1.) Toxicologists: The science dealing with the effects, antidotes, detection, etc., of poisons.
2.) Dioxin: a general name for a family of chlorinated hydrocarbons, C 12 H 4Cl 4 O 2 , typically used to refer to one isomer, TCDD, a by-product of pesticide manufacture: a toxic compound that iscarcinogenic and teratogenic in certain animals.
3.) Arsenic: a grayish-white element having a metallic luster, vaporizingwhen heated, and forming poisonous compounds. A mineral, the native element, occurring in white or graymasses.
4.) Contaminant: Something that contaminates.
5.) Feminized: to make or become feminine.
6.) Hormone: Any of various internally secreted compounds,as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, thataffect the functions of specifically receptive organs ortissues when transported to them by the body fluids.
7.) Uterus: The enlarged, muscular, expandable portion of the oviduct in which the fertilized ovum implants and develops or rests during prenatal development; the womb of certain mammals.
8.) Pathological: Of or pertaining to pathology. Caused by or involving disease; morbid. Caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition.
9.) Lethal: Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; fatal. Causing great harm or destruction.
10.) Fertility: The ability to produce offspring; power of reproduction
11.) Lordosis: An abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region, resulting in a swaybacked posture.Compare kyphosis, scoliosis.
12.) Prowess: Exceptional valor, bravery, or ability, especially in combat or battle.
13.) Androgen: Any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotesmale characteristics.
14.) Methoxychlor: A white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 6 H 1 5 Cl 3 O 2 ,used as an insecticide.
15.) Hydrocarbon: Any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , analkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C6 H 6 .
The defined terms from the chapters we are reading are a quite helpful tool when it comes to reading. The word master who has this job is not only helping herself to understand the reading but is also helping the others who do not have this job to understand the words from the reading. Usually all these words are scientific ones because those are the kind of words that are not commonly use in a daily basis, and therefore are new materials that makes the reading interesting.
ReplyDeletewow!Impressive! These vocabularies definitions helps me a with the reading. Totally agree with Sabrina, because these words are mostly scientific and not commonly used, thus a lot of people are not familiar with them. But with the word master's help, I can easily understand the reading.
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