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chorioamnionitis is an inflammation of the membranes that surround the foetus (called the chorion and the amnion). Chorioamnionitis is usually caused by a bacterial infection.

half-life (T1/2) the time taken a drug to clear from the highest concentration to half this level. Drugs have different half-lives in different compartments (ie half-life in blood can be different from the half-life inside a cell). It take 5 x the half-live for a drug to be considered cleared.

What happens when you take a drug?

Cmax – highest concentration of a drug after a dose.

What happens when you take a drug?

antibiotic – drug used to treat bacterial infections. Sometimes they work against other kinds of infection.

primary mutation – see major mutation.