Toxin - A poisonous substance, often a protein, produced by the metabolic processes of living cells or organisms that can cause disease if introduced into the body.⏎
Sterilization - The process of destroying all forms of life, including infectious agents, from a surface, fluid, or biological medium with the use of heat, chemicals, irradiation, high pressure, filtration, or some combination of these methods.⏎
Species - One of the most basic units of biological classification, ranking just below the genus and comprising individuals or populations capable of interbreeding.⏎
Vaccine - A biological preparation that improves the immune system’s ability to recognize and destroy harmful infectious agents.⏎
Staph Infection - An infection caused by any one of several harmful species or subspecies of bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus.⏎