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11th Grade Vocabulary Words

Eleventh-grade readers work across complex arguments, literary forms, scientific models, quantitative reasoning, civic institutions, social analysis, and precise academic prose. This level emphasizes disciplinary meanings, source evaluation, rhetorical and linguistic analysis, transparent morphology, and the careful use of context and reference tools when a word has several possible senses.

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Words 246–280 of 800
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
246	dosage	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: dosage is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 투여량 2. 용량과 투여 일정	The physician adjusted the dosage according to the child's weight.
247	adverse effect	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: adverse + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	부작용	Dizziness was the most common adverse effect of the drug.
248	placebo	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: placebo is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	위약	The control group received a placebo without the active ingredient.
249	nocebo	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: nocebo is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	노시보	Warnings alone can sometimes contribute to a nocebo response.
250	afferent neuron	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: afferent + neuron. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	구심성 뉴런	An afferent neuron carries the pain signal from the finger toward the spinal cord.
251	efferent neuron	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: efferent + neuron. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	원심성 뉴런	An efferent neuron activates the muscle that withdraws the hand.
252	somatic nervous system	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: somatic + nervous + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	체신경계	The somatic nervous system allows a pianist to move each finger deliberately.
253	autonomic nervous system	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: autonomic + nervous + system. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	자율신경계	The autonomic nervous system changes heart rate during stress.
254	glial cell	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: glial + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	신경교세포	A glial cell can nourish neurons and stabilize their environment.
255	astrocyte	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: astrocyte is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 성상 교 세포(星狀膠細胞) 2. 별 아교 세포	An astrocyte helps maintain chemical balance near a synapse.
256	microglia	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: microglia is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	소교세포	Microglia remove damaged material after a brain injury.
257	oligodendrocyte	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: oligodendrocyte is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	희돌기교세포	One oligodendrocyte can insulate portions of several axons.
258	Schwann cell	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: Schwann + cell. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	슈반세포	A Schwann cell wraps one segment of a peripheral nerve fiber.
259	axon	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: axon is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	축삭	The impulse traveled down the axon toward the muscle.
260	dendrite	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: dendrite is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	수상돌기	Each dendrite collects messages from nearby neurons.
261	refractory period	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: refractory + period. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	불응기	The refractory period helps keep an action potential moving in one direction.
262	saltatory conduction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: saltatory + conduction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	도약 전도	Saltatory conduction speeds impulses along myelinated nerves.
263	acetylcholine	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: acetylcholine is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	아세틸콜린	Motor neurons release acetylcholine at skeletal muscles.
264	dopamine	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: dopamine is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	도파민	Dopamine signaling helps the brain update expectations after a reward.
265	serotonin	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: serotonin is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	세로토닌	Serotonin pathways influence sleep and emotional regulation.
266	norepinephrine	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: norepinephrine is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	노르에피네프린	Norepinephrine increases arousal during an emergency.
267	GABA	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Capitalization focus: GABA is an abbreviation or initialism; preserve its capital letters.	가바	GABA reduces the likelihood that a nearby neuron will fire.
268	glutamate	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: glutamate is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	글루타메이트	Glutamate activates receptors important for learning.
269	blood-brain barrier	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: blood + brain + barrier. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	혈액뇌장벽	The blood-brain barrier blocks many toxins but also some medicines.
270	basal ganglia	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: basal + ganglia. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	기저핵	The basal ganglia help initiate a practiced movement.
271	medulla oblongata	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: medulla + oblongata. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	1. 숨뇌 2. 연수(延髓)	The medulla oblongata helps maintain breathing during sleep.
272	pons	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: pons is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	교뇌	The pons relays information between the cerebellum and the cortex.
273	midbrain	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Base-form focus: midbrain is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	중간뇌(中間腦)	The midbrain helps turn the eyes toward a sudden flash.
274	reticular formation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: reticular + formation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	1. 망상체 2. 뇌간 망상체	The reticular formation helps maintain wakefulness.
275	Broca's area	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: Broca's + area. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	브로카 영역	Damage to Broca's area can make speech slow and effortful.
276	Wernicke's area	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: Wernicke's + area. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	베르니케 영역	Damage to Wernicke's area can impair comprehension of spoken words.
277	lateralization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	편측화	Language shows partial lateralization toward the left hemisphere in many people.
278	sensory adaptation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Term structure: sensory + adaptation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	감각 적응	Sensory adaptation makes a room's odor less noticeable after several minutes.
279	proprioception	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	심부감각	Proprioception lets a dancer place a foot without looking down.
280	nociception	noun Study Field: Grade 11 anatomy, neuroscience, and public-health term Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	통각	Nociception begins when heat activates receptors in the skin.

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