A | B |
pericardium | the membranous sac enclosing the heart |
syndrome | a group of symptoms characteristic of a disease or disorder |
anthropophagus | feeding on human flesh; cannibalistic |
protoplasm | the living substance of all plant & animal cells |
anastomosis | the union of parts or branches so as to communicate |
erythroblast | a nucleated cell, found in bone marrow, from which red corpuscles develop |
syndactyl | (having) certain digits formed together; a syndactyl animal |
ichthysis | a disease in which skin becomes dry & flakes off in large fish-like scales |
phytophagous | feeding on plants; herbivorous |
neuropterous | pertaining to to an order of carnivorous insects with membranous wings |
micrococcus | a disease-causing or fermentation-producing spherical or egg-shaped bacteria |
anadromous | (of fish) going up rivers from the sea to spawn |
ornithology | branch of zoology dealing with the study of birds |
osteoplasty | the surgical replacement of lost or defective bone |
orthopterous | pertaining to insects with hard, narrow forewings & longitudinally folded membranous hindwings |
polydactylism | state of having more than the normal number of fingers or toes |
histology | branch of anatomy dealing with structure of plant & animal tissue |
phagocyte | a cell capable of absorbing & destroying foreign matter or disease-producing material |
chiropter | an animal of an order of mammals having forelimbs modified as wings |
epigastrium | the part of the abdomen lying over the stomach |
pterodactyl | an animal of an order of extinct flying reptiles |
osteoblast | a bone-forming cell |
ichthyology | branch of zoology dealing with the science & study of fish |
neoplasm | a new, abnormal growth of tissue serving no physiologic function |
hemolysin | a substance in the blood that destroys red blood cells |