| A | B |
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| antibiotic | : a medicine which cures infections by destroying harmful bacteria |
| wound | injury; a damaged area of the body, such as a cut or hole in the skin. |
| blood pressure | the force with which blood flows around your body. |
| botulism | a serious type of food poisoning caused by bacteria in badly preserved food. |
| canned | kept in a metal or glass container, e.g., a jar, to prevent infection. |
| active | in action; physically doing something |
| certain | used to refer to a particular person or thing without naming or describing them exactly. |
| condition | illness or disease; state of being ill. |
| contain | to have something inside or include something as a part. |
| contaminated | dirty or poisonous. |
| contract | to get a serious disease. |
| destroy | to damage something so badly that it does not exist or cannot be used. |
| develop | to start to have something, such as an illness, problem, or feeling. |
| diabetes | a serious medical condition in which your body cannot control the level of sugar in your blood. |
| diagnosis | when a doctor says what is wrong with someone who is ill. |
| diet | the type of food that someone usually eats. |
| disorder | a disease or mental problem. |
| DNA | a chemical in the cells of living things which contains genetic information. |
| environment | the air, land, and water where people, animals, and plants live. |
| experience | something that happens to you affecting how you feel. |
| food borne | carried by food into the body. |
| gene | : a part of the DNA in a cell which contains information in a special pattern received by each animal or plant from its parents, and which controls its physical development, behavior, etc. |
| glucose | a type of sugar. |
| healthy | good for your body and mind. |
| illness | a disease of the body or mind. |
| immune | protected against a particular disease by particular substances in the blood. |
| infectious | can be passed from one person to another. |
| insulin | a substance produced by the body that controls the amount of sugar in your blood. |
| irritation | an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress. |
| level | the amount or number of something. |
| lifestyle | someone's way of living. |
| material | a physical substance which things can be made from. |
| measure | a way of achieving something or dealing with a situation. |
| medication | medicine that is used to treat an illness. |
| mutate | to change from one thing or type of thing into another. |
| overweight | too heavy or too fat. |
| paralysis | being unable to move all or part of your body because of injury or illness. |
| pollution | damage caused to water, air, etc by harmful substances or waste. |
| prevent | to stop something from happening or someone from doing something. |
| produce | to grow something or make it naturally. |
| properly | correctly; in the right way; as it should be. |
| reduce | to make something smaller in size, amount or degree. |
| risk | the possibility of something bad happening. |
| serious | needing attention because of its negative consequences. |
| spread | to communicate or transmit from one person to another. |
| swallow | to move your throat in order to make food or drink go down. |
| sympton | a physical feeling or problem that shows that you have a particular illness. |
| toxin | a poisonous substance. |
| transmit | to pass something from one person or place to another. |
| virus | an infectious organism too small to be seen that causes disease, or an illness that it causes. |
| bacteria | very small living things that sometimes cause disease. |
