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Portend

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be a sign or warning is likely to happen
*Earlier onset of disease has been recognised to portend a more aggressive phenotype.

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Desquamation

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exfoliation, peeling dead cells of skin

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Concomitant

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accompanies or follow sth
*he sought promotion without the necessary concomitant of hard work.

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wean from/off

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to gradually stop doing or using sth

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otherwise healthy

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sb who is overall healthy, except for a specific medical issue
An otherwise healthy woman presented to hospital with acute fever

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Entity

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Organism, object, individual
an under-recognised entity

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clear-cut

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easy to perceive or understand, well defined

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treatment refractory

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a condition/disease that doesn’t respond to treatment

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plausible

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credible, believable

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purportedly

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as appears to be true,although this may not be the case. supposedly
*the study purportedly found that men married to smart women live longerظاهرا

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mutagenic

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sth that makes a permanent change in organism’s genes , or a mutation in a cell’s DNAجهش زا

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degrade(V)

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to lower in grade, rank, or status

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discern

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recognise or find out.

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14
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discern

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recognise or find out.

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suffices(v)

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be enough or adequate.
“a quick look should suffice”

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16
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intrinsically

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in an essential or natural way.
intrinsically risky

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17
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detraining

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leave or stop sth

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18
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boil (sth) down:

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to be the main or most important result of something

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19
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Snuggly

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Comfortable, warm and cosy

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20
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Abate

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Subside

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21
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Weepy

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Tearful, crying

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22
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Staggering

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Deeply shocking

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Devitalised tissue

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tissue that is weak or no longer living, usually due to injury or disease, dead tissue

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24
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Uniplas

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Fresh frozen plasma treatment

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25
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Hypofibrinogenemia

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Genes unable to make fibrinogen

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26
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Thrombocytopenia

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Low platelet level

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27
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Cryoprecipitate

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Frozen blood products contains clotting factors

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28
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Ideation

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Tendency, plan for sth
خيال انديشي

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29
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Contention

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Debate

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30
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Confiscate

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مصادره كردن

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31
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Stymies
(إس تاي مي)

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Prevent/hinder the progress of sth
,Impede,hamper

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32
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Proactive(adj)

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Taking charge/control of a situation rather than just responding to it
eg:employers must take a proactive approach to equal pay

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Subdue

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Reduce, overcome, bring under control

34
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Complacently(adv)

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-with pleasure or satisfaction
- When we say someone is behaving complacently, they’re doing something confidently, but perhaps without fear of potential dangers

35
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Precedence

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take priority over

36
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Compromise

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-agreement,understanding
eg:eventually they reached a compromise

37
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Knack(noun)

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-an acquired or natural skill at doing something. Or to having a natural skill or ability to do something well

“he had a knack for communicating”
“The knack of expressing sympathy clearly.”

38
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Walk/tread a tightrope

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To consider carefully the decisions or risks that you take in order to deal successfully with a difficult situation

“Accepting responsibility is a difficult tighrope to walk”

39
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Unarguably appropriate

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Unquestionably, undeniably

40
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On a par with

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Equally/ similarly good or bad or important

41
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Inevitable Trajectory

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The natural progression/course of sth
Improve or subside on their own over time

42
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A thorn in medicine

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Continues problem to sb /sth
Annoys you

43
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Reimbursement

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Repaying
Compensating sb

44
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Reimbursement

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Repaying
Compensating sb

45
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Potential

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Possibility
Capacity

46
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Non-modifiable

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Non- amendable
Unchangeable

47
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Majority

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More than half(50%)

48
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Several

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More than a few but not a large number

49
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Compelling

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Having a strong, powerful or convincing quality

50
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Recommend

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Advice

51
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Antipathy

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A strong feeling of dislike

52
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Notch up

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To achieve sth(a goal/a high score) through effort

53
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A swathe of sth

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A large proportion

54
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Cast doubt on

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To make sth seem uncertain or to cause people to question/lose confidence in sth

55
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Retrieval

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Get sth back
Recovery
Recapture

56
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Undo

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Reverse
Make of no effect

57
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Expunging

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Destroy
Eliminate

58
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Innate

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ذاتي
نشات گرفته از ذهن و عقل نه تجربه

59
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Protracted

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Prolong
Longer than expected or usual

60
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Disregard

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Ignore
Paying no attention

61
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Vigilance

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Careful observation/attention

62
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Unscrupulous

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بي وجدان

63
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Eccentric

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Bizarre
Weired
Strange

64
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Struck

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Affected
Influenced

65
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Override

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Veto
Set aside
Cancel

66
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Pertinent

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Relevant
Suitable

67
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In lieu of

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As a matter of choice

68
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Procurement

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Ownership
Act of obtaining

69
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Permises

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Building property/site

70
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Convened

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Summon
Come or bring together for a meeting

71
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Outperform

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Control over sth

72
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Snag

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Disadvantage

73
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Blase

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Not worries
Dont care

74
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Gleaned

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Obtained

75
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Gearing up

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To prepare oneself/ sb else for sth

76
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Cut off

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Reach a point

77
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Polarising

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Causing strong disagreement between opposing groups

78
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Rusted furnace

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كوره زنگ زده

79
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Succumb

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To lose the determination to oppose sth, accept defeat

80
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Compromise

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To accept that you will reduce your demand or change your opinion in order to reach an agreement with sb
e.g:doctors involved in doping risk compromising their medical standards.

81
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Subordinate

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Having a lower or less imports position
doctor-client relationship can subordinate medical judgment

82
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infatuated

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Having a very strong but not usually lasting feeling of love or attraction for sb
doctors become infatuated by the celebrity of their patients

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