IELTS: Advanced Anatomy, Health, and Beauty Vocabulary Set 2 Flashcards
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(adjective) (medical) (of tumours growing in the body) not dangerous or likely to cause death
Ex: She is recovering after surgery to remove a benign tumour.
opposite malignant
benign
/bɪˈnaɪn/
/bɪˈnaɪn/
(noun) Sudden and painful muscle movements when a woman is going into labour to give birth to a child.
Ex:
The contractions started coming every five minutes.
Neurons control the contraction of muscles.
The contractions were coming every ten minutes.
contraction
/kənˈtrækʃn/
/kənˈtrækʃn/
(noun) A violent and jerk-like movement of the muscles resembling spasms.
Ex:
The child went into convulsions.
He fell to the ground in convulsions.
The patient lost consciousness and went into convulsions.
He felt a sudden convulsion of fear at the pit of his stomach.
She started to have convulsions again.
The drug can cause paranoia, memory loss and convulsions.
convulsion
/kənˈvʌlʃn/
/kənˈvʌlʃn/
(adjective) Able to be healed or cured; capable of being fixed.
Ex:
Most skin cancers are curable if treated early.
curable
/ˈkjʊərəbl/
/ˈkjʊrəbl/
(adjective) A medicine or treatment that can cure a disease.
Ex:
the curative properties of herbs
curative
/ˈkjʊərətɪv/
/ˈkjʊrətɪv/
(adjective) Being tired.
Ex:
The tablets may make you feel drowsy.
He was drowsy with the heat.
patients who are drowsy from the effects of their medication
drowsy
/ˈdraʊzi/
/ˈdraʊzi/
(noun) an uncomfortable feeling caused by having too much gas in the stomach
Ex:
Symptoms may also include flatulence and nausea.
flatulence
/ˈflætʃələns/
/ˈflætʃələns/
(adjective) Relating to the stomach.
Ex:
a gastric ulcer (loét dạ dày)
gastric juices (= the acids in your stomach that help you to digest food)
dịch vị dạ dày (= axit trong dạ dày giúp bạn tiêu hóa thức ăn)
gastric
/ˈɡæstrɪk/
/ˈɡæstrɪk/
(noun) The process of developing within the womb. (Thai kỳ)
Ex:
a baby born at 38 weeks’ gestation
The gestation period of a horse is about eleven months.
gestation
/dʒeˈsteɪʃn/
/dʒeˈsteɪʃn/
(noun) The process by which mental and physical characteristics are passed by parents to their children; these characteristics in a particular person
Ex:
the debate over the effects of heredity and environment
heredity
/həˈredəti/
/həˈredəti/
(noun) A study or practise in hypnosis as a healing method.
Thôi miên
hypnotism
/ˈhɪpnətɪzəm/
/ˈhɪpnətɪzəm/
(adjective) Used to describe the region under the skin where the injection is given. (Dưới da)
Ex:
a hypodermic injection
a hypodermic needle/syringe
hypodermic
/ˌhaɪpəˈdɜːmɪk/
/ˌhaɪpəˈdɜːrmɪk/
(adjective) Used for anything related to the human nervous system.
Ex:
neural processes (Quá trình thần kinh)
neural
/ˈnjʊərəl/
/ˈnʊrəl/
(verb) To take an overdose of a drug.
Ex:
a drug/drugs overdose
She took a massive overdose of sleeping pills.
overdose
/ˈəʊvədəʊs/
/ˈəʊvərdəʊs/
connected with the outer edge of a particular area
Ex:
the peripheral nervous system
peripheral vision
peripheral
/pəˈrɪfərəl/
/pəˈrɪfərəl/
(verb) To restore to an original state or level of great shape or to revive someone to their normal state of health or way of life.
EX:
We must do more to rehabilitate young offenders.
efforts to treat and rehabilitate drug addicts
rehabilitate
/ˌriːəˈbɪlɪteɪt/
/ˌriːəˈbɪlɪteɪt/
(verb) to make sounds and movements as if you are vomiting although you do not actually do so
Ex:
The smell made her retch.
retch
/retʃ/
/retʃ/
Lú lẫn
(adjective) Forgetful because of old age.
Ex:
I think she’s going senile.
Her senile grandfather lives with them.
senile
/ˈsiːnaɪl/
/ˈsiːnaɪl/
Body (xoang mũi)
Ex:
blocked sinuses
sinus
/ˈsaɪnəs/
/ˈsaɪnəs/
a drug or substance that makes you feel more active and gives you more energy (Chất kích thích)
Ex:
Coffee and tea are mild stimulants.
stimulant
/ˈstɪmjələnt/
/ˈstɪmjələnt/
Which word has the following synonyms?
favourable, harmless
benign
Which word has the following synonyms?
fit, spasm, seizure
convulsion
Which word has the following synonyms?
correctable, reparable, treatable, remediable, restorable
curable
Which word has the following synonyms?
healing, medicinal, remedial
curative
