Medical and Scientific Terms

Mitigation

• Reduce the spread of illness

• Increase the spread of illness

• Ignore the symptoms of illness

• Promote illness transmission

Outbreak

• A sudden increase

• A gradual decline

• A consistent level

• A minor fluctuation

Attack rate

• The measure of frequency and speed of spread in a population at risk of becoming ill.

• The total number of cases of a disease in a population at a specific time.

• The proportion of individuals in a population who are immune to a disease.

• The average duration of illness in a population.

Toxin

• A poison

• A type of medicine

• A food additive

• A cleaning agent

Epidemiologist

• A medical professional who studies and investigates the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases.

• A doctor who performs surgeries to treat diseases.

• A nurse who provides care to patients in hospitals.

• A researcher who develops new medications for diseases.

Neurotoxin

• A substance that enhances nerve function.

• A poison that affects the nervous system.

• A type of antibiotic that targets bacteria.

• A chemical that promotes nerve regeneration.

Impair

• Weaken or damage

• Strengthen or enhance

• Maintain or preserve

• Ignore or overlook

Precipitate

• A solid forming within a solution

• A liquid evaporating from a solution

• A gas dissolving in a liquid

• A mixture of two solids

Collaboration

• Work together

• Compete against each other

• Work independently

• Avoid communication

Agglutination

• The process of separating particles in a solution.

• The clumping together/thickening of solution.

• The process of dissolving a solid in a liquid.

• The formation of a gas from a liquid.