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module 16
chapter 10, 26, 27, 28
Question | Answer |
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vaccine | toxiods or attenuated viral components that builds immunity |
malignant | invasive & destructive pattern of rapid, abnormal cell growth, often fatal |
antibodies | proteins contained within plasma cells that neutralize or destroy antigens AKA IMMUNOGLOBLINS |
hemoglobin | blood cells containing iron carries oxygen to the tissues |
metasis | spread of cancerous cells through the body to the organs in distant areas |
benign | nonmaligant neoplasm |
neoplasm | abnormal tissue growth |
homeopathy | system of therapy based on the belief that medicinal substances that cause a specific system can be used to treat an illness that yields the same symptoms |
feverfew | migranes |
antineoplastic | agent used to prevetn the developement of neoplastic cells |
antiemetic | agent that stops nausea and vomiting |
placebo | inert compound thought to be an active agent |
garlic | high blood pressure |
electrolytes | charged elements called catgons and anions |
attenuated | an altered or weakend live vaccine made from the disease organism that the vaccine protects against |
legend drug | medication that requires a prescription |
lymphatic systems | primary source of immune production & is referred to as the immune system |
double blind | when the therapist or the patient does not know whether the patient recieve a placebo or the experimental drug |
ginko | increase circulation |
antigen | stimulates the production or anitbodies |
ginseg | stress relief |
ginger | motion sickness |
St.John's Wort | depression |