Must Know Flashcards
Abnormal
Straying from what is normal/usual - typically in an undesirable/negative way / annotation
Identical
Similar in absolutely every detail, exactly alike
Abnormalities
An abnormal feature / characteristic or occurrence - typically used in a medical context
Illustrates
Explained/made through by clarifying with illustrations, pictures, graphs,charts, or examples.
Absence
The nonexistance or the lack of
Imbalance
Lack of proportion or relation between corresponding things
Accessing
Obtaing/examine/retrieve - approach/enter
Inactive
Not working or being used thus inoperable
Accumulates
Gather together / acquire an increasing number or quantity
Infested
(Insect animals) being present in large amounts, typically causing damage or disease as they/it overrun a site to unwanted / troublesome manner
Accumulation
Progressingly slow/ gradual gathering of something
Inflammation
Natural immune response that protects/signals the body from injury infection and-or diseases
Accurately
In a way that is correct in all aspects - exactly
Inflammatory
Relating to or causing inflammation in 1or more parts of the body
Acute
Very serious, extreme or severe (bad active think acute injury or tumours or disorders)
Inhabitants
The things (animals, insects, etc)Live in or occupy a place or environment
Additive
A substance or activity that causes or is likely to cause someone to exhibit dependency on a particular substance as well as an inability to stop taking said substance without unpleasant adverse* (unexpected) effects
Inhabits
Live in or occupy a place or environment
Administered
Manage & be responsible for the running of - dispense or apply (a remedy or drugs)
Inhibits
Hinder, restrain, prevent or block an action/process from occurring
Alterations
Change or to cause changes in character or composition of something
Initiate
Cause a process/action to begin
Amplification
To make greater or larger (as in the amount or intensity of said thing)
Insufficient
Not enough or inadequate
Anesthetic
A drug or another substance that causes the loss a of feeling and or awareness
Intensifying
Being or making more intense
Applied
Put to use in practice/ action
Interaction
An occasion when 2 or more people or things communicate with or react to one another
Appropriately
In a manner that is suitable / proper in the given circumstances
Interfere
Take part or intervene in an activity without invitation or necessity
Approximately
Used to show that something is almost, but not completely, accurate or exact
Isolated
Far away from other ( insert literally anything )
Associated
Person or thing that’s connected with something else
Lifespan
Length of time for which a person or animal or thing lives / functions ex human lifespan
Captivity
Condition of being imprisoned or confined
Majority
The greater number
Characterized
To describe something bg stating its main qualities
Maturation
Emergence of individual& behavioral characteristics throughgrowth processes over time
Classified
Categorized or labeled in some way
Mimics
Copying the sounds / movement / physical features/ behaviour of another organism
Colonization
Survival of a microorganism on an internal or external surfaceof the host (May cause or not cause diseases
Modulating
To regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion(by means of modifying or controlling)
Complementary
Combining in such a way of to enhance or emphasize the qualities each other or another (insert)
Nomadic
A cell(could used to describe anything) that migrates or wanders from its site of formation ex phagocytes
Concentration
The amount of substance
Onset
Begining/start
Condensed
Made denser, compressed or concentrated
Originated
Come from a specified beginning
Conduction
The transfer of sound waves, heat nervous impulses or electricity
Overturn
Tip something over so that it is on its side or upside down
Congenital
Disease or physical abnormalities present since birth
Particular
Used to single out an individual / detail - especially great or intense
Constriction
Building/constructing/assembling
Perception
Ability to see, hear, or be come aware of something the sense
Constructed
Formed by bringing together various conceptual elements - usually over a long period of time
Permeability
Measurement of how material allows fluids or magnetic fields to pass through in. High permeable = easier fluid flow then a low permeable material
Contribution
A gift or payment to common cause/ fundraiser
Preference
A greater desire for one alternative option over another alternative option
Coordinate
Process by which parts work together to produced a response to a stimulus
Premature
Occurring or done before the usual or proper time - too early
Corresponds
To have a close similarity - match or agree almost exactly
Presence
The state or fact of existing / occurring or being present in a place or thing
Deficiency
A lack or shortage of…
Procedure
A method for completing something with detailed / specific steps and instructions for each aspect of the task
Deficient
Not having enough of a specified quantity or ingredient
Progressive
Action/ state/ occurance that describes a ongoing action
Depicted
Show or represented by a drawing,painting or image
Proportion
An equation in which 2 ratios are set equal to each other
Descended
Moving / sloping downwards
Rapidly
Very quickly; at a great rate
Detection
The act of noticing or discovering, or the perception that something has happened
Ratio
Shows how many times a number contains another number ex 4:3
Differentiate
Recognize what makes someone / something different
Receded
Go or move back or futher away from a previous position
Diffuse
Spread out or causes to spread over a large area - not concentrated
Regenerated
Brought again into existence: formed anew / regrown
Dilute
Make (a liquid ) thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent (aq) to the original solution.
