Alex - Set2
April 3rd/08 vocab
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- thigh
- (n) the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
- scalpel
- (n) a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery
- anesthetic
- (n) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
- practitioners
- (n) someone who practices a learned profession
- stigmata
- (n) physical marks in the same spots as the crucifixion wounds of Jesus
- meticulous
- (adj) marked by extreme care in treatment of details
- cadaver
- (n) a dead body, especially one that is to be dissected, a corpse
- vibration
- (n) A shaking back and forth movement.
- torso
- (n) the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
- anatomy
- (n) alternative names for the body of a human being
- paralysis
- (n) loss of the ability to move a body part
- ineptitude
- (n) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- severely
- (adv) to a severe or serious degree
- gauze
- (n) (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
- scorch
- (n) a discoloration caused by heat
- suburb
- (n) a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
- exhalation
- (v) the act of expelling air from the lungs
- cellophane
- (n) a transparent paper-like product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes etc.
- decorum
- (n) propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners; appropriateness of behavior or conduct
- sutured
- (v) stitching the edges of a wound
- haste
- (n) the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- scrutinized
- (v) to read or look at very closely
- exaggerated
- (adj) enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
- inept
- (adj) revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
- genre
- (n) a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique (ex: a genre of film is comedy)
- scientific
- (adj) is a process of observing and study things in our world.
- snagging
- (v) to catch on something. ( He snagged his shirt)
- plagiarism
- (n) a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
- discretion
- (n) the trait of judging wisely and objectively
- mended
- (v) repaired; fixed
- nick
- (n) a small cut
- evolution
- (n) The gradual change in a species over time.
- gurney
- (n) a metal stretcher with wheels
- dubious
- (adj) open to doubt or suspicion
- strenuous
- (adj) taxing to the utmost
- dogmatic
- (adj) stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
- amphitheater
- (n) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats
- anthropology
- (n) the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
- pungent
- (adj) sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell
- ghastly
- (adj) shockingly repellent, gruesomely indicative of death or the dead