| anesthesia |
a drug or other agent used to bring about unconsciousness or absence of pain. |
| chronological |
according to the order in which things happen. |
| debate |
to discuss the different sides of a subject or issue. |
| dynasty |
a series of rulers from the same family or group. |
| implication |
something hinted at or suggested, but not said directly. |
| input |
information that is put into a computer. |
| literary |
having to do with poems, novels, plays, and essays, or those who write or read them. |
| organism |
an individual living thing, such as a plant, an animal, or a germ. |
| pith |
weightiness, significance, or importance. |
| practitioner |
a person working in a trade, occupation, or profession. |
| preventive |
made to get in the way of or to block something. |
| ration |
a fixed share or portion. |
| safeguard |
a person, thing, or action that gives protection; a way of making sure that something is safe. |
| thereby |
as a result of that; by that means. |
| withstand |
to resist or stand up to; bear. |