Category: C

A bacterial culture in which a fresh flow of culture medium is maintained. This allows the bacteria to maintain their growth rate.  

Culture in which bacteria from a foreign source have infiltrated the growth medium.  

The propagation of living organisms, especially growing microorganisms in an artificial medium.  

The process of removal of abnormal or damaged blood cells from the circulation by the spleen.  

A family of insects belonging to the order Diptera; includes the mosquitoes.  

Mosquito common in the tropics and subtropics; the most important intermediate host of Wuchereria bancrofti.  

The common house mosquito; it serves as a vector of several illnesses, including Wuchereria bancrofti and West Nile virus.  

A firm bandage around the chest.  

A collection of inflammatory cells in the shape of a ring around small blood vessels.  

An airway catheter used to provide an airway through the trachea and at the same time to prevent aspiration of foreign material into the bronchus. This is accomplished by an inflatable cuff that surrounds the tube. The cuff is inflated after the tube is placed in the trachea.