Capsules increase virulence of some organisms because they pre â¦ vent desiccation, are able to stick to surfaces and provide a mechanism for attachment to tissue such as respiratory epithelial tissue in humans. Capsules are also slippery and often evade a human's immune system by avoiding phagocytosis from certain leukocytes.
Definition of DEFICIENCY DISEASE. : a disease (as scurvy) caused by a lack of essential dietary elements and especially a vitamin or mineral.
congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder. Hypernyms (congenital disease is a kind of...): disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of congenital disease): monogenic disease; monogenic disorder (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes) otosclerosis (hereditary disorder in which ossification of the labyrinth of the inner ear causes tinnitus and eventual deafness)