Environmental & Medical Flashcards
Conservation
Protecting & preserving natural resources and environment
Global Warming
Increase in the temp of the earth’s atmosphere
Artificial Insemination
Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means
Infertility
Not being able to have children
Embryo
A fertilised egg in the first eight weeks after conception
Environment
The surroundings in which plants and animals live and depend
Stewardship
Looking after something so that it can be passed on
Surrogacy
An arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf of another woman or where an egg is donated and fertilised through IVF and implanted into the wife’s uterus
Creation
The act of creating the universe, or the universe which had been created
Natural resources
Naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans
In-vitro fertilisation
The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube
Organ donation
Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery
