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Vocab 16A
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Literature
12th Grade
10/19/2011
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Lancet
 Definition
A surgical instrument for small cuts
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Cauterize
 Definition
To burn to close a wound
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Elixir
 Definition
Remedy for all ailments
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Gaunt
 Definition
Thin and bony
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Dyspepsia
 Definition
Indigestion
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Grippe
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A contagious disease
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Hypochondriac
 Definition
One who worries about disease
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Subsist
 Definition
To remain alive
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Reflex
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An automatic movement
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Olfactory
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Relating to the sense of smell
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Diaphragm
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Muscles and tendons separating chest from abdomin
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Bile
 Definition
A bitter fluid secreted from the liver
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Astringent
 Definition
The ability to shrink body tissue
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Suture
 Definition
Seam formed in sewing a wound
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