The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Vocab

Squat

To crouch close to the ground

Gibberish

Unintelligible or meaningless language

Metronome

something (such as a device or app) designed to mark an exact tempo or rhythm by regularly repeated sounds or flashes,

Idyllic

Pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity

Condescending

Showing or characterized by a patronizing or superior attitude toward others.

Santized

To reduce or eliminate germs/bacteria on the surfaces of something. To make something sanitary

Resourceful

Able to meet situations, capable of devising ways and means

Coveted

Earnestly wished for or sought after

Novel

New and not resembling something formerly known or used, OR, an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex

Biopsy

The removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fuids from the living body

Pathology

The study of the essential nature of diseases and especially of the structural and function changes produced by them

Carcinoma

A malignant tumor of epithelial origin

Cervix

The narrow outer end of the uterus

Epithelial

Relating to: a membranous cellular tissue that covers a free surface or lines a tube or cavity of an animal body and serves especially to enclose and protect the other parts of the body

Palpable

Readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc. Something obvious and evident.

Hysterectomy

The removal of some or all of the uterus

Malignant

A tumor characterized by uncontrolled cancerous invasive growth.

Dearth

An inadequate supple, scarcity, or lack of something

Clinical

Concerned with or based on actual observation and treatment of disease in patients rather than experimentation or theory

Replenish

To make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc

Ward

A room in a hospital, especially one for patients requiring similar kinds of care

Mutations

Sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome

Respectively

referring or applying to two or more things previously mentioned in a parallel or sequential way

Avuncular

Of or relating to an uncle, acting like an uncle, as in being kind, patient, generous, etc., especially to younger people.

Warranted

Justified or well-founded

Grandiose

Affectedly grand or important, more complicated or elaborate than necessary

Ruefully

In a way that suggests repentance or regret