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Words for Academic IELTS - Lesson 12
Here you will learn some English words about biology, such as "cycle", "gene", "fertile", etc. that are needed for the IELTS exam.
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biology
[noun]
the scientific study of living organisms; the science that studies living organisms
biologist
[noun]
(biology) a person who studies the science that deals with living organisms
cycle
[noun]
(biology) a series of transformations and events that happen in an animal or plant's lifetime
DNA
[noun]
(biochemistry) a chemical substance that carries the genetic information, which is present in every cell and some viruses
biological
[adjective]
relating to the science that explores living organisms and their functions
evolution
[noun]
(biology) the slow and gradual development of living things throughout the history of the earth
to evolve
[verb]
(biology) to change gradually and over generations into forms that are better adapted to the environment and fitter to survive
gene
[noun]
(genetics) a basic unit of heredity and a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is located on a chromosome in a cell and controls a particular quality
fertile
[adjective]
(of an animal, person, or plant) able to produce offspring, fruit, or seed
mutation
[noun]
(biology) a change in the structure of the genes of an individual that causes them to develop different physical features
metabolism
[noun]
the chemical processes through which food is changed into energy for the body to use
parasite
[noun]
(biology) a small organism that lives on or inside another organism, called a host, and is dependent on it for nutrition and growth
antibody
[noun]
a blood protein produced to fight diseases or infections, or in response to foreign substances in the body
male
[adjective]
belonging to the sex that cannot give birth to babies or lay eggs but is capable of fertilization of the opposite sex
female
[adjective]
belonging to the sex that is fertilized by the opposite sex and can lay eggs or give birth to babies
RNA
[noun]
(biochemistry) a chemical substance that carries the information from DNA to control the cellular protein biosynthesis
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