MY VOCABULARY #1

abhorrent: inspiring disgust and loathing.
he had a very abhorrent reaction to the way she ate.

triage: assign degrees of urgency to wound or ill patient
The doctor had to make a triage on the boy bleeding out or the patient who feels a little sick.

pertinent: relevent or applicable to a perticular matter.
she asked a very pertinent question.

euthanasia: the painless killing of a patient with bad illness.
the doctor asked the patients family if they wanted to go with euthanasia for the patient.

lacerations: a deep cut or tear.
the boy had a laceration on his back.

abort: to end pregnancy early.
they wanted to abort the pups because they werent going to turn out right.

antibody: a protein in the body designed to fight disease.
he had very strong antibody's.

andtidote: any substance used to combat the effects of certain poison.
the boy got the antidote in time.

acid: any substance or solution with a total ph of less than 7
he touched the acid and had to go to the hospital.

acidity: the density of hydrogen ions in a given solution.
the chemicals he put together made a high acidity level.

brace: an instrument designed to provide some type of support.
he had to wear a brace for three months after the accident.

balk: a term used to indicate what happens when an animal stops movement suddenly.
fi-fi just balked out of nowhere.

branch: a stem that comes out from a larger stem.
the branch was really strong to hold a tire like that.

barren: refers to an animal not being able  to reproduce.
she was barren after the sugery.

breathy: a term used to describe any animal that pass through a fence.
the little dog was breathy.

dam: any female animal that has given birth.
the dam will usually clean her pups after birhth

data: a collection of information that has been collected as pertaining to an experiment.
the data from your test results are back.

dapple: a curcullar pattern of fur with an off color.
the caliko cat has a few dapples on it.

distal: the furthest distance from the middle or the top of a body.
the poison has finally hit the distal and there is no returning for the patient.

dissect: to cut something out in order to examine it.
we had to dissect frogs today.