Region
Specific area within a biological context, such as a chromosome, cell, gene or proteins - usually have specific characteristics & functions that distinguish them from other regions.
Distinct
Something that can be distinguished by the mind or eye as being apart or different from others
Regulation
Adaptation to internal and external changes by controlling its own systems ex homeostasis
Distribute
Give shares of (something)/ Deal out
Relative
Considered in relation or in proportion to something else
Distribution
Action of sharing something out among a number of recipients
Reshaping
Give something a new form, orientation, shape, or reorganize it
Dramatically
Very suddenly and to a very great & often surprising degree
Resist
To with-stand the action or effect
Elevated
Raised up, especially above the ground or above the observers view
Respectively
In the specified/given order
Enables
Give someone or something, the authority or the means to do something
Restrict
Limiting condition or measurement
Equilibrium
Process/State of which opposing forces or influence are then balanced
Resume
A document that highlights your education, skills and knowledge in a particular field of study
Estimated
An approximated value, does not have to be exact
Secretion
Processed by which a cell or gland produces and or releases a specific substance. Fundamental in cellular processes that govern many physical logical functions such as hormones, digestion enzymes, or endocrine glands.
Excessive
More than is necessary/normal/desirable
Sequence
To combine particular things in a specific order/discover the order in which they are combined
Exclusively
Referring to the exclusion of sad thing
Specific
Identify clearly and definitely
Exemplified
To be a typical example of (description word)
Staggered
To walk or move in an unsteady or bizarre manner
Exposed
Not hidden/visible
Stimulation
Encouragement of something to develop a to become active thus creating a stimulus
Exposure
State of being exposed and creating contact with something
Substance
A physical material from which something has been made from
Favourable
Showing positive, encouraging, approving, or pleasurable opinions towards something or someone
Sufficient
Enough/adequate
Fragments
A broken off or detached part of something
Theoretical
Concerned with involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application
Grazing
To feed on growing grass and pasturages as cattle or sheep do
Threshold
An event known as a stimulus causes, the resting potential to move from zero mV thus becoming positive. (Depolarization occurs at -55mV)<-the stimulation activation
Harvested
To gather a crop after their maturation
Transmission
Transmission of a pathogen, causing a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to another individual or group regardless of whether or not the individual was previously affected
Hatch
The process of which an organism emerges from an egg after embryonic development
Transmitted
The process of moving particles/pathogens from one place to another
Hereditary
Process by which traits are passed down from the parents to their offspring by sexual reproduction
Uncontrolled
A factor that can negatively impact the relationship between the independent and dependent variables of an experiment
Hypothesize
A tentative explanation (can be through means of experiment) for natural phenomenon that can be tested and proven or disproven.
Variation
The differences between individuals of the same species caused by genetic and environmental factors
Hypothetical
Something based on an educated guess or a prediction, but there is no experimental evidence to support the claims
Ideal
The standard of perfection or excellence
Vegetation
All plant life/species and the ground covering they provide to specific areas (usually depicted with a varying green coloured map)
Whereas
just the opposite/and view of the fact that/on the contrary
