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  Word Explanations panting, cancellous, vestigial, contaminated, ethical, bipedal, deaf, dorsal, various, aromatic


   
Explanation of panting (adjective)
breathing heavily

Sample of panting
Panting is a cooling mechanism evaporating water from the respiratory passages.



   
Explanation of cancellous (adjective)
latticed or porous tissue

Sample of cancellous
Cancellous bones consist of an interconnecting lattice of bony spicules.



   
Explanation of vestigial (adjective)
rudimentary; once an important evolutionary structure, now without use

Sample of vestigial
The appendix is said to be a vestigial organ.



   
Explanation of contaminated (adjective)
forms: more contaminated; most contaminated; less contaminated; least contaminated

dirty; impure

Sample of contaminated
Typhoid disease can be caught by drinking contaminated water.



   
Explanation of ethical (adjective)
relating to ethics

Sample of ethical
Abortion is a topic of great ethical debate.



   
Explanation of bipedal (adjective)
walking on two feet; having two legs; two-legged

Sample of bipedal
Humans are bipedal mammals.



   
Explanation of deaf (adjective)
forms: more deaf; deafer; most deaf; deafest; the most deaf; the deafest

inability to hear well or at all

Sample of deaf
People gradually become deafer with age.



   
Explanation of dorsal (adjective)
forms: more dorsal; most dorsal; the most dorsal

relating to the back surface; posterior

Sample of dorsal
Fishes usually have dorsal fins.



   
Explanation of various (adjective)
several different things

Sample of various
Various factors explain why diseases begin.



   
Explanation of aromatic (adjective)
containing one or more cyclical structures made up of carbon chains

Sample of aromatic
Aromatic hydrocarbons are called arenes.



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