PCAT practice test: Improve Your Vocabulary: Noun

n. cancer
molecule containing four rings of carbon atoms
high blood pressure
a strong pain-killing and soporific drug made from opium
disease where cells divide at an excessive rate and become abnormal in function; malignancy; neoplasm

v. divide
to cut; to take apart; to remove body parts or organs
to put back into a former position; to substitute
to split; separate
to experience; to receive; to endure

n. inhibition
the process of stopping or slowing down a chemical reaction or organ function
process where an insoluble solid is separated from a liquid
junction between the end of a nerve and another type of excitable cell
one allele is inherited from each parent giving 2 alleles for each trait

v. adapt
to habituate (become used to) an environment
to corrode
to bend
to block; to protect against

n. inorganic chemistry
nausea from the movement of a vehicle
generic name for a drug that is used to treat HIV infections; produced by GlaxoSmithKline; brand name: Agenerase
science which deals with all the elements except for carbon
the process of releasing energy from a carbohydrate without oxygen by producing alcohol or lactic acid

n. chemotaxis
a process that can occur without the addition of outside energy
cell movement to or away from a chemical which is able to attract or repel the cell
an inhibitor applied in hormone therapy to block the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone
copies of the gene parts that code for different proteins

n. amprenavir
gases used in aerosols
generic name for a drug that is used to treat HIV infections; produced by GlaxoSmithKline; brand name: Agenerase
device used as a fuel source in laboratories
a combination of reacting particles (atoms; molecules or ions) when they are at the top of the activation energy barrier between the products and the reactants

adj. bony
of fat; fatty
swollen and engorged
osseous; sclerous
related to a thermodynamic process involving no heat exchange

v. inhibit
to cut; to take apart; to remove body parts or organs
to stop or slow down a biological event or organ function
to mix into something to form a solution
to carry out

adj. inflammatory
arousing swellings
of the eyes
induces sleep; soporific
swollen; inflamed