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Subject Specific Language: Biology
Key word / term DefinitionAbundance
Active site
Active transport
Adaptations
ADH (anti-diuretic hormone)
Adrenaline
Adult stem cells
Aerobic respiration
Agar gel
Algae
Alleles
Alveoli
Amino acids
Amylase
Anaerobic respiration
Aorta
Aphids
Archaea
Arteries
Asexual reproduction
Atria
Auxin
Key word / term DefinitionBacteria
Bases (DNA)
Benign tumours
Bile
Biodiversity
Binary fission
Biomass
Cancer
Capillaries
Carbohydrases
Carbohydrates
Carbon cycle
Carcinogens
Carriers
Catalyst
Causal mechanism
Cell cycle
Cell membrane
Cell wall
Cell wall
Cellulose
Central nervous system (CNS)Cerebral cortex
Cerebellum
Key word / term DefinitionChlorophyll
Chloroplasts
Chlorosis
Ciliary muscles
Clinical trials
Classification
Cloning
Communicable disease
Community
Competition
Contraception
Coordination centres
Coronary arteries
Correlation
Culture medium
Cystic fibrosis
Cytoplasm
Decomposers
Denatured
Dialysis
Differentiate
Diffusion
Digestive system
Distribution
Key word / term DefinitionDomain
Dominant allele
Double circulatory system
Effectors
Embryonic stem cells
Endocrine system
Endothermic reaction
Enzymes
Epidermal
Eukaryotic cells
Evolutionary trees
Exothermic reaction
Extinction
Extremophile
Fatty acids
FSH (follicle stimulating hormone)Genetic engineering
Genotype
Gibberellins
Glucagon
Glucose
Glycerol
Glycogen
Gravitropism
Key word / term DefinitionGuard cells
Haemoglobin
Heterozygote
Homeostasis
Homozygote
Hormones
Hybridomas
Hyperopia
Hypertonic
Hypotonic
Incident energy
Inoculate
Insulin
Interdependence
Ionising radiation
Isotonic
Lactic acid
Limiting factors
Lipase
Lipids
Malignant tumours
Mean average
Median average
Medulla
Key word / term DefinitionMeiosis
Metabolism
Mitochondria
Mitosis
Mode average
Motor neurones
Mutation
Myopia
Natural selection
Nerve
Neurones
Non-communicable diseasesNucleotide
Nucleus
Oestrogen
Organ
Organ system
Osmosis
Ovaries
Ovulation
Oxygen debt
Palisade mesophyll
Partially permeable membranePathogens
Key word / term DefinitionPenicillium
Permanent vacuole
Phenotype
Phloem
Photosynthesis
Phototropism
Pituitary gland
Placebo
Plasma
Plasmolysis
Platelets (thrombocytes)
Polydactyly
Pulmonary artery
Pulmonary vein
Punnett square diagram
Preclinical testing
Primary consumer
Producers
Prokaryotic cells
Proteases
Proteins
Quadrat
Quantitative sampling
Range
Key word / term DefinitionRecessive
Receptors
Red blood cells (erythrocytes)Reflex arcs
Reflexes
Resolving power
Ribosomes
Sample size
Secondary consumer
Selective breeding
Selective reabsorption
Sensory neurone
Sex chromosomes
Sexual reproduction
STD / STI (Sexually transmitted disease / infection)Simple sugars
Speciation
Species
Sperm
Spongy mesophyll
Statins
Stem cells
Stent
Stimuli
Key word / term DefinitionStomata
Suspensory ligaments
Testosterone
Therapeutic cloning
Thermoregulatory centre
Tissue
Tissue culture
Transect
Translocation
Transpiration
Trophic level
Tropism
Tumour
Turgor
Type 1 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes
Urea
Vaccine
Vasoconstriction
Vasodilation
Veins
Vena cava
Ventilation
Ventricles
Key word / term DefinitionVirus
White blood cells
Xylem
Zygote