WorksheetsHenrietta Lacks Glossary III
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any of several X-linked disorders, symptomatic chiefly in males, in which excessive bleeding occurs owing to the absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood
Parkinson's disease
hemophilia
lactose digestion
biopsy
a person or thing that works tirelessly at a task, assumes extra duties, etc.
workhorse
indigent
proteins
metabolism
cancer that begins in squamous cells (squamous cells are thin, flat cells that look like fish scales, and are found in the tissue that forms the surface of the skin, the lining of the hollow organs of the body, and the lining of the respiratory and digestive tracts.)
hysterectomy
polio
inalienable rights
epidermoid carcinoma
Pipette
a slender graduated tube used in a laboratory for measuring and transferring liquids from one container to another
the period of permanent cessation of menstruation, usually between the ages of 45–55
apparatus in which media inoculated with microorganisms are cultivated at a constant temperature
a heavy vessel for conducting chemical reactions under high pressure
Hysterectomy
excision of the uterus
the presence of uterine lining in other pelvic organs, especially the ovaries, characterized by cyst formation, adhesions, and menstrual pains
needy, poor, impoverished
modes or procedures for gaining advantage or success
Heirs
something that encourages a person to do something or work harder
any neck-like part, especially the constricted lower end of the uterus
people who inherit or have a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter’s death
any of a number of methods used to construct a model of the linear sequence of genes of a particular chromosome
companies that manufacture and sell medicinal drugs
deduced
pharmaceutical companies
crossed
exploited
an examination of a dead body to find out the cause of death
severed
exhumed
autopsy
biotech
(of a tumor) characterized by uncontrolled growth; cancerous, invasive, or metastatic
cervix
herpes
malignant
influenza
Polio
shortened form of poliomyelitis; a serious disease that affects the nerves of the spine and often makes a person permanently unable to move particular muscles
an acute, commonly epidemic disease, occurring in several forms, caused by numerous rapidly mutating viral strains and characterized by respiratory symptoms and general prostration
any disease characteristically transmitted by sexual contact
inflammation of the vermiform appendix
Autoclave
apparatus in which media inoculated with microorganisms are cultivated at a constant temperature
most favorable
a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem
a heavy vessel for conducting chemical reactions under high pressure
Vaccine
made wider or larger; caused to expand
a substance that is usually injected into a person or animal to protect against a particular disease.
any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes through which lymph passes to be filtered and cleaned
cutting apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like
able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc.
exploited
abducted
discretion
receptive
loss of sensation, especially of pain, induced by drugs; called general anesthesia when consciousness is lost
anesthesia
peril
lynph nodes
ethical boundaries
modes or procedures for gaining advantage or success
gene mapping
indigent
specimen
tactics
predisposition
the branch of medical science that deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs
tendency to a condition or quality, usually based on the combined effect genetic and environmental factors
a flexible or rigid hollow tube employed to drain fluids from body cavities or to distend body passages
the chemical processes by which a plant or animal uses food, water, etc., to grow and heal and to make energy
abatement
something that is likely to cause injury, pain, harm, or loss
done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc. of one’s own accord or by free choice
suppression or termination
the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment; freedom of judgment or choice
Radioactive
of, pertaining to, exhibiting, or caused by radioactivity
the treatment of disease by means of chemicals that have a specific toxic effect upon disease-producing microorganisms or that selectively destroy cancerous tissue
any of several diseases caused by herpes virus, characterized by eruption of blisters on the skin or mucous membranes
the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body
most favorable
proteins
hardy
optimal
refrain
a liquid or solidified nutrient material suitable for the cultivation of microorganisms
culture medium
biopsy
autopsy
cremation
civil courts
courts of law in which civil cases (private and civilian affairs) are tried and determined
a law or body of laws enacted
done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc. of one’s own accord or by free choice
something that encourages a person to do something or work harder
diagnosis
the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body
any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes through which lymph passes to be filtered and cleaned
cutting apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like
the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition
