Contemporary Medicine Key Words Flashcards
1
Q
MRSA
A
A strain of/drug resistant/ bacteria /that is particularly hardy
2
Q
Compound
A
A mixture/ of two or more/ different elements
3
Q
Smog
A
Very heavy fog/ caused by air pollution
Mixture of smoke and fog/
Experienced particularly badly in London/ in 1952
4
Q
DNA
A
Deoxyribonucleic acid/
Carries genetic information/from one living thing to another
5
Q
Magic bullet
A
Chemical compound/ that would attack microbes in the body that cause disease/ while leaving the body unharmed
6
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Hereditary diseases
A
Disease/caused by genetic factors/meaning they can be passed from parents to children
6
Q
Antibiotic
A
Any treatment that destroys/ or limits the growth of bacteria/ in the human body
8
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Genome
A
Complete set of DNA/ containing all the information needed/ to build the particular organism
