VOCAB STANFORD REVERSED

Question 1

Under the skin

— Subcutaneous fat
— Subcutaneous tissues
— Inject 10 units subcutaneously daily
— She touched the subcutaneous communications implant behind her right ear
— Cysticercus cellulosae may be comparatively innocuous in a muscle or subcutaneous tissue, but most hurtful in the eye or brain.

Answer 1

SUBCUTANEOUS

Question 2

Abnormally low body temperature

— A couple of them were suffering from mild hypothermia, due to becoming wet, in inadequate clothing.
— Extreme hypothermia can lead to death in just a few hours.
— The immersion suit helps prevent hypothermia in case the crew enters the water.
— I’m just really cold for some weird reason and my dad said that i have hypothermia.

Answer 2

HYPOTHERMIA

Question 3

The production of heat, esp. in a human or animal body.

Answer 3

THERMOGENESIS

Question 4

Goose bumps

Answer 4

PILOERECTION

ˌpī-lō-i-ˈrek-shən

Question 5

The constriction of blood vessels, which increases blood pressure.
Narrowing of the lumen of blood vessels.

— Blood pressure, sympathetic stimulation causes vasoconstriction of blood vessels and increase in bp

Answer 5

VASOCONSTRICTION

vāzōkənˈstrikSHən, ˌvasō

Question 6

The action of making something narrower by pressure or of becoming narrower
A feeling of tightness or pressure, as in the chest

— Asthma is a constriction of the airways.
—All those symptoms are referable to spasmodic constriction of the small surface arteries,
—By stopping this enzyme working, ACE inhibitors reduce the constriction of the blood vessels.
— Constriction of blood vessels was reduced by 20 per cent in patients compared with the controls.

Answer 6

CONSTRICTION

Question 7

Of, relating to, or affecting the skin

— Cutaneous pigmentation.
— A cutaneous infection.
— Belonging to the category of cutaneous muscles.

Answer 7

CUTANEOUS — | kyo͞oˈtānēəs |

Question 8

Think about (something) carefully, esp. before making a decision or reaching a conclusion:

— I pondered the question of what clothes to wear for the occasion | [ no obj. ]
— She sat pondering over her problem.
— Winston seemed to ponder this, then formed his words with care.
— He pondered the question before he answered.
— The team pondered their chances of success.
— We pondered whether we could afford the trip

Answer 8

PONDER — | ˈpändər |

Question 9

: the ability to use your hands skillfully
: the ability to easily move in a way that is graceful
: clever skill : the ability to think and act quickly and cleverly

— The job requires manual dexterity.
— He has the dexterity needed to deal cards quickly.
— The amazing dexterity of the acrobat.
— He’s a teacher known for his imagination and verbal dexterity

Answer 9

DEXTERITY — | dekˈsteritē |

Question 10

Body fat

Answer 10

ADIPOSE TISSUE

| ˈadəˌpōs |

Question 11

The loss of full control of bodily movements.

Answer 11

ATAXIA

| əˈtaksēə |

Question 12

The mental process of thinking and understanding and the understanding that comes from this mental process.
• a result of this; a perception, sensation, notion, or intuition.

The mental process of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment.

Answer 12

COGNITION

| ˌkägˈniSHən |

Question 13

Deficiency of glucose in the bloodstream.

Answer 13

HYPOGLYCEMIA

| ˌhīpōglīˈsēmēə |

Question 14

The removal of damaged tissue or foreign objects from a wound.

— I have had the patellar tendon debridement surgery for scar tissue several times.
— Predicted improved cosmesis of burn scar following more accurate laser debridement of burn.

Answer 14

DEBRIDEMENT

| diˈbrēdmənt |

Question 15

A mental state in which you are confused and not able to think or speak clearly usually because of fever or some other illness

• wild excitement or ecstasy.

— Maybe it was his delirium, but Jule thought the vamp looked larger than even Damian.
— In cases of poisoning the delirium may last for many hours or even days.
— But the delirium which is common in fever, although it may be partly due to rise of temperature, is very often due to poisons in the blood.
— The presence of toxins in the blood not only affects the brain, causing delirium, but also other organs, the heart and lung, and may cause fatal syncope or respiratory failure.
— Scientists, publishers and librarians all seem to suffer delirium when it comes to electronic publishing.
—Delirium caused by a high fever.

Answer 15

DELIRIUM

| diˈli(ə)rēəm |

Question 16

The pieces that are left after something has been destroyed

—After the earthquake, rescuers began digging through the debris in search of survivors.
—Everything was covered by dust and debris.
— She covered her head as dirt and debris rained over her.
— Several more joined him to clear out debris and the remains of a building.
— With the obstruction removed, water plunged down the creek bed, dragging debris with it.

Answer 16

DEBRIS

dəˈbrē, ˌdā- |