• dosage regimen

    See dose, dosage, dosage form, dosage regimen

  • drug, medication, medicine

    drug: a chemical substance that has a known effect in humans or animals.

  • effect

    See affect, effect

  • effectiveness, efficacy

    effectiveness: capacity of an agent to achieve a specific outcome in practice (ie under ‘real world’ conditions) efficacy: a measure of the probablility

  • efficacy

    See effectiveness, efficacy

  • embryo, fetus

    embryo: a multicellular diploid eukaryote in its earliest stage of development.

  • enhance, improve, increase

    Enhance should generally be avoided because it can have several meanings (improve, increase or intensify) and therefore can lead to ambiguity: The plan was r

  • euthanase

    See cull, destroy, euthanase, kill, sacrifice, slaughter

  • Cutting long sentences

    The broader the audience, the shorter the sentences should be: an average of 15 words per sentence for a general audience and no more than 25 words per sentence

  • fetus

    See embryo, fetus

  • few, fewer, less

    The traditional rule is that fewer is used with nouns that can be counted: fewer people    fewer samples Less is used with nouns that cannot be

  • fewer

    See few, fewer, less

  • fish, fishes

    Although often used interchangeably, in stricter biological usage, these 2 plural forms can have different meanings.

  • flammable, inflammable, nonflammable

    flammable, inflammable: likely to burn easily.

  • food allergy, food intolerance

    food allergy (also called hypersensitivity): an abnormal response to a food that is triggered by the immune system food intolerance: a response to food that

  • Types of users

    Think about how you will address different audiences (general and specialised, those with special needs, primary and secondary) in your content.

  • food intolerance

    See food allergy, food intolerance

  • forecast, prediction, projection

    a statement of the likelihood of a future event under particular conditions that are variable or uncertain (eg if that happens, then this will follow)

  • gender, sex

    sex: biological characteristics that identify individual organisms as male or female; also the act of sexual intercourse gender (in relation to people):

  • gene

    See allele, gene, gene product, locus

  • Using first, second and third person voice

    First, second and third person, and impersonal voice are the perspectives or points of view of your writing.

  • gene product

    See allele, gene, gene product, locus

  • gene technology, genetic engineering, genetic modification, gene therapy

    gene technology, genetic engineering, genetic modification: these terms are generally interchangeable and are a part of biotechnology.

  • genetic

    See congenital, genetic, genetics

  • genetically modified organism, genetically modified product

    genetically modified organism (GMO): a live organism whose genetic material has been altered using gene technology, or an organism that has inherited genetic tr