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ENGLISH IN MEDICINE
REVIEW
trigger | Intense sunlight may be a _____ to skin cancer. (sth that is the cause of a particular reaction or development, esp. a bad one) |
severity | We didn't realize the _____ of her illness. (the fact or condition of sth being extremely bad or serious; mức độ nghiêm trọng) |
constancy | a noun for CONSTANT (the quality of staying the same and not changing) |
accurate | The test results are _____ in 99% of cases. (correct in every detail; exact) |
give | When we get the results of your blood tests, I should be able to _____ you a clear diagnosis. |
patient | The _____ has a severe heart condition. (a person who is receiving medical treatment, especially in a hospital) |
records | Who has your medical _____? (descriptions of sth that are written on paper or stored on computers so that they can be looked at and used in the future) |
provide | Paramedics are trained to _____ treatment to patients. (≈ give) |
monitor | Nurses constantly _____ the patients' condition. (≈ theo dõi) |
receive | Two boys _____ treatment for leg wounds. |
mainly | The disease _____ affects older people. (in most cases) |
occupation | Please fill in your name, age, and _____. (job) |
general practitioner | I've got an appointment with my __ __ at five o'clock. (GP) |
complains of | c/o stands for __ __. This is often used when describing a patient's symptoms. |
admission | This was my third _____ to hospital in a year. (the act or process of accepting someone as a patient at a hospital; sự nhập viện) |
get | Where do you _____ the pain? (hint: 3 letters) |
spread | Does the pain _____ anywhere else? ≈ Cơn đau có lan đi đâu nữa không? |
wake | Does it _____ you up at night? (make somebody stop sleeping) |
like | Can you tell me what the pain is _____? |
describe | Can you _____ the pain for me? (≈ mô tả, diễn tả) |
long | How _____ have you had the pain? (hint: duration) |
makes | Is there anything which _____ it worse/better? (≈ khiến, làm cho) |
start | When did it _____? (begin) |
on | Is there anything which brings it _____? (hint: cause; make sth develop, usually sth unpleasant) |
constant | Is the pain _____? (hint: adjective; happening all the time or repeatedly; liên tục, không dứt) |
before | Have you had the pain _____? (in the past) |
duration | The doctor will ask you about the _____ and frequency of your headaches. (the length of time that sth lasts or continues) |
onset | Consult the doctor if there is a sudden _____ of fever. (the beginning of sth, esp. sth unpleasant) |
triggers | Research has shown that lack of sleep or other _____ such as stress cause a deficiency of dopamine. (an event, situation, etc. that causes the start of sth, esp. sth bad) |
radiation | a proceeding outward from a common center; hướng lan |
exacerbation | Stress is a factor in _____ of other illnesses. (the act of making sth worse, esp. a disease or problem) |
alleviation | Acupuncture might help with the _____ of headaches. (the act of making sth less severe) |
episode | I had an _____ of severe chest pain. (a period of time during which sb is affected by a particular illness or a particular stage of a longer illness) |
radiated | The pain started in my tummy and _____ all over my body. (spread) |
brought | What's _____ you here? (hint: past tense) |
throbbing | My wrist is _____ since I fell in the street. (experiencing pain that happens over and over again) |
bothering | Can you tell me what seems to be _____ you? (causing sb trouble or pain) |
tender | It feels a bit _____ just here on my right side. (painful when you touch it) |
back | Keep your head up and your _____ straight. (the part of the body between the neck and legs, on the opposite side to the stomach and chest) |
squeezing | I feel as if there's a tight band _____ around my head. (pressing sth firmly together; bóp, siết, nén) |
knife | Be careful with that _____ or you'll cut yourself! (dao) |
up and down | I've got this sharp pain __ __ __ my leg. (moving in one direction and then in the opposite direction, esp. repeatedly) |
soft | Sleeping on a bed that is too _____ can be bad for your back. (not hard or firm) |
soap | Clean the wound with mild antibacterial _____. (a substance used for washing the body or other things; xà phòng) |
sharp | I have this _____ pain in my chest, doctor. (describing quick, strong pain that makes you feel like you have been cut) |
shape | You can recognize a tree by the _____ of its leaves. (the form that something has; hình dạng) |
shape | She runs six miles every day to help keep herself in _____. (state of health or physical fitness; vóc dáng) |
as if | She looked __ __ she'd had some bad news. (used to describe how a situation seems to be; như thể, giống như là) |
hiding | When I first got my diagnosis, I felt like _____ in a corner and never coming out again. (hint: going somewhere where you hope you will not be seen or found; trốn; feel like = want to do sth) |
tight | Make sure the door is shut _____ (= completely closed) before you leave. (firmly or closely; chặt, kín) |
crushing | I’ve got this _____ pain right here in my chest. (hint: squeezing or excessively compressing; commonly used to describe chest pain; cảm giác bị chèn ép, nghiền nát) |
chief complaint | What's your __ __? (a concise statement describing the symptom, problem, condition, diagnosis, physician-recommended return, or other reason for a medical encounter; lý do nhập viện, lý do đến khám) |
troubling | What's _____ you? ((of a medical problem) causing pain) |
navel | From her _____ to the base of her spine she had been ripped apart. (belly button, clinically known as the umbilicus) |
tummy | My 11-year-old son is always complaining his _____ hurts. (hint: the stomach or the area around the stomach; clinically known as the abdomen; used esp. by children or when speaking to children) |
bones | The child was so thin that you could see her _____. (the hard parts inside a human or animal that make up its frame; xương) |
intestines | Antibodies from the mother's milk line the baby's _____ and prevent infection. (a long tube through which food travels from the stomach to the small intestine and from there to the large intestine and out of the body; commonly known as the bowels) |