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Ch 4 Terms Pt.2
Medical Terminology Class, Chapter 4 Terms and Definitions Part 2
| Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| antibiotic | chemical substance, such as erythromycin, made from molds and used against bacterial life |
| catabolism | process of burning food (breaking it down) and releasing the energy stored in the food |
| contraindictation | reason that a doctor would advise against taking a specific medication |
| autoimmune disease | disorder in which the body's own leukocytes make antibodies that damage it's own good tissue |
| antigen | a foreign agent (virus or bacterium) that causes production of antibodies |
| antitoxin | an antibody that acts against poisons that enter the body |
| anabolism | process of building up proteins in cells by putting together small pieces of proteins, called amino acids |
| antibody | protein made by lymphocytes in response to the presence in the blood of a specific antigen |