IELTS: Advanced Anatomy, Health, and Beauty Vocabulary Set 2 Flashcards
(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
