Vocabulary Words - High School - C:

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• cam
  (n.) A part of a rotating wheel that moves something in its path up and down.
  
  
• Candlemas
  (n.) A Christian religious holiday, usually in February, that celebrates when Mary and Joseph took the baby Jesus to the temple.
  
  
• capillary
  (n.) Very small blood vessel.
  
  
• capsule
  (n.) A substance that surrounds an organ or body part, like the sac that is around the kidney.
  (n.) Medicine inside a soft, clear, round coating.
  
  
• carotid
  (n.) A major artery on each side of your neck that carries blood to the head.
  
  
• catheter
  (n.) A piece of equipment used to help add or remove liquids to or from the body.
  
  
• centrifuge
  (n.) A machine that separates substances into parts by spinning at high speeds.
  
  
• cervix
  (n.) The lower part of a female's uterus.
  
  
• chairman
  (n.) The most important person on a board of directors.
  
  
• charter
  (n.) A written document from a government that gives rights to do things.
  (v.) To buy seats on a bus, plane, or boat for a group to travel together.
  
  
• chemical
  (n.) A substance made by or used in a chemical process, sometimes used for cleaning.
  (adj.) Related to chemistry.
  
  
• chemistry
  (n.) A science of matter and what it is made of.
  
  
• chloride
  (n.) A molecule of chlorine that has picked up an electron and a neutron.
  
  
• cholera
  (n.) A disease that causes diarrhea and vomiting that you get by drinking water that contains a certain bacteria.
  
  
• chromosome
  (n.) The part of a plant or animal that contains the information passed on from parent to child.
  
  
• cilia
  (n.) Tiny hairs that line the nose, lungs, and trachea that help remove harmful bacteria or viruses.
  
  
• circumcision
  (n.) A surgical procedure that removes the flap of tissue that surrounds the tip of the penis.
  
  
• clavicle
  (n.) The collar bone or bone that connects the arm to the body.
  
  
• coagulate
  (v.) The process that causes blood platelets to stick together to stop a cut from bleeding.
  
  
• cochlea
  (n.) The spiral-shaped part of the inner ear that is filled with liquid..
  
  
• cognate
  (n.) A word that sounds similar to the same word in another language.
  
  
• compensate
  (v.) To pay someone.
  (v.) To overcome a weakness with a strength.
  
  
• compensation
  (n.) An amount paid to someone who is hurt.
  (n.) The total amount of pay and benefits that an employee receives.
  
  
• complimentary
  (adj.) Given free.
  (adj.) Positive, praising.
  
  
• compulsion
  (n.) The need to do something that you can't stop.
  
  

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