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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CONTRACEPTION | ANYTHING THAT PREVENTS PREGNANCY |
| ELECTROLYTE | A SUBSTANCE THAT BREAKS UP INTO IONS |
| FLACCID | RELAXED, LIMP |
| EMOLLIENT | AN AGENT THAT SOFTENS OR SOOTHES THE SKIN |
| EMULSION | ONE LIQUID DISSOLVED INTO ANOTHER |
| HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN | HDL GOOD CHOLESTEROL |
| LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN | LDL BAD CHOLESTEROL |
| LETHARGY | DROWZY |
| MALAISE | DONT FEEL GOOD |
| REGURGITATION | TO VOMIT OR COME BACK UP |
| PROLIFERATION | TO INCREASE IN NUMBERS |
| PRIAPISM | A PERSISTANT, PAINFUL ERECTION LASTING MORE THAN 4 HOURS THAT OCCURS WITHOUT SEXUAL STIMULATION |
| ANDROGEN | MALE OR FEMALE SEXUAL HORMONES |
| ESTROGEN | WHAT MAKES A WOMAN A WOMAN |
| GLUCOCORTICOID | CORTICOSTEROIDS IN METABOLISM AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM |
| HORMONE | THE BODYS CHEMICAL MESSENGERS |
| ISLETS OF LANGERHORNS | CELLS IN THE PANCREAS THAT PRODUCE INSULIN |
| OPIATE | DRUG MADE FROM OPIUM THAT INDUCES SLEEP OR ALEVEATES PAIN |
| SALICYLATE | ASPRIN |