nature + medical

Question 1

chameleon

Answer 1

a lizard (= type of creature) that changes its skin color to match its surroundings so that it cannot be seen
or 
a person who changes his or her opinions or behavior to please others:

Question 2

vulture

Answer 2

a large bird that eats the flesh of dead animals

A vulture is also someone who is eager to get some advantage from other people’s difficulties or weaknesses.

Question 3

carrion

Answer 3

the decaying flesh of dead animals.

Question 4

equator

Answer 4

an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.

Question 5

benthos

Answer 5

the flora and fauna found on the bottom, or in the bottom sediments, of a sea, lake, or other body of water.

Question 6

hatchling

Answer 6

a young animal that has recently emerged from its egg.

Question 7

mycological

Answer 7

Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi

Question 8

coronary thrombosis

Answer 8

a blockage of the flow of blood to the heart, caused by a blood clot in a coronary artery.

Question 9

anesthesia

Answer 9

insensitivity to pain, especially as artificially induced by the administration of gases or the injection of drugs before surgical operations.

Question 10

pollinate

Answer 10

convey pollen to or deposit pollen on (a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant) and so allow fertilization.

Question 11

weevil

Answer 11

any of various beetles that destroy crops such as grains and cotton
سوسة

Question 12

perennial n

Answer 12

a plant that lives for several years:

Question 13

evergreen adj

Answer 13

An evergreen plant, bush, or tree has leaves for the whole year.

Question 14

mutation n

Answer 14

the way in which genes change and produce permanent differences:

• It is well known that radiation can cause mutation.
• Environmental pressures encourage genes with certain mutations to persist and others to die out.
• These plants carry the mutation for red flowers.

Question 15

Clone v

Answer 15

propagate (an organism or cell) as a clone.
Scientists have already cloned a sheep.
Experiments to try to clone human embryos have met with hostility from some sections of the public.
or :
to create a product/ illegal copy that is very similar to another one:
- The idea was pioneered by Freemarket, and cloned by countless others.
- The card is then cloned and cash taken from the victim’s account.

Question 16

univariate n

Answer 16

involving one variate or variable quantity.

أحادي المتغير

Question 17

Census n

Answer 17

an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.
census data

Question 18

hysterectomy

Answer 18

a surgical operation to remove all or part of the uterus.

Question 19

edema

Answer 19

a condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body.

Question 20

euthanasia

Answer 20

the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. The practice is illegal in most countries.

Question 21

venomous adj

Answer 21

poisonous, toxic, noxious

Question 22

venom n

Answer 22

poison, toxin, toxicant
a poisonous substance secreted by animals such as snakes, spiders, and scorpions and typically injected into prey or aggressors by biting or stinging.

Question 23

landslide n

Answer 23

landslip, earth slip

the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.

Question 24

androgynous adj

Answer 24

partly male and partly female in appearance; of indeterminate sex.

Question 25

Vitiligo vs vertigo

Answer 25

بهاق و دوخة

Question 26

palpitation

Answer 26

a noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or illness.

Question 27

• carnivorous adj
• omnivorous adj
• herbivorous adj

Answer 27

• meat-eating, flesh-eating, predatory
• able to eat both plants and meat
• (of an animal) feeding on plants.