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n. spinal cord
(a) nervous tissue contained in the linked vertebra of the back
(b) contains a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic part
(c) chemical substance that plays a role in the development of gender specific characteristics
(d) bottle, box or tube which contains drugs or medicines and is shut securely
 
v. rust
(a) to completely load something so it is unable to take any more
(b) to corrode
(c) to form bubbles
(d) to feel; to endure
 
n. sunburn
(a) emergency phone service for life-saving treatment advice on any kind of intoxication
(b) low glucose concentration in the blood
(c) acute and painful skin damage
(d) contraction of the pupil in the eye
 
adv. rare
(a) external to
(b) uncommon; not usual
(c) causing distress or suffering
(d) a little bit; marginally
 
n. amino sugar
(a) brand name for a drug that belongs to a group of medicines calcium channel blockers
(b) digestive tract in mammals
(c) compounds where a hydroxyl group is replaced by an amino group
(d) illness where the patient has fits

 

adj. painful
(a) unfinished stage of growth or development; unripe; childish
(b) aching
(c) relating to hearing
(d) allowed
 
n. potential energy
(a) stored power which has the capacity to do work
(b) 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
(c) this is a layer of Schwann cells which covers the nerve axon
(d) membrane lining the inside of the abdominal cavity
 
adj. transmembrane
(a) discharged from the body
(b) through the cell envelope
(c) of blood
(d) relating to the body
 
n. electron configuration
(a) measures to prevent unwanted effects; safety measures
(b) of or relating to a disease characterized by an impaired ability to metabolize sugar
(c) the way that electrons are found around an atom
(d) organic substance needed for skin and good eyesight
 
n. synapse
(a) junction between the end of a nerve and another type of excitable cell
(b) an X-ray
(c) the joint connecting the hand to the arm
(d) organ that stores urine

n. spinal cord (a) nervous tissue contained in the linked vertebra of the back
v. rust (b) to corrode
n. sunburn (c) acute and painful skin damage
adv. rare (b) uncommon; not usual
n. amino sugar (c) compounds where a hydroxyl group is replaced by an amino group
adj. painful (b) aching
n. potential energy (a) stored power which has the capacity to do work
adj. transmembrane (b) through the cell envelope
n. electron configuration (c) the way that electrons are found around an atom
n. synapse (a) junction between the end of a nerve and another type of excitable cell

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