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Paramedic

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a person who is trained to do medical work, especially in an emergency, but who is not a doctor or nurse

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Authorize

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to give official permission for something to happen, or to give someone official permission to do something:
Who authorized this expenditure?

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Autopsy

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the cutting open and examination of a dead body in order to discover the cause of death:
They carried out/performed an autopsy.

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Procedure

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a set of actions that is the official or accepted way of doing something:
The company has new procedures for dealing with complaints.

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Primitive

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relating to human society at a very early stage of development, with people living in a simple way without machines or a writing system:
Primitive races colonized these islands 2,000 years ago.

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Dread

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to feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might happen:
He’s dreading the exam - he’s sure he’s going to fail.

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