Bacterial parasites that cause disease are called pathogens. Among bacterial plant diseases are leaf spot, fire blight, and wilts; animal diseases caused by bacteria include tuberculosis, cholera, syphilis, typhoid fever, and tetanus.
Definition of cascade 1: a steep usually small fall of water; especially: one of a series 2 a: something arranged or occurring in a series or in a succession of stages so that each stage derives from or acts upon the product of the preceding
There are two descriptions of what may be referred to using the term coagulation cascade.. 1. The first is the physiological coagulation cascade, which is used to describe a very complex step-by-step process that occurs in the body (in vivo) when a blood vessel is injured.Several special proteins known as coagulation factors are activated one after the other in a cascade effect.. The first is the physiological coagulation cascade, which is used to describe a very complex step-by-step process that occurs in the body (in vivo) when a blood vessel is injured.