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Unit 2 vocab
vocabulary for unit 2
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General Vocab
9th Grade
09/27/2019

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Anesthesia

 

 

Definition
insensitivity to pain, especially as artificially induced by the administration of gases or the injection of drugs before surgical operations.
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Chronic
Definition
insensitivity to pain, especially as artificially induced by the administration of gases or the injection of drugs before surgical operations.
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Contagious
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(of a disease) spread from one person or organism to another by direct or indirect contact.

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Genetic
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relating to genes or heredity.
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Immunosuppressant
Definition
a drug that suppresses the immune response of an individual.
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Physiology
Definition
the branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts.
  • the way in which a living organism or bodily part functions.
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Primate
Definition
a mammal of an order that includes the lemurs, bushbabies, tarsiers, marmosets, monkeys, apes, and humans. They are distinguished by having hands, feet that are similar to hands, and forward-facing eyes, and, with the exception of humans, are typically agile tree-dwellers.
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Reconstructive
Definition
relating to the rebuilding of something after it has been damaged or destroyed.
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Remission
Definition
a diminution of the seriousness or intensity of disease or pain; a temporary recovery.
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Stem Cell
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  1. an undifferentiated cell of a multicellular organism which is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type, and from which certain other kinds of cell arise by differentiation.
     
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susceptible
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likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
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therapeutic
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relating to the healing of disease.
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