AP English : Vocab 11-12 Flashcards
abscess
swollen, inflamed area of body tissues
aphasia
loss of power to use or understand words, usually caused by brain disease or injurt
arteriosclerosis
a thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, as in old age
benign
beneficial; not malignant
biopsy
the cutting out of a piece of tissue for diagnostic examination by microscope
cadaver
dead body; corpse for dissection
carcinogen
any substance that causes cancer
comatose
as if in acoma; lethargic
etiology
the science of the causes that origins of disease
malingerer
one who fakes illness and pretends to be suffering
mastecomy
the surgical removal of a breast
prosthesis
replacement for a missing part of the body
Simian
of or like a monkey or an ape
tharapeutic
curative; serving to heal
vasectomy
the surgical removal of the duct that conveys the male sperm
behemoth
huge animal; something enormous
bovine
an ox, cow, or related animal; having oxlike qualities; slow, dull, stupid
carnivorous
flesh eating
equine
a horse; or, like, or characteristic of a horse
feline
a member of the family that includes lions, tigers, hagyars, and wild and domestic cats; resembling or suggestive of a cat, as in suppleness, slyness, treachery
harbinger
forerunner
leonine
of or pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion
porcine
of or pertaining to swine of pigs
piglike
predator
an animal that preys on others
saurian
of or having the characteristics of lizards
a lizard
ursine
of of characteristic of a bear
venomous
malicious, spiteful, poisonous
vixen
a female fox, a quarrelsome shrewish or malicious woman
vulpine
of, resembling, or characteristic of a fox
clever, devious of cunning
