PCAT practice test: Improve Your Vocabulary: Noun

n. material used to prevent or reduce the loss of energy from a surface
triple bond
insulation
reflex action
nitrogen

n. substance secreted in the outer hearing organ canal by special glands
poisoning
ear wax
light-headedness
diastole

n. scale of temperature
quinine
isotope
Fahrenheit
rectum

n. area which allows passage of substances into cytoplasm and back
absolute zero
glycogen
smallpox
nuclear pore

n. cellular division producing somatic cells with a full quota of chromosomes after each division
sense
menarche
mitosis
lysis

n. one of 2 bags of skin hanging behind the penis in the male
scrotal sac
electrode
vitamin D
allosteric site

adj. extended (related to a period of time)
prolonged
male
autotrophic
sustained

v. to stop something being able to move
adapt
paralyze
isolate
snore

v. to secrete milk
phosphorylate
inhibit
adapt
lactate

n. an organic chemical compound with the formula C6H6
double bond
benzene
X-linked disease
ileum