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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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kidney | n: either of a pair of small organs in the body that filter waste products, especially urea, from the blood and excrete them and water in urine | |
donor | n: a person or an organization that makes a gift of money, food, supplies, etc. to a cause or fund; in medicine, a person who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person | |
stumble | v: to miss a step and fall or nearly fall; to walk unsteadily | |
undergo | v: to go through something unpleasant or that involves a change | |
genetic | adj: of or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) or the science of genes | |
donation | n: a voluntary gift of money, service, or ideas that are given to a person or an organization, or the act of giving them | |
conceive | v: to have or develop an idea, a plan, etc. in mind; to become pregnant | |
fig | n: a sweet and soft edible fruit with many seeds or a tree on which these grow | |
pursue | v: to do something or attempt to attain something over time; to follow or seek someone or something, especially in trying to catch them | |
uncover | v: to remove the cover from something; to discover something previously unseen or hidden | |
confuse | v: to mistake one thing for another; to make somebody hard to understand | |
biology | n: the scientific study of life and the natural processes of living things | |
genome | n: the complete set or sequence of genes of a human, animal, plant, or other living things | |
tissue | n: an ensemble of similar cells of the animal or plant that together carry out a specific function | |
gene | n: the fundamental unit of heredity and the sequence of nucleotides in DNA that codes for the creation of RNA or protein. | |
twin | n: either of two children born at the same time from the same mother | |
chimera | n: (in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing creature with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a snake’s tail; a thing that is illusory or impossible to achieve | |
mythology | n: a collection of myths (= traditional stories accepted as history) or the study of myths | |
amalgam | n: an alloy of mercury with another metal, used especially to fill holes in teeth; a mixture or combination of diverse things | |
visible | adj: capable of being seen; or open to easy view | |
uterus | n: a hollow muscular organ in the body of a woman or other female mammal in which a baby or young animal develops before birth | |
transplant | v: to move or transfer something from one place or person to another; to take living tissue or an organ from one person, animal, part of the body, etc. and put it into or onto another | |
fetus | n: an unborn or unhatched animal in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal | |
pregnant | adj: having a baby or young animal developing in the uterus | |
swap | v: to give something and receive something in trade | |
nutrient | n: any substance that is essential for the maintenance and growth of living things | |
placenta | n: a temporary organ that feeds a fetus (= unborn and developing baby) inside its mother’s womb | |
inherit | v: to receive money, property, or a title from someone after they have died | |
stem | n: the central part of something from which other parts can develop or grow; the part of a word common to all its inflected variants; (verb) to grow out of, have roots in, or originate in | |
undifferentiated | adj: having few or no clear distinctive characters; (of cells) not having specialized or mature structures or functions | |
initially | adv: at the beginning; at first | |
undetected | adj: not perceived or discovered | |
immune | adj: protected against a particular disease or toxin due to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells | |
suppress | v: to bring something under control by force or authority; to put an end by force | |
persist | v: to continue to do and refuse to stop something despite difficulties or opposition, even if it appears unreasonable | |
liver | n: a large organ in the body, involved in many metabolic processes, such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins | |
suddenly | adv: quickly and unexpectedly | |
regenerate | v: to improve or renew an area, institution, system, etc., especially by making it more active or successful | |
biopsy | n: the process of removing and examining tissue from the body of the sick person to determine the existence or cause of a disease | |
lodge | n: a small country house where people stay when they want to participate in outdoor activities; (verb) officially present a complaint, appeal, claim, etc. to the appropriate authorities | |
acquire | v: to buy or obtain something such as an asset, object, knowledge, etc., for oneself | |
fraternal | adj: relating to or like a brother or brothers; (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova (= the female reproductive cell) | |
embryo | n: an animal organism in the early stages of growth, either in its mother’s womb or in an egg, or a plant that is developing in a seed | |
absorb | v: to take in a fluid or other substance gradually | |
compose | v: to write music, poetry, or formal writing; to constitute or make up a whole, or a specified part of it | |
vary | v: to become different in terms of size, shape, etc. | |
ovary | n: either of the pair of organs in the female reproductive system that produces eggs; (of a plant) the organ that bears the ovules of a flower | |
predict | v: to state beforehand that something will happen in the future, mainly based on knowledge or experience | |
ancestry | n: the family or the ethnic descent that you come from | |
sperm | n: the reproductive cell produced by a man or male animal | |
embryonic | adj: of or relating to an embryo (= an animal organism in the early stages of growth); in an early stage of development | |
perception | n: a belief, opinion, or image you have based on how you regard, understand, or interpret something; the ability to see, hear, or notice something through the senses | |
genetics | n: the branch of biology that studies genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms | |
extent | n: the point or degree or area to which something extends | |
gut | n: the long tube in the body of a person or animal through which food passes when it leaves the stomach; the mental strength or bravery required to do something difficult or unpleasant | |
bacteria | n: single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms that exist in large numbers in the air, water, and soil, and also in living and dead creatures and plants, and are often a cause of disease | |
mitochondria | n: (singular: mitochondrion) an organelle (= a specialized part of a cell) found in large numbers in most cells that produce energy for the cell by breaking down food |