CMPT-201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dysentery, Eating Disorder, Blood Vessel
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Durable/best before date the anticipated amount of time that an unopened food product, when stored under appropriate conditions, will retain its freshness, taste, nutritional value, or any other qualities claimed by the manufacturer. Dysentery an infection of the digestive tract that causes diarrhea. Eating disorder a disturbance in eating behaviour that jeopardizes a person"s physical or psychological health. Echinacea a herb popular before the advent of antibiotics for its anti-infectious properties and as an all-purpose remedy, especially for colds and allergy and for healing of wounds. Edema (eh-deem-uh) swelling of body tissue caused by leakage of fluid from the blood vessels; seen in protein deficiency (among other conditions). Eicosanoids biologically active compounds that regulate body functions. Electrolytes compounds that partly dissociate in water to form ions, such as the potassium ion (k+) and the chloride ion (cl ). Electrons parts of an atom; negatively charged particles.