environmental and medical issues

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  1. artificial insemination
    injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means
  2. conservation
    protecting and preserving natural resources and theenvironment
  3. creation
    the act of creating the universe or the universe which has beencreated
  4. embryo
    a fertilised egg in the first eight weeks after conception
  5. environment
    the surroundings in which plants and animals live and onwhich they depend to live
  6. global warming
    the increase in the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere(thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect)
  7. infertility
    not being able to have children
  8. natural resources
    naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land,which can be used by human
  9. giving organs to be used in transplant surgery
    organ donation
  10. stewardship
    looking after something so it can be passed on to the nextgeneratio
  11. surrogacy
    an arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf ofanother woman

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 environmental and medical issues
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2012-03-27 16:30:11
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