MP1 Week 5 Vocabulary
1. Virus- a disease-causing agent that is too tiny to be seen by the ordinary microscope, that
may be a living organism or may be a very special kind of protein molecule, and that can
only multiply when inside the cell of an organism.
2. Capsid- the outer protein coat of a mature virus.
3. Bacteriophage- type of virus that infects bacteria
4. Antibiotic- A drug used to treat infections caused by bacteria and other microorganisms.
5. Chickenpox- A highly contagious disease marked by an itchy, blister-like rash caused by
the varicella-zoster virus
6. DNA virus- A virus in which the genetic material is DNA rather than RNA
7. Genetic material- material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin that carries genetic
information and that passes it from one generation to the next
8. Herpes- type of virus that causes Kaposi sarcoma (rare cancer)
9. HIV - a virus that attacks the body's immune system
10. Immune cells- A complex network of cells, tissues, organs, and the substances they make
that helps the body fight infections and other diseases
11. Covid- a virus (Coronavirus 19) that was caused by a bat and led to a pandemic, it is like
the flu
12. Influenza- viral infection that attacks your respiratory system — your nose, throat and
lungs
13. RNA Virus- virus that encode information and function in its structure as well as its
sequence
14. Lysogenic cycle- viral reproductive stage where the virus's DNA is replicated using the
host cell's DNA
15. Lytic cycle- a virus that introduces its genome into a host cell and initiates replication by
hijacking the host's cellular machinery to make new copies of the virus