Word Within The Word Lesson 13 Terms

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progress

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n. a forward movement

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memorandum

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n. a note or record made for future use

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hypoglycemia

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n. an abnormally low amount of sugar glucose in the blood (too much insulin)

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infralapsarianism

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n. the doctrine, held by Augustinians and by many Calvanists, that God planned the creation, permitted the fall, elected a chosen umber, planned their redemption, and suffered the remainder to be eternally punished

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chrome

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n. chromium plated or other bright metallic trim, as on an automobile

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hemostat

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n. an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage

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dextroglucose

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n. a monosaccharide sugar the blood that serves as the major energy source of the body (aka blood sugar)

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evacuate

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v. to leave empty; vacate

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neophyte

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n. a beginner; person newly converted to a belief; person newly baptized

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metaphor

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n. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something which is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance

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sarcophagus

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n. a stone coffin

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labored

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adj. done with difficulty

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ultimatum

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n. a final proposal or statement of conditions

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similitude

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n. a duplicate copy

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oligosaccaride

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n. any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis as two, three, or four

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obsequious

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adj. obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

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myopia

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n. a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused in front of the retina, objects being seen distinctly only when near the eye (nearsightedness)

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Mesopotamia

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n. the once fertile land that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (Part of Iraq)

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analysis

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n. a way of finding our what something is made of by separating it into parts

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formula

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n. a method for doing something

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leukemia

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n. cancer of the bone marrow that prevents the normal manufacturing of red and white blood cells and platelets

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ichthyosis

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n. a hereditary skin disease in which the epidermis continuously flakes off in large scales or plates

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idiopathic

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adj. of unknown cause, as a disease

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phyllopod

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adj. a branchiopod crustacean, which are distinguished because they have gills on their feet

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milligram

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n. a unit of mass or weight equal to one-thousandth of a gram and equivalent to .0154 gram