History Term 4 Flashcards
Indigenous
People living in a place were they are from originally
Traditional
Containing to do things the way they did them in the past
Diviners
People who can see in to the future or who can contact god the spirits and ancestors in there dreams
Ancestor
People who lived before us
Infectious
Spread easily from one person to another
Vaccination
When a substance is put into a person or an animals body using a needle to stop them from getting a disease
Germs
Small living thing called micro organisms that can cause diseases
Antibodies
Proteins that your body has to fight diseases
Microscope
A device that uses lense to magnify things to make them bigger
Bacteria
Certain germs that spread through the air or the water
Mound
A type of micro organism
Antibiotic
A medicine made from bacteria or fungi that can be used against the disease causing bacteria
Surgeon
A doctor who does operations
Sterlise
To make something clean and free from bacteria
Tumors
Lumps of cells in the body that do not grow normally and which could endanger a persons health