Health and Medicine Flashcards
Diagnose (v.)
to identify the illnesss
Venomous (adj.)
to be harmful or poisonous
“A venomous spider that was also in the parcel is roaming the leisure center”
Amputate (v.)
to cut off
“One victim had to have her arm amputated at the elbow”
Inflame (v,)
to get infected or burned
“The findings could also shed light on the basic causes of chronic inflammation”
Acute (adj.)
to be severe
“These problems became acute during the second world war”
Inoculate (v.)
to give a weak form of a disease to a person or animal, usually by injection, as a protection against that disease
“The boy was then inoculated against smallpox in July”
Vaccinate (v.)
to give someone a vaccine, usually by injection, to prevent them from getting a disease
“We have already successfully vaccinated at-risk group such as those with heart conditions”
Contagious (adj.)
to get spread from one person to another
“Cholera is extremely contagious, hence the quarantine”
Innocuous (adj.)
to be harmless
“It was an innocuous remark he made”
Benign (n.)
not harmful in effect
“Direct electricity is the most environmentally benign fuel known to man”
Assuage (v.)
make (an unpleasant felling) less intense
“The pain of the former is not assuaged by the pleasure of the latter”
Surgery (n.)
medical field concerning with treatment of injuries or disorders of the body by incision or manipulation
“Achieving good results in cardiac surgery requires teamwork”
Allergic (adj.)
a damaging immune response by the body to a substance
“The children are allergic to cow’s milk”
Hazardous (adj.)
to be dangerous, danger
“You should not go into a potentially hazardous workplace without the required protective clothing”
Biopsy (n.)
an examination of tissue removed from body
“He recorded that Susan had undergone a biopsy in December 2012”
