MCAT VOCABULARY DEFINITIONS,
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.
ubiquitous - Answers-present, appearing, or found everywhere
analogous - Answers-corresponding to something in particular
ablation - Answers-the removal, especially of organs, abnormal growths, or harmful
substances, from the body by mechanical means
paresthesia - Answers-an abnormal sensation, typically tingling or prickling, caused by
pressure on or damage to nerves
oligodendrocyte - Answers-a glial cell similar to an astrocyte, but with fewer
protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system
astrocyte - Answers-a star-shaped glial cell of the central nervous system that provides
biochemical support for the endothelial cells that form the blood-brain barrier
corticosteroids - Answers-a class of chemicals that includes the steroid hormones that
are produced in the adrenal cortex of vertebrates as well as the synthetic analogues of
these hormones
sigmoid function - Answers-a mathematical function with an 's' shape
fecundity - Answers-fruitfulness and fertility, the ability to produce abundant healthy
growth or offspring
hydrolysis - Answers-a reaction involving the breaking of a bond in a molecule using
water
stenohaline - Answers-(of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in
salinity of the surrounding water
euryhaline - Answers-(of an aquatic organism) tolerating a wide range of salinity
hemimetabolous - Answers-undergoing incomplete metamorphosis
holometabolous - Answers-undergoing complete metamorphosis
heteroskedasticity - Answers-the circumstance in which the variability of a variable is
unequal across the range of values of a second variable that predicts it
somatic - Answers-1) of the body; bodily; physical
2) pertaining to the body wall of an animal
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.
ubiquitous - Answers-present, appearing, or found everywhere
analogous - Answers-corresponding to something in particular
ablation - Answers-the removal, especially of organs, abnormal growths, or harmful
substances, from the body by mechanical means
paresthesia - Answers-an abnormal sensation, typically tingling or prickling, caused by
pressure on or damage to nerves
oligodendrocyte - Answers-a glial cell similar to an astrocyte, but with fewer
protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system
astrocyte - Answers-a star-shaped glial cell of the central nervous system that provides
biochemical support for the endothelial cells that form the blood-brain barrier
corticosteroids - Answers-a class of chemicals that includes the steroid hormones that
are produced in the adrenal cortex of vertebrates as well as the synthetic analogues of
these hormones
sigmoid function - Answers-a mathematical function with an 's' shape
fecundity - Answers-fruitfulness and fertility, the ability to produce abundant healthy
growth or offspring
hydrolysis - Answers-a reaction involving the breaking of a bond in a molecule using
water
stenohaline - Answers-(of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in
salinity of the surrounding water
euryhaline - Answers-(of an aquatic organism) tolerating a wide range of salinity
hemimetabolous - Answers-undergoing incomplete metamorphosis
holometabolous - Answers-undergoing complete metamorphosis
heteroskedasticity - Answers-the circumstance in which the variability of a variable is
unequal across the range of values of a second variable that predicts it
somatic - Answers-1) of the body; bodily; physical
2) pertaining to the body wall of an animal
