Preventing and Treating Disease Flashcards
1
Q
What is a vaccination?
A
A weak or dead form of a disease.
2
Q
What is an antibiotic resistant?
A
A cell which has become resistant and has multiplied.
3
Q
What is an antibiotic?
A
A fungus which kills bacteria.
4
Q
How were antibiotics discovered?
A
When Fleming left a petri dish with penicillin and found that it killed bacteria.
5
Q
Name an example of a vaccination:
A
MMR, Meningitis, Tetanus.
6
Q
Why do vaccinations sometimes need to be administered more than once?
A
Herd immunity.
7
Q
Name an example of an antibiotic:
A
Penicillin, cephalexin, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, clarithromycin.
8
Q
What is a drug?
A
A medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.
