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n. cancer
(a) molecule containing four rings of carbon atoms
(b) high blood pressure
(c) a strong pain-killing and soporific drug made from opium
(d) disease where cells divide at an excessive rate and become abnormal in function; malignancy; neoplasm
 
v. divide
(a) to cut; to take apart; to remove body parts or organs
(b) to put back into a former position; to substitute
(c) to split; separate
(d) to experience; to receive; to endure
 
n. inhibition
(a) the process of stopping or slowing down a chemical reaction or organ function
(b) process where an insoluble solid is separated from a liquid
(c) junction between the end of a nerve and another type of excitable cell
(d) one allele is inherited from each parent giving 2 alleles for each trait
 
v. adapt
(a) to habituate (become used to) an environment
(b) to corrode
(c) to bend
(d) to block; to protect against
 
n. inorganic chemistry
(a) nausea from the movement of a vehicle
(b) generic name for a drug that is used to treat HIV infections; produced by GlaxoSmithKline; brand name: Agenerase
(c) science which deals with all the elements except for carbon
(d) the process of releasing energy from a carbohydrate without oxygen by producing alcohol or lactic acid

 

n. chemotaxis
(a) a process that can occur without the addition of outside energy
(b) cell movement to or away from a chemical which is able to attract or repel the cell
(c) an inhibitor applied in hormone therapy to block the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone
(d) copies of the gene parts that code for different proteins
 
n. amprenavir
(a) gases used in aerosols
(b) generic name for a drug that is used to treat HIV infections; produced by GlaxoSmithKline; brand name: Agenerase
(c) device used as a fuel source in laboratories
(d) a combination of reacting particles (atoms; molecules or ions) when they are at the top of the activation energy barrier between the products and the reactants
 
adj. bony
(a) of fat; fatty
(b) swollen and engorged
(c) osseous; sclerous
(d) related to a thermodynamic process involving no heat exchange
 
v. inhibit
(a) to cut; to take apart; to remove body parts or organs
(b) to stop or slow down a biological event or organ function
(c) to mix into something to form a solution
(d) to carry out
 
adj. inflammatory
(a) arousing swellings
(b) of the eyes
(c) induces sleep; soporific
(d) swollen; inflamed

n. cancer (d) disease where cells divide at an excessive rate and become abnormal in function; malignancy; neoplasm
v. divide (c) to split; separate
n. inhibition (a) the process of stopping or slowing down a chemical reaction or organ function
v. adapt (a) to habituate (become used to) an environment
n. inorganic chemistry (c) science which deals with all the elements except for carbon
n. chemotaxis (b) cell movement to or away from a chemical which is able to attract or repel the cell
n. amprenavir (b) generic name for a drug that is used to treat HIV infections; produced by GlaxoSmithKline; brand name: Agenerase
adj. bony (c) osseous; sclerous
v. inhibit (b) to stop or slow down a biological event or organ function
adj. inflammatory (a) arousing swellings

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