Unit 9 vocabulary Flashcards
tentative
uncertain
wary
careful and watchful
reckless
not thinking about the danger or possible bad effects of your actions
rash
do sth without considering what might happen
exasperate
cause anger , annoyance
aggravate
make worse
soothe
make sth calmer or less painful
placate
calm down sb
artificial respiration
a technique for helping sb breath again after their breathing stops
cardiac arrest
heart attack
intesive care
special unit of a hospital for very sick patients
invasive surgery
medical operarion which involves cutting or putting an instrument inyo a patient’s body
life expectancy
average length of time that a person or an animal is expected to live
local anesthetic
drug that stops feeling
mortality rate
death rate
organ transplant
surgical removal of an organ and it’s replacement with an organ taken from the body of another person
contagious
able to spread from one person to another
fatal
causing death
incurable
cannot be cured
prolonged
continuing for a long time
contain
prevent sth dangerous from spreading
intervention
involvement in a situation taken to improve it
contract
catch (a disease or an illness)
administer
give sb a medical treatment
vulnerable
able to be hurt
susceptible
having little resistance
deficient
lacking in sth necessary
consistency
quality of staying the same in different times
disclose
reveal
complacent
feeling satisfaction or lack of worry
competent
capable
seize
take by force
expend
pay , make use of
ratify
approve
bill
proposal for a new law
condone
treat bad behavior as acceptable , pardon
condemn
disapprove
debilitating
making sth mentally or physically weak
strain
type of disease
recurrent
happening again and again
