U3 Flashcards
Practice (n.)
Something that is usually or regularly done, often as a habit, tradition, or custom
Community (n.)
The people living in one particular place
Ensure (v.)
To make something certain to happen
Benefit (n./v.)
Helpful or good effect, or something intended to help
Advise (v.)
To give someone official information about something
Appropriate (adj.)
Suitable or right for a particular information or occasion
Optimal (adj.)
Best, most favourable or desirable
Prescribe (v.)
(Of a doctor) to say what medical treatment someone should have
Local (adj.)
Of or relating to a city, town, or district rather than a large area
Expert (n.)
A person who has a high level of knowledge or skill; a specialist
Rural (adj.)
Of or relating to people who live in the countryside
Correctly (adv.)
Right and not wrong: in agreement with what is generally accepted
Counsel (v.)
To give advice, esp. On social, medical, and personal problems
Potential (adj.)
Possible when the necessary conditions exist
Safely (adv.)
In a manner that is free of danger or injury
Convenient (adj.)
Suitable for your purposes and needs and causing the least difficulty
Supplies (n.)
Something that is wanted or needed, often in large quantities and over a long period of time
Residential (adj.)
A residential road, area, etc. has only private houses, not offices and factories
Minor (adj.)
Having little importance, influence, or effect; opp. (Major)
Ailment (n.)
An illness
Supply (v.)
To provide something that is needed or wanted
Symptom (n.)
A sign or indication of disorder or disease, especially when experiences by an individual as changed from normal function, sensation, or appearance.
Dispense (v.)
To give out things, especially products, medicines or any other services or amount of money, to people
Dosage (n.)
The amount of medicine that you should take at one time
Compatible (adj.)
Able to exist, live together, or work successfully with someone or something else
Involve (v.)
To include someone in something, or make them take part in or feel part of it
Campaign (n.)
A planned group of activity which are intended to achieve a particular aim
Cholesterol (n.)
A substance containing a lot of fat that is found in body tissue and blood in all humans/ animals thought to be part of the cause of heart disease if there is too much of it
Measurements (n.)
The act or process of measuring size, shape, quality,etc. of something
Strict (adj.)
Strongly limiting someone’s freedom to behave as they wish
Legal (adj.)
Connected with the law
Ethical (adj.)
Relating to beliefs about what is morally right and wrong
Obligation(n.)
Something that you must do
Housebound patients
Unable to leave home, especially because they are ill
Nursing homes
A private establishment that provides a living quarter and care for elderly or chronically ill
Responsible (adj.)
To have control or authority over something or someone and the duty of taking care of it or them
Review (v.)
To consider something in order to make changes to it, give an opinion on it or study it
Environment (n.)
The place or land in or on which people, plants, and animals live
Purchase (v.)
To buy
Closely (adv.)
In a way that is directly connected or has a strong relationship
Monitor (n./v.)
A person who has the job of watching or noticing particular things
Selection (n.)
A choice, range, or different types of something
Effect (n.)
The result of a particular influence
Safe (adj.)
Not in danger likely to be harmed
Professionally (adv.)
Done in exact and correct way normally by experts
Combination (n.)
The mixture you get when two or more things are combined
Injection (n.)
When someone puts a liquid, especially a drug, into someone’s body using a needle and a syringe (= small tube)
Ointment (n.)
A thick oily substance, usually containing medicine, which is put on skin where it is sore or where there is an injury, in order to cure it.
Inhaler (n.)
A small device you use to breath in a particular medicine
Prohibit (v.)
To officially forbid (= refuse to allow) something
Therapy (n.)
A treatment which helps someone feel better especially after an illness
Adhere (v.)
To stick firmly
Manufacture (v.)
To produce goods in large amounts, usually in a factory using machines
Wards (n.)
Parts or large rooms into which a hospital is divided, usually with beds for patients
Undertake (v.)
To do or begin to do something, especially tht will take a long time or be difficult
Databases (n.)
A large amount of information stored in a computer system in such a way that it can be easily looked or changed
Evaluate (v.)
To judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount of value of something
Compare (v.)
To examine or look for the difference between two of more things
Intravenous (adj.)
Inter or connected to vein; intravenous feeding/fluids
Sterile (adj.)
Completely clean and free from dirt and bacteria
Emerge (v.)
To appear
