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n. sinus
(a) air spaces in the skull; pathological cavity containing pus
(b) disease of pancreas due to lack of insulin
(c) the dimensional appearance; the morphology
(d) olfactory sense; an odor
 
adj. underweight
(a) discharged from the body
(b) scraggy; scrawny; skinny
(c) over-development of a tissue (or part of) which leads to an increase in size and volume of the tissue
(d) able to resist disease and produce adequate responses
 
n. myelin sheath
(a) a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats cancer
(b) halogen with a more electropositive element
(c) a hormone made in the pancreas
(d) this is a layer of Schwann cells which covers the nerve axon
 
n. acid rain
(a) low pH precipitation due to dissolved sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
(b) part of the brainstem
(c) substance which obeys the Boyle's law
(d) a substance that governs a reaction or process
 
adj. molecular
(a) composed of tiny particles
(b) presence of oxygen
(c) relating to the last section of the large intestine which ends at the anus
(d) sick (as if you will vomit)

 

adj. tricuspid
(a) having three parts
(b) a substance that destroys bacteria
(c) extended (related to a period of time)
(d) relating to the male gonads
 
n. microbody
(a) connective tissue between a muscle and a bone
(b) membranous vesicle that contains enzymes
(c) a chemical that carries oxygen in red blood cells
(d) an ester of pyrophosphoric acid with the nucleotide adenine
 
v. persist
(a) to ease suffering; to reduce the severity of an illness without curing it
(b) to continue
(c) to watch or record information
(d) to take in; to take up
 
n. delay
(a) a hold-up; a postponement
(b) compound containing a nitrogenous base (purine or pyrimidine) and a sugar
(c) contains a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic part
(d) an illness where the circulation 'collapses' and the blood pressure drops
 
n. anterior
(a) moment of a force
(b) front tooth
(c) temperature at which a liquid turns to a solid at a particular pressure
(d) situation created when microbes enter the body and cause a disease

n. sinus (a) air spaces in the skull; pathological cavity containing pus
adj. underweight (b) scraggy; scrawny; skinny
n. myelin sheath (d) this is a layer of Schwann cells which covers the nerve axon
n. acid rain (a) low pH precipitation due to dissolved sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
adj. molecular (a) composed of tiny particles
adj. tricuspid (a) having three parts
n. microbody (b) membranous vesicle that contains enzymes
v. persist (b) to continue
n. delay (a) a hold-up; a postponement
n. anterior (b) front tooth

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