Chapters 8-9 Vocabulary

1. Saline: (noun) a salty solution (pg. 178)

2. Caftan: (noun) a long garment having long sleeves and tied at the waist by a girdle, worn under a coat in the Middle East (pg. 180)

3. Collagen: (noun) The fibrous protein constituent of bone, cartilage, tendon, and other connective tissue (pg. 184)

4. Errant: (adj) Wandering outside the established limits (pg. 186)

5. Eunuch: (noun) A man or boy whose testes are nonfunctioning or have been removed (pg. 187)

6. Incontinence: (noun) involuntary urination or defecation (pg. 188)

7. Voyeuristic: (adj) deriving sexual gratification from observing the naked bodies or sexual acts of others, especially from a secret vantage point (pg. 194)

8. Umbrage: (noun) Offense; resentment (pg. 197)

9. Priapism: (noun) continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis (pg. 199)

10. Vestigial: (adj) Relating to a body part that has become small and lost its use because of evolutionary change (pg. 199)