Text 5 The ubiquitous woman
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Go through the list of words with your partner. Explain all the words you know and check the meaning of any words that are new to you.
CERVIX is the narrow end at the opening of a woman's uterus (kohdunkaula).
TUMOR is a mass of tissue found in or on the body that is made up of abnormal cells (kasvain).
CELL is the smallest structural unit of a living thing, together cells form all living things (solu).
DIAGRAM is a line drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes (diagrammi).
IN VITRO FERTILIZATION is the fertilization of an egg (munasolu) in a laboratory dish or test tube (keinohedelmöitys).
MITOSIS is a process of cell division in which two new nuclei are formed (solunjakautuminen).
EMBRYO is a human or animal in the early stages of development before it is born (alkio).
GENE MAPPING is used to identify and record the location of genes and the distances between genes on a chromosome (geenikartoitus).
IMMORTAL is something that lives forever (kuolematon).
Go through the list of words with your partner. Explain all the words you know and check the meaning of any words that are new to you.
CERVIX is the narrow end at the opening of a woman's uterus (kohdunkaula).
TUMOR is a mass of tissue found in or on the body that is made up of abnormal cells (kasvain).
CELL is the smallest structural unit of a living thing, together cells form all living things (solu).
DIAGRAM is a line drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes (diagrammi).
IN VITRO FERTILIZATION is the fertilization of an egg (munasolu) in a laboratory dish or test tube (keinohedelmöitys).
MITOSIS is a process of cell division in which two new nuclei are formed (solunjakautuminen).
EMBRYO is a human or animal in the early stages of development before it is born (alkio).
GENE MAPPING is used to identify and record the location of genes and the distances between genes on a chromosome (geenikartoitus).
IMMORTAL is something that lives forever (kuolematon).