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Vocab 16A
Sixteenth Vocab Set
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Literature
12th Grade
10/19/2011

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Lancet
Definition
A surgical instrument for small cuts
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Cauterize
Definition
To burn to close a wound
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Elixir
Definition
Remedy for all ailments
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Gaunt
Definition
Thin and bony
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Dyspepsia
Definition
Indigestion
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Grippe
Definition
A contagious disease
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Hypochondriac
Definition
One who worries about disease
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Subsist
Definition
To remain alive
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Reflex
Definition
An automatic movement
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Olfactory
Definition
Relating to the sense of smell
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Diaphragm
Definition
Muscles and tendons separating chest from abdomin
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Bile
Definition
A bitter fluid secreted from the liver
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Astringent
Definition
The ability to shrink body tissue
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Suture
Definition
Seam formed in sewing a wound
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