week 2 Flashcards
(20 cards)
neuro-
nerve
-lysis
destruction
-trophy
development
epidemi-
among the people
-plegia
paralysis, stroke
-itis
inflammation
leuko-
white
CDC
Center for Disease Control & Prevention
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
analyze
examine methodically and in detail
dramatically
sudden and striking, intended to create an effect
pharamaceutical
relating to medicinal drugs, their preparation & sale
in vitro
in glass
ethics
moral principles that govern a person’s behavior
facilitator
someone who makes things easy, a proctor
vaccinate
treat with a shot to provided immunity against a disease
epidemiological
pertaining to the branch of medicine that deals with incidence, distribution, and control of disease
genetic
of or related to genes or hederity
contaminate
make impure by exposing to poisonous or polluting substance
immunodeficiency
failure of the immune system to protect the body adequately