Key Words Industrial and Modern Flashcards
Define anatomy
The structure of the body, eg, bones, nerves, muscles
Define epidemic
A severe outbreak of an infectious disease
Define industrial
Connected to industry and manufacturing
Define Industrial Revolution
The period between 1750- 1900 when there were rapid changes in the way work and industry were organised
Define Inoculation
A way of giving a patient a mild dose of an illness so that they body builds up immunity
Define miasma
The theory that disease is caused by poisonous vapours in the air
Define patent medicine
A mixture that has been created by one person or company sells under a particular brand name
Define pharmacy
A business selling medical drugs; a chemist
Define pharmaceutical industry
The business of manufacturing medicinal drugs prescribed by a doctor or sold by a chemist
Define physiology
The way organs function within the body
Define spontaneous generation
The idea that rubbish or decaying material creates microbes (germs)
Define Vaccination
A safe way of stimulating the body’s immune system against a particular disease
Define antibiotics
Drugs that stop infections caused by bacteria
Define Consultant
A doctor specialising in a specific disease or part of the body; usually based in a hospital and seeing patients referred by a GP.
Define crystallography
Using radiation to take a high power X ray photograph
Define DNA
The abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, which contains the genetic instructions for every cell in your body
Define genetics
The study of genes and inherited characteristics
Define Magic Bullet
A chemical drug that kills the microbes causing a specific disease without harming the rest of the body
Define NHS
National Health Service set up in 1948 to give free health care to all
Define radiotherapy
The use of radiation in medicine, often to attack cancer
