Deck 20 Flashcards
contusion (n)
/kənˈtjuːʒ(ə)n/
A region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise
capillary (n)
/kəˈpɪləri/
Any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules (mao mạch)
arteriole (n)
/ɑːˈtɪərɪəʊl/
A small branch of an artery leading into capillaries
artery (n)
/ˈɑːtəri/
- Any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body (động mạch)
- An important route in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines
venule (n)
/ˈvɛnjuːl/
A very small vein, especially one collecting blood from the capillaries
anatomy (n)
/əˈnatəmi/
- The branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms, especially as revealed by dissection and the separation of parts (giải phẫu học)
The bodily structure of an organism
A person’s body - A study of the structure or internal workings of something
rupture
/ˈrʌptʃə/
- (v) (Especially of a pipe or container, or bodily part such as an organ or membrane) break or burst suddenly
Cause to break or burst suddenly
(be ruptured or rupture oneself) Suffer an abdominal hernia - (v) Breach or disturb (a harmonious feeling or situation)
- (n) An instance of breaking or bursting suddenly and completely
An abdominal hernia - A breach of a harmonious relationship
bruise
/bruːz
- (n) An injury appearing as an area of discoloured skin on the body, caused by a blow or impact rupturing underlying blood vessels
A mark indicating damage on a fruit, vegetable, or plant - Inflict a bruise on (someone or something)
Be susceptible to bruising
Hurt (someone’s feelings) - (v) Crush or pound (food)
jollity (n)
/ˈdʒɒlɪti/
Lively and cheerful activity or celebration
The quality of being cheerful
nonentity (n)
/nɒˈnɛntɪti/
- A person or thing with no special or interesting qualities; an unimportant person or thing
The quality or condition of being uninteresting or unimportant - Non-existence
pinnacle
/ˈpɪnək(ə)l/
- (n) The most successful point; the culmination
- (n) A high, pointed piece of rock
A small pointed turret built as an ornament on a roof - (v) Form the culminating point or example of
- (v) Set on or as if on a pinnacle
culminate (v)
/ˈkʌlmɪneɪt/
- Reach a climax or point of highest development
Be the climax or point of highest development of - (Of a celestial body) reach or be at the meridian
climax
/ˈklʌɪmaks/
- (n) The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; the culmination
An orgasm
The final stage in a succession in a given environment, at which a plant community reaches a state of equilibrium - (v) Culminate in an exciting or impressive event; reach a climax
Bring (something) to a climax
Have an orgasm
referendum (n)
(plural) referendums / referenda
A general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision
bequeath (v)
/bɪˈkwiːð/
Leave (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will
Pass (something) on or leave (something) to someone else
