MY SISTER'S KEEPER VOCABULARY

Vocabulary:

1. Genetic: relating to genes or heredity.

2. Fertilization: cause to develop a new individual by introducing male reproductive material.

3. Leukaemia: a malignant progressive disease in which the bone marrow and other blood-forming organs produce increased numbers of immature or abnormal leucocytes, suppressing the production of normal blood cells.

4. donate: allow the removal of (blood or an organ) from one's body for transfusion or transplantation.

5. Kidney: either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands.

6. Emancipation : to free (a slave) from bondage.

7. Epilepsy: is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by seizures.[

8. Cancer: a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.

9. Doctor: a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.

10. Hospital. an institution in which sick or injured persons are given Medical or surgical treatment.

11. Disease: a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.

12. Family: a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family.

13. in vitro: made to occur in a laboratory vessel or other controlled experimental environment rather than within a living organism or natural setting.

14. Body: the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.

15. Patient: a person who is under Medical care or treatment.

16. Sister: a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.

17. Love: a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.

18. Death: the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.

19. Relationship: connection between persons by blood or marriage.

20. Judge: a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.