key definitions

?
placebo
an dead or inactive drug giving to patients in controlled groups for a drug trial.
1 of 17
blind trial
drug trials where the patients doesn't know which version of the drug they have been giving
2 of 17
double blind trials
drug trials in which both the patient and the doctor doesn't know who is being given to active drug.
3 of 17
antibody
produced by white blood cells to destroy pathogens
4 of 17
antibiotics
medicine that helps cure diseases
5 of 17
antiseptic
disinfected used to get rid of pathogens
6 of 17
pain killers
used to treat symptoms of diseases but DOES NOT kill pathogens
7 of 17
monoclonal antibiotics
identical copes of one type of antibody
8 of 17
hybridoma cell
one type of tumour cell to make it, makes specific antibodies and divides
9 of 17
antibiotic resistant
when a certain bacterial infection has gotten
used to the antibiotics so it is no longer affected by it
10 of 17
MMR
mumphs, measles and rubella
11 of 17
herd immunity
when a large amount of population is immune to a disease
12 of 17
homeostasis
the regulation of the internal conditions of
cells
13 of 17
pathway for control system
stimulus-receptor-coordinator-effector
-response
14 of 17
dependant variable
thing you measure
15 of 17
independent variable
thing you change
16 of 17
control variable
thing you keep the same
17 of 17

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

drug trials where the patients doesn't know which version of the drug they have been giving

Back

blind trial

Card 3

Front

drug trials in which both the patient and the doctor doesn't know who is being given to active drug.

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

produced by white blood cells to destroy pathogens

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

medicine that helps cure diseases

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
View more cards

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar Biology resources:

See all Biology resources »See all definitions resources »