Book 6 Test 3 Section 3

The Search for the Anti-aging Pill

Cellular (adjective)                                                                                            Synonym: Biological

Connected with or consisting of the cells of plants or animals

Connected with a telephone system that works by radio instead of wires

(British English) (of cloth) loosely woven for extra warmth

Emission (noun)                                                                                                  Synonym: Diffusion

[uncountable] (formal) the production or sending out of light, heat, gas, etc.

[countable] gas, etc. that is sent out into the air

Hypothesis (noun)                                                                                              Synonym: Proposition     

[countable] an idea or explanation of something that is based on a few known facts but that has not yet been proved to be true or correct

[uncountable] guesses and ideas that are not based on certain knowledge

Incredibly (adverb)                                                                                           Synonym: Unbelievably

Extremely

In a way that is very difficult to believe

Indicators (noun)                                                                                                Synonym: Signs

A sign that shows you what something is like or how a situation is changing

A device on a machine that shows speed, pressure, etc.

(British English) (North American English turn signal) (informal blinker North American English, British English) a light on a vehicle that flashes to show that the vehicle is going to turn left or right

Infirmity (noun)                                                                                                 Synonym: Affliction

Weakness or illness over a long period

Intake (noun)                                                                                                       Synonym: Consumption

[uncountable, countable] the amount of food, drink, etc. that you take into your body

[countable, uncountable] the number of people who are allowed to enter a school, college, profession, etc. during a particular period

[countable] a place where liquid, air, etc. enters a machine the 

[countable, usually singular] an act of taking something in, especially breath

Lifespan (noun)                                                                                                  Synonym: Lifetime

The length of time that something is likely to live, continue or function

Likelihood (noun)                                                                                              Synonym: Possibility

The chance of something happening; how likely something is to happen

In all likelihood (= very probably) 

The likelihood is that (= it is likely that) 

Longevity (noun)                                                                                                Synonym: Durability

Long life; the fact of lasting a long time

Merely (adverb)                                                                                                 Synonym: Slightly

Used meaning ‘only’ or ‘simply’ to emphasize a fact or something that you are saying

Mimicked (verb)                                                                                                 Synonym: Imitated

Mimic somebody/something | + speech to copy the way somebody speaks, moves, behaves, etc., especially in order to make other people laugh

She's always mimicking the teachers.He mimicked her southern accent.

Mimic something (specialist or formal) to look or behave like something else

Mortals  (adjective)                                                                                            Synonym: Being

That cannot live for ever and must die

(literary) causing death or likely to cause death; very serious

[only before noun] (formal) lasting until death

[only before noun] (formal) (of fear, etc.) extreme

Organism  (noun)                                                                                                Synonym: Living Thing

(biology or formal) a living thing, especially one that is extremely small

(formal) a system consisting of parts that depend on each other

Preservation  (noun)                                                                                          Synonym: Storage

The act of keeping something in its original state or in good condition

The act of making sure that something is kept

The degree to which something has not been changed or damaged by age, weather, etc.

Prevents  (verb)                                                                                                   Synonym: Avert

To stop somebody from doing something; to stop something from happening

Prevent something/somebody 

Prevent somebody/something from doing something 

Prevent (somebody/something) doing something(British English) 

Prolonging  (verb)                                                                                              Synonym: Extend

Prolong something to make something last longer

Radicals  (adjective)                                                                                          Synonym: Far-reaching

Concerning the most basic and important parts of something; thorough and complete

New, different and likely to have a great effect

In favor of thorough and complete political or social change

Regimen (noun)                                                                                                  Synonym: Procedure

A set of rules about food and exercise or medical treatment that you follow in order to stay healthy or to improve your health

Replicated (verb)                                                                                                 Synonym: Copied

[transitive] replicate something (formal) to copy something exactly

[transitive, intransitive] replicate (itself) (specialist) (of a virus or a molecule) to produce exact copies of itself

Synthesis (noun)                                                                                                  Synonym: Amalgam

[uncountable, countable] synthesis (of something) the act of combining separate ideas, beliefs, styles, etc.; a mixture or combination of ideas, beliefs, styles, etc.

[uncountable] (specialist) the natural chemical production of a substance in animals and plants

[uncountable] (specialist) the artificial production of a substance that is present naturally in animals and Plants

[uncountable] (specialist) the production of sounds, music or speech by electronic means

Toxic (adjective)                                                                                                Synonym: Blockage

Containing poison; poisonous

 

Vulnerability  (noun)                                                                                         Synonym: Susceptibility

The quality of being weak and easily hurt physically or emotionally

vulnerability (of somebody/something) (to something)