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