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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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pump | v: to cause water, air, gas, etc. to move from one place to another by using mechanical equipment; to get or supply something such as money, information, etc. in significant quantities | |
severely | adv: very badly or seriously | |
dam | n: a wall constructed over a river to block the flow of water, mainly used to generate energy | |
replace | v: to take the place of something | |
transplant | v: to move or transfer something from one place or person to another; to take living tissue or an organ from one person, animal, part of the body, etc. and put it into or onto another | |
intricate | adj: having many different parts and small details that all work together | |
procedure | n: a way of doing something, especially the official or well-known way | |
recipient | n: a person who receives something | |
identify | v: to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are | |
immunocompromised | adj: unable to develop a normal immune response (= the reaction for fighting infections) | |
compromise | v: to settle a problem or disagreement by mutual concession | |
survival | n: the state of continuing to exist or live, frequently in the face of difficulty or danger | |
eligible | adj: having the required qualities or satisfying the necessary criteria | |
donor | n: a person or an organization that makes a gift of money, food, supplies, etc. to a cause or fund; in medicine, a person who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person | |
comatose | adj: relating to, associated with, or in a coma (= a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness) | |
resuscitate | v: to make someone or something active or vigorous again; | |
consent | n: permission or agreement to do something, especially given by somebody in authority | |
surgeon | n: a doctor who is trained to perform medical operations that involve cutting open a person’s body | |
immune | adj: protected against a particular disease or toxin due to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells | |
antigen | n: a substance that triggers the body’s immune response (= the reaction for fighting infections) for defending the body, especially by producing antibodies (= proteins that identify and attack harmful bacteria, viruses, etc.) | |
surgery | n: medical treatment of injuries or diseases involving an incision with instruments and often removing or replacing some parts of the body; the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures | |
confirm | v: to support or establish the truth or certainty of something previously believed or suspected to be the case | |
immerse | v: to become fully involved in a particular activity; to dip or submerge in a liquid, especially so that they or it are entirely covered | |
slush | n: partially melted snow or ice that is usually lying on the ground and dirty; dirty and injustice | |
inject | v: to put a liquid such as a drug or other substance into a person’s or an animal’s body using a needle and syringe (= small tube) | |
induce | v: to persuade someone to do something; to cause to act in a specific manner | |
cardiac | adj: of or relating to the heart or heart disease | |
arrest | v: to take into custody | |
treatment | n: the way in which someone deals with or behaves towards someone or something; medical care provided to a patient for an injury or illness. | |
saline | adj: containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts | |
preservation | n: the act of keeping something in its original state or of preventing it from being damaged | |
disconnect | v: to unfasten or disjoin something, especially to break the connection between a supply of gas, water, or electricity and a piece of equipment | |
oxygen | n: the chemical element with the symbol O that is present in air and water and is necessary for people, animals, and plants to live | |
viable | adj: capable of being done as intended; able to succeed | |
anesthesia | n: a state of controlled, temporary loss of bodily sensation or awareness that is induced for medical purposes | |
incision | n: a sharp cut made in something with a sharp tool, especially during a medical procedure | |
breastbone | n: a long flat bone located in the central part of the chest that connects to the ribs | |
separate | v: to force, take, or pull apart; mark as different | |
rib | n: each of a series of curved bones that are connected to the spine and surround the chest; (adjective) subject to laughter or ridicule | |
cage | n: a structure made of metal bars or wire in which birds or animals can be kept | |
expose | v: to show something by uncovering it; to make something accessible to some action or influence | |
cardiopulmonary | adj: relating to the heart and lungs, and their functions | |
bypass | n: an alternative road, channel, pipe, or connection that allows flow while the main one is closed or obstructed; (verb) to go past or round | |
circulatory | adj: relating to the system that moves blood through the body, which includes the heart, arteries, and veins | |
sew | v: to join, fasten, or repair two pieces of something by putting the thread through them with a needle | |
incredibly | adv: in a way that is very difficult to believe; exceedingly or extremely | |
precise | adj: sharply exact or accurate or delimited | |
vessel | n: a ship or large boat | |
artery | n: one of the thick tubes in humans and most other animals that takes blood away from the heart to one or more parts of the body such as tissues, lungs, brain, etc. | |
attach | v: to fasten, join, or connect one thing to another | |
leak | v: to allow liquid or gas to get in or out from a hole or crack in a pipe or container | |
scar | n: a mark that remains on the skin after a wound has healed | |
tissue | n: an ensemble of similar cells of the animal or plant that together carry out a specific function | |
aorta | n: the main and largest artery (= thick tube that carries blood from the heart to the body) in the human body originating from the heart | |
monitor | v: to observe, check, and track the progress or quality of something over a period of time | |
nervous | adj: worried and anxious about something; relating to the nerves | |
innervate | v: to supply an organ or part of the body with nerves; to stimulate action | |
stroke | n: a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death; the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club, racket, etc. | |
rejection | n: the act of refusing to accept, use, or consider someone or something; in medicine, an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign | |
infection | n: a condition in which pathogenic microorganisms or viruses have entered the body | |
constant | adj: happening repeatedly or all the time | |
balance | n: a condition in which everything has the same weight or force; something left after other parts have been taken away | |
survive | v: to live or exist despite a dangerous event or period | |
lifesaving | n: the act or process of rescuing someone else’s life, especially from drowning | |
unfortunately | adv: by bad luck; unluckily | |
Don | n: a Spanish gentleman; a university lecturer, especially a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge | |
regulatory | adj: having the power to control or restrict something such as business or industry according to rules or principles |