Science Seminar Vocabulary 5
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- Alpha Waves
- a slow wave produced by the human brain and recorded in the electroencephalogram
- Scurvy
- a nutritional desease due to a deficiency of vitamin C
- Retrovirus
- a virus whose genome is RNA
- Coronary thrombosis
- the formation of a blood clot in the coronary arteries
- CDC
- initials for the Center for Disease Control located in Atlanta, GA
- D&C
- initials for Dilation and Curettage, expanding of the cervix to allow for the scraping of the walls of the uterus
- Viability
- the state of being able to live after birth
- AZ Test
- Aschheim-Zondek test for pregnancy
- RU486
- the morning after pill
- Infanticide
- killing of a newborn infant