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n. heart disease
(a) chemical element with the symbol Ca which is used to make bones and teeth
(b) illness with the following symptoms: shortness of breath, palpitations (skipped beats or a 'flip-flop' feeling in the chest); weakness or dizziness; nausea, sweating
(c) element that makes up most organic molecules and can form 4 bonds with other atoms
(d) organ that helps cells hold their shape and assists in cell division
 
n. ketoconazole
(a) a substance that governs a reaction or process
(b) the lipid bilayer structure of membranes
(c) process where substances are taken into a cell
(d) generic drug that treats infection caused by a fungus
 
pref. osteo-
(a) of bone
(b) between
(c) one thousandth part
(d) equal
 
n. pineal gland
(a) epinephrine
(b) a cellular sheath composed of Schwann cells which envelops the axons of peripheral neurons
(c) an eruption on the skin
(d) epiphysis
 
n. tendon
(a) an organism that lives in or on a host organism
(b) connective tissue between a muscle and a bone
(c) drug that stops or reduces the ability of a virus to proliferate
(d) highly colored pigments (yellow to red) found in vegetables

 

adj. pleural
(a) arousing swellings
(b) sore; red and swollen
(c) relating to athin serous membrane that covers the lung
(d) lasts a long time; persistent
 
n. glucosamine
(a) an amino sugar
(b) any substance, chemical or otherwise, which causes abnormalities in the developing fetus
(c) a compound made by partially neutralizing an acid with ionisable hydrogen atoms
(d) a thick yellow-green liquid containing dead cells and white cells that forms in infected areas
 
v. calcify
(a) to carry out
(b) to make worse; to worsen
(c) to guess; to assume
(d) to make hard by forming mineral deposits
 
n. cotyledon
(a) long bone of the lower arm (forearm)
(b) one of many enamel structures in the mouth
(c) an unpleasant sensation; suffering of the body or mind
(d) seed leaf of the embryo of a plant
 
adj. auditory
(a) of blood
(b) single; particular; separate
(c) relating to hearing
(d) relating to youth

n. heart disease (b) illness with the following symptoms: shortness of breath, palpitations (skipped beats or a 'flip-flop' feeling in the chest); weakness or dizziness; nausea, sweating
n. ketoconazole (d) generic drug that treats infection caused by a fungus
pref. osteo- (a) of bone
n. pineal gland (d) epiphysis
n. tendon (b) connective tissue between a muscle and a bone
adj. pleural (c) relating to athin serous membrane that covers the lung
n. glucosamine (a) an amino sugar
v. calcify (d) to make hard by forming mineral deposits
n. cotyledon (d) seed leaf of the embryo of a plant
adj. auditory (c) relating to hearing

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