Abiohazard is a toxic or infectious agent posing a threat to humans or the environment. are you familiar with the terms related to biohazards? drag each term to its definition.

Biohazards:

Any biological substance that can cause a threat to the health of living organisms especially human is called biohazards.

These biohazards include a sample of microorganisms, toxins from a biological source, viruses, etc. Some of the biohazards terms are discussed here

Medical waste:  

It is also known as Regulated Medical Waste (RMW). These are the wastes that can act as the source of infection. Example of these wastes are dental practices, medical research facilities, laboratories, and veterinary clinics

Clinical waste:

These are similar to medical waste but specific in terms of clinical aspects. The example includes bandages, swabs, dressings, etc.

Biomedical waste:

These are the wastes generated during the process of diagnosis, prognosis, treatment or during immunization.

Infectious medical waste:  

These include harmful microorganisms that have the ability to infect patients.  

Healthcare waste:

These are the byproduct of substances used in healthcare: For example blood, chemicals, medical devices, radioactive material

when a reversible reaction is occurring in both directions at the same rate; the products and reactants do not change in concentration. a chemical reaction where the compound is broken into its constituent parts.

an individual’s sex (i.e., whether they are a male or female) is determined by the sex chromosomes. most people have two sex chromosomes, one that is inherited from their mother and one that is inherited from their father. typically, females have two x chromosomes (xx) and males have one x chromosome and one y chromosome (xy). conditions caused by changes (“mutations”) in genes located on the x chromosome are considered x-linked.

x-linked recessive inheritance

most x-linked conditions are recessive. this means that in a person with two x chromosomes (most females), both copies of a gene (i.e., one on each x chromosome) must have a change or mutation whereas in a person with one x chromosome (most males), only one copy of a gene must have a mutation. a female with a mutation in one copy of a gene on the x chromosome is said to be a “carrier” for an x-linked condition. a male with a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome is typically affected with the condition. because females have two copies of the x chromosome and males have only one x chromosome, x-linked recessive diseases are more common among males than females. however, x-linked recessive diseases can occur in both males and females.

for x-linked recessive disorders, an unaffected carrier mother who has a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome can transmit either the x chromosome with this mutation or a “normal” x chromosome to her children. if the father is unaffected, none of her daughters will be affected and all of her daughters will be unaffected—since they will inherit at least one normal x chromosome from their father. however, each daughter will have a 50% chance of being an unaffected carrier like her mother and a 50% chance of both x chromosomes being normal.