Scientific writing Flashcards

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Author

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the writer or group of writers of a scientific article.

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Background

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the circumstances that lead up to or help to explain something.

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Clinical related

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to work done on real patients.

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Clinician

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a person who works directly with patients and not in a laboratory or as a researcher.

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To compare

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to look at two or more things in order to see their similarities or differences.

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Conclusion

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position, opinion, or judgement reached after consideration.

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To conduct

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to plan and do something.

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To define

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to explain or describe something clearly.

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To establish

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to show or demonstrate

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To group

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to put related things or people together.

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Likelihood

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the chance or probability of something happening.

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Method

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a procedure or approach, especially a regular and systematic way of achieving something.

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To prove

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to demonstrate the existence or truth of something.

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Relationship

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connection or association of things or people.

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Researcher

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someone who does careful study to find and report now knowledge about something.

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Result

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information obtained after conducting a scientific or medical test.

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To set out

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to aim to achieve something.

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Antidepressant

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psychiatric medication used to treat mood disorders.

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Cardiovascular disease

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set of diseases that involve the heart, veins and arteries.

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Chronic

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frequently recurring or lasting a long time.

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Condition

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state of health that involves a sickness or disease.

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Depressive disorders

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psychological illnesses that involve feelings of sadness, dejection, hopelessness and anxiety.

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Exposure

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condition of being affected by something.

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Obesity

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abnormal accumulation of body fat in a way that is unhealthy.

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To present with

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to demonstrate symptoms of a medical problem or disease.

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Prevalence

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the degree to which something is common or widespread, or the percentage of a group affected with a disease.

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Preventable

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able to stop something happening.

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To suffer

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to experience pain or illness.

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few

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not many

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greater

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larger; higher

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less

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not as much

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most

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the majority of