Sunday, October 28, 2012

Vocabulary Words for Chapter 3 of Deadly Feasts (Week 3)



Emaciated (47)- abnormally/very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold

Languished (48)- to lose or diminish in strength or energy

Stupor (48)- A state of reduced or suspended sensibility.

Status epilepticus (48)- Status epilepticus (SE) is a common, life-threatening neurologic disorder. It is essentially an acute, prolonged epileptic crisis. SE can represent an exacerbation of a pre-existing seizure disorder, the initial manifestation of a seizure disorder, or an insult other than a seizure disorder.  (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1164462-overview)

Glial cells (49)- Glial cells are non-neural cells that perform "housekeeper" functions such as clearing out debris and excess materials

Dementia (49)- a group of symptoms affecting intellectual and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily functioning. (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/dementia/DS01131)

Creutzfeldt- Jakob disease (49)- a degenerative brain disorder that leads to dementia and, ultimately, death. (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/creutzfeldt-jakob-disease/DS00531)

Epidemiology (51)- Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems.

Postmortem (57)- an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease

Scrapie (57/58)- a fatal infectious disease that affects the central nervous system of sheep and goats.

Louping ill (59)- an acute viral disease of sheep affecting the nervous system, transmitted by a tick.

Virologist (61)- a specialist in virology(study of viruses).

Astrogliosis (61)- inflammation of the astroglia; proliferation of astrocytes and their processes.

Inoculation (64)- The act or an instance of inoculating, especially the introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.

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