19. health 2 Flashcards
a thin, broad piece of food, such as bread, meat, or cake, cut from a larger portion.
The pudding is made by lining a buttered basin with fairly thin #slices of good bread cut to fit exactly.
a patient who receives medical treatment without being admitted to a hospital.
Does Medicare cover #outpatient counseling services for its beneficiaries?
a loop of thread or yarn resulting from a single pass or movement of the needle in sewing, knitting, or crocheting.
Thread the end of the yarn in a large-eyed needle and make a few #stitches through the end of the tube to secure it before cutting off the yarn.
a thin translucent fabric of silk, linen, or cotton.
For the evening, there was a long slinky black dress made of transparent #gauze with dark tiger stripes cutting across it.
a physical feeling or perception resulting from something that happens to or comes into contact with the body.
Sleep was a short reprieve from the burning #sensation that filled her body and the emptiness of her mind.
the action or state of making or being made impure by polluting or poisoning.
One year after the accident, environmental activists say the effects of the #contamination are far from over and people are getting sick.
a small round mass of solid medicine to be swallowed whole.
Remember that herbal medicines and vitamin #pills can also be dangerous if taken if large doses, so store these out of reach too.
physical harm caused to something in such a way as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.
Extensive flood #damage has closed a 20-block section of downtown Richmond.
a line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking into separate parts.
She almost rejoiced when she saw a #crack begin to appear in the surface of the glass.
caused by or relating to an allergy.
It is often the substances used to bulk up heroin that prove most harmful and cause #allergic or toxic reactions.
one of two or more available possibilities.
It assumes that citizens are rational and aware of all possible #alternatives.
of or relating to the teeth.
Sometimes #dental plates can be used to seal the palate and help the baby feed better.
lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.
In Hill’s Western Front context, it might very well be ‘a word which, horribly, blends the #bleeding men with the rain and mud’.
a place or hospital department where outpatients are given medical treatment or advice, especially of a specialist nature.
Outpatient therapy is provided at hospitals, #clinics and some nursing homes.
a place or hospital department where outpatients are given medical treatment or advice, especially of a specialist nature.
Outpatient therapy is provided at hospitals, #clinics and some nursing homes.
