Category: M

The categories that pathogenic organisms are placed. There are two general classifications with several subclasses for each: 1. plants: (a) bacteria (bacillus, coccus, spirillum), (b) rickettsia, (c) virus, (d) fungus (molds and yeasts); 2. Animals: (a) protozoa (amoeba, plasmodium), (b) spirochete, (c) metazoa (roundworm, tapeworm, trichinella), (d) schistosomes.  

Pertaining to a microbe-caused disease.  

Slang for chloral hydrate mixed in alcohol.  

The theory of the causation of disease that arose during the Middle Ages. It proposed that mysterious poisons from decaying matter were earned in the atmosphere causing disease, germ theory of disease.  

Historically, a term used to indicate a vapor or mist that was thought to cause illness, cf: miasmatic theory of disease.  

A form of shock therapy in which convulsions are produced by injections of metrazol. This treatment is rarely used today.  

A commercial preparation of pentylenetetrazol.  

An alcohol used for industrial purposes. Not fit for human consumption. Its chemical formula is CH3OH ethyl alcohol. A colorless, volatile, flammable liquid obtained from distillation of wood. Even though its physical properties are similar to those of ethyl alcohol, it is not fit for human consumption. Ingestion of methyl alcohol can lead to blindness…

In health education, communication techniques through the use of printed and electronic media, group interactions, group instruction, role playing, etc., that assist in the learning process. A way of doing something. The systematic manner, procedure, or technique in performing details of an operation, tests, treatment, or any act.  

The techniques, strategies, and other procedures used to achieve goals and objectives, health education methodology. Principles and procedures used in scientific research or other endeavor. The system of principles and procedures used in scientific endeavors.