SB5b: Non-communicable disease Keywords

Question 1

Cirrhosis

Answer 1

A disease of the liver, often caused by drinking a large amount of ethanol (alcohol) over a long period of time.

Question 2

Deficiency disease

Answer 2

A disease caused by a lack of a particular nutrient in the body, such as anaemia caused by a lack of iron.

Question 3

Drug

Answer 3

A substance that we take into the body, which affects how the body works.

Question 4

Genetic disorder

Answer 4

A disease caused by faulty alleles of our genes.

Question 5

Malnutrition

Answer 5

Health problems caused by a diet that contains too little or too much of one or more nutrients.