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Terms and vocab regarding beauty & health
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Health Care
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07/24/2011

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Term
blurb
Definition
–noun
1. a brief advertisement or announcement, especially a laudatory one: She wrote a good ____ for her friend's novel.
Term
camphor
Definition

–noun Chemistry, Pharmacology .
1. a whitish, translucent, crystalline, pleasant-odored terpene ketone, C 10 H 16 O, obtained from the ______ tree, used chiefly in the manufacture of celluloid and in medicine as a counter-irritant for infections and in the treatment of pain and itching.

樟腦

Term
decant
Definition
–verb
to pour (a liquid) from one container to another.

Term
dermis
Definition
–noun
Anatomy, Zoology . The dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network.
 
Term
foray
Definition

-noun
1. a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a ____ on the port.
2. a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a ____ outside the walls.

3. an initial venture: a successful ____ into politics.

 
–verb (used without object)
4. to make a raid; pillage; maraud.
5. to invade or make one's way, as for profit or adventure: foreign industries _____ing into U.S. markets.
Term
miffed
Definition

–adjective
put into an irritable mood, especially by an offending incident: I was ______ when they didn't invite me to the party.

Term
photoaging
Definition
–noun
damage to the skin, as wrinkles or discoloration, caused by prolonged exposure to sunlight.
Term
vintage
Definition

–adjective
1. representing the high quality of a past time: ______ cars; ______ movies. 
2. old-fashioned or obsolete: ______ jokes.

Term
dermatitis
Definition
–noun Pathology
inflammation of the skin.
Term
eczema
Definition

- noun Pathology .

an inflammatory condition of the skin attended with itching and the exudation of serous matter.
Term
hunch
Definition

–noun

a premonition or suspicion; guess: I have a ____ he'll run for reelection.
Term
L-Ascorbic Acid
Definition

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Term
sporadic
Definition

adjective

1.(of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: _______ renewals of enthusiasm.
2. appearing in scattered or isolated instances, as a disease.
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