérimentale chez l’animal, tel que le réalise, par exemple, l’inoculation de… …
6ŒIL HUMAIN — L’œil est l’organe de la vision (cf. VI SION Physiologie); récepteur des phénomènes lumineux, l’œil les focalise pour projeter l’image sur la rétine qu’il renferme. Celle ci, à son tour, analyse cette image, commence à la coder et, par… …
