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Medicine: Past and Present

AB
PlagueA disease that kills a large number of people.
InfectedHaving germs that cause a disease
MicrobesTiny organisms or germs too small to be seen without a microscope
AntibodiesA special substance produced by the body to destroy or weaken germs
BacteriaGerms
VaccineA special substance used to protect a person or animal from a disease
EpidemicThe rapid spreading of a disease so that many people have it at the same time
SterilizeTo make free from living germs
HippocratesFather of medicine
ImmuneTo be protected from getting a disease; not able to catch a disease
FlaskA bottle shaped container used in laboratories for heating liquid
ContaminatedTo make impure, dirty or polluted
RontegenDiscovered X-Rays
Jonas SalkVaccination for Polio
ContaminatedTo make impure, dirty or polluted
WoundInjury
CirculateTo move in or flow through the body in a circle
Anton van LeeuwenhoekInvented the microscope
Benjamin FranklinInvented bifocal glasses
DispelProve wrong
Louis PasteurCreated pasteurization, a form of sterilization


Cinnamon Elementary
Lemoore, CA

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