- Analgesic. Pain killer.
- Angina. Exercise induced heart pain.
- Antagonize. Offset the work of something.
- Antibody. A part of the immune system that attacks "foreign" objects in
our bodies
- Anticoagulant. Prevents
blood clotting.
- Antioxidant. Substance capable of neutralizing dangerous oxygen free-radicals
produced by various diseases and poisons.
- Atherosclerosis. Commonly called "hardening of the arteries".
- Beta blockers. A class of heart medicines including acebutolol, betaxolol,
nadolol, oxprenolol, propanolol and sotalol.
- Bronchoconstriction. Constricting of the air passages into the lungs.
- Cardiovascular System. Pertaining to the heart & blood vessels.
- Catarrah. Inflammation of the mucous membrane, especially
in the throat and head. Characterized by excessive secretion of mucous.
- Central Nervous System. The body’s "main switchboard" including the
brain and spinal cord.
- Cholesterol. High cholesterol levels in the blood are often associated with
atherosclerosis.
- Coagulate. Blood clotting.
- Co-enzyme. Something required for an enzyme to work.
- Coronary thrombosis. A form of heart attack where a blood clot gets lodged in one
of the arteries feeding blood to the heart muscle.
- Dermatitis. Skin rash.
- Diabetic retinopathy. Disease of the eye’s retina caused by diabetes. Can lead
to blindness.
- Diuretic. Something the causes you to excrete more urine reducing retained water in
the body.
- Endometrium. The lining of the uterus.
- Enzyme. A chemical that assists in a chemical reaction without itself being
changed.
- Estrogenic. Having an action like estrogen, the main female hormone.
- Expectorant. Helps you clear mucus from the lungs.
- Gastrointestinal System. Stomach and intestines.
- Hemolytic. Breaks
open red blood cells.
- Hippocampus. Part of the brain’s limbic system which controls instinct and
mood.
- Hypercholesteremia. High blood cholesterol levels.
- Hypertension. High blood pressure.
- Hypotension. Low blood pressure.
- Immune System. The body’s natural system to fight diseases.
- Inhibit. To prevent a drug, enzyme or other chemical from reacting as it normally
would.
- Interferon. A group of chemicals produced by cells infected by viruses that have
the ability to suppress virus growth.
- Interleukin. Chemicals that help control your body’s immune system.
- Keritinization. Cells becoming hard from the deposit in them of keratin, the
primary constituent of hair and nails.
- Lactose. A kind of sugar found in milk.
- Lueteinizing hormone. A hormone that regulates a woman’s menstrual cycle.
- MAOI (monoamine oxidase inhibitors). A class of anti-depressants including isocarboxazid,
phenilzine and tranylcypromine.
- Pancytopenia. Simultaneous decrease in red cells, white cells and platelets in
the blood.
- Peripheral neuropathy. A condition of the peripheral nervous system.
- Platelet. A type of blood cells particularly involved in blood clotting.
- PMS. Pre-menstrual syndrome.
- RNA. Ribonucleic acid. Used in protein synthesis.
- Scleroderma. Persistent hardening of any of the body’s connective tissue.
- Sedative. A substance that makes you drowsy.
- Tincture. An alcohol based extract of a drug derived from a plant.
- Toxic/toxicity. Poisonous.
- Trigylcerides. The form in which fat is stored in the body.
- Vascular. Pertaining to the circulatory system.
- Vasoconstriction. Constriction of the blood vessels.
- Vasodilation. Opening up of the blood vessels.
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