Unit 12. aid -n. assistance, support (visual aids – slides, pictures etc.)

aid - n. assistance, support (visual aids – slides, pictures etc.)

appropriate – adj. suitable, correct, right

audience – n. public, auditory

availability – n. presence, usefulness

avoid – v. evade, steer clear of

bind – v. associate, connect, bound

compare – v. match, collate, touch

comprehensible – adj. clear, understandable, intelligible

conference – n. congress, convention, session

emphasis – n. accent, stress

emphasize – v. accent, accentate, stress

endotracheal tube – a catheter that is inserted into the trachea through the mouth or nose in order to maintain an open air passage or to deliver oxygen or to permit the suctioning of mucus or to prevent aspiration of the stomach contents

engage – v. do, work, practise

essential – adj. necessary, main, important

exemplify – v. to be an example, illustrate

exhaust – adj. waste

feedback – n. responsiveness

gesture – n. sign, motion, movement

haemoglobin – n. the iron-containing protein with the property of binding oxygen, contained in red blood cells.

outline – v. delineate, define

pitch – n. height, altitude, level

prefer – v. choose, affect

presentation – n. performance, presenting, lecture

self-confidence – n. confidence, overconfidence, assurance,

shared – adj. collective, communal

solution – n. decision, answer

substantial – adj. important, essential, significant

tight-fitting face mask – the simplest way of delivering a high level of oxygen to patients with ARDS (adult respiratory distress syndrome) or other low-oxygen conditions.

tip – n. advice, council, recommendation

tool – n. instrument, implement,

topic – n. theme, matter, heading

topical – adj. thematic, actual

value – n. meaning, importance

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occupation – n. profession, career, business

breathlessness – n. shortness of breath, a subjective difficulty or distress in breathing, usually associated with disease of the heart or lungs; occurs normally during intense physical exertion or at high altitude.

duration – n. lasting, continuance, endurance

obese – adj. fat, plum

restore – v. recover

dyspnoea – n. breathing difficulty

accountant – n. bookkeeper, booker

crepitation – n. a dry, crackling sound.

consolidation – n. the process of becoming a firm solid mass, as in an infected lung when the alveoli are filled with exudate.

bronchoscopy – n. the visual examination of the tracheobronchial tree

biopsy – n. the removal of a small piece of living tissue from an organ or other part of the body for microscopic examination to confirm or establish a diagnosis, estimate prognosis, or follow the course of a disease.

adenocarcinoma – n. a malignant tumor originating in the epithelial cells of glandular tissue and forming glandular structures.

chemotherapy – n. treatment of cancer using specific chemical agents or drugs that are selectively destructive to malignant cells and tissues.

temporary – adj. provisional, transitory

improvement – n. development, betterment

accelerate – v. speed up, quicken

tenderness – n. sensitivity

sputum – n. substance that is brought up from the lungs and airway when a person coughs or spits.

haemoptysis – n. the coughing up of blood or bloody sputum from the lungs or airway.

mention – v. refer, note

apyrexial – adj. afebrile, apyretic, feverless

oedema – n. (edema) a condition of abnormally large fluid volume in the circulatory system or in tissues between the body's cells

lymphadenopathy – n. abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes, usually associated with disease.

severe – adj. hard, heavy, serious

vomiting – n. forcible ejection of contents of stomach through the mouth

irradiate – v. spread, disseminate, extend,

bowel – n. intestines, guts

meal - n. food, eating, meat

stool – n. evacuated fecal matter.

urinate – v. micturate, pee, wee

rigid – adj. hard, strong, inflexible

acute appendicitis -acute inflammation of the

appendix

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