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Grey's Anatomy S17E3: English vocabulary

Season 17, Episode 3Drama

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  • friable

    Word

    easily broken into small pieces or powdery bits

  • doff

    Word

    to take off a hat or piece of clothing

  • forme

    Word

    the shape or outline of something

  • excision

    Word

    the act of cutting something out and removing it

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • clotted

    Word

    thickened into a solid mass or lumps

  • grafting

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    the process of joining parts of two plants so they grow as one

  • foxed

    Word

    stained or discolored with brown spots, especially from age or dampness

  • resuscitate

    Word

    to bring someone back to consciousness or life, especially by medical treatment

  • therapeutics

    Word

    the study of how medicines and other treatments help treat disease

  • chagrin

    Word

    a feeling of disappointment or embarrassment after a failure or mistake

  • welcomer

    Word

    a person whose job or role is to welcome and help guests or newcomers

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  • graciously

    Word

    in a kind, polite, and pleasant way

  • symptomatic

    Word

    showing symptoms of a disease or condition

  • capillary

    Word

    a very small blood vessel that carries blood between arteries and veins

  • inefficiency

    Word

    the fact of not being efficient or not using time, money, or effort well

  • scoot

    Word

    to move or go somewhere quickly, often in a playful or casual way

  • fragmented

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    broken into small parts or pieces

  • disillusion

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    to make someone stop believing something is true or good

  • placenta

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    an organ in a pregnant woman or female mammal that gives the baby oxygen and food before birth

  • riveting

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    very interesting and impossible to ignore

  • numbness

    Word

    a lack of feeling in part of the body

  • dialysis

    Word

    a medical treatment that removes waste from the blood when the kidneys cannot do it properly

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

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  • muting

    Word

    the act of making a sound or device silent

  • regimen

    Word

    a planned course of treatment, diet, or exercise for health

  • terrify

    Word

    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • evener

    Word

    something that makes a surface, line, or shape even or level

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • displace

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    to take the place of something or someone

  • supplemental

    Word

    added to something to make it more complete or useful

  • umbilical

    Word

    relating to the navel or the umbilical cord

  • graft

    Word

    a piece of a plant that is joined to another plant so they grow together

  • inflammatory

    Word

    likely to make people angry or cause trouble

  • lapping

    Word

    moving gently against something with a soft, light sound

  • grit

    Word

    courage and determination to keep going in a difficult situation

  • clot

    Word

    a thick mass of blood or another liquid that has become partly solid

  • vibrate

    Word

    to move quickly and repeatedly from side to side

  • congratulation

    Word

    an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's success or good luck

  • harvesting

    Word

    the act of gathering a crop from the fields

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

    used to ask what something really means or is, especially in British English

  • shadowing

    Word

    the practice of learning a job by following and watching an experienced worker

  • vascular

    Word

    relating to blood vessels

  • morgue

    Word

    a place where dead bodies are kept until they are identified or examined

  • suction

    Word

    the act of drawing air or liquid in by creating a partial vacuum

  • despairing

    Word

    feeling or showing that you have lost all hope

  • sanded

    Word

    smoothed by rubbing with sandpaper

  • plugging

    Word

    the act of sealing a hole or gap

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • calculating

    Word

    carefully planning what to do in a way that is often selfish or dishonest

  • fives

    Word

    a game in which a player or side must reach five points before the other side does

  • tracker

    Word

    a device or app that helps you find or follow the location of someone or something

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • uterus

    Word

    the organ in a woman's body where a baby grows before birth

  • caption

    Word

    a short text that explains a picture or photo

  • sac

    Word

    a small pouch or sac-like bag

  • therapeutic

    Word

    relating to the treatment of illness or injury

  • villager

    Word

    a person who lives in a village

  • tracing

    Word

    the act of following or marking the path or position of something

  • scrubbed

    Word

    cleaned thoroughly by rubbing

  • excite

    Word

    to make someone feel excited and eager

  • lobe

    Word

    the rounded part of something, especially one of the sections of a brain or the lower part of the ear

  • fetus

    Word

    an unborn baby in the later stages of development

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • no place

    Phrase

    used to say that something does not belong in a place or situation

  • abdominal

    Word

    relating to the abdomen or stomach area

  • nasal

    Word

    of or relating to the nose

  • on the case

    Phrase

    actively dealing with something or working on it

  • ring in

    Phrase

    to celebrate the start of something, especially a new year or season

  • blood bank

    Phrase

    a place where donated blood is collected, tested, and stored for later use

  • pregnancy test

    Phrase

    a test used to find out whether someone is pregnant

  • blood clot

    Phrase

    a solid mass of blood that forms inside a blood vessel

  • Thanksgiving Day

    Phrase

    a holiday in the US and Canada for giving thanks and sharing a big meal

  • foot traffic

    Phrase

    the number of people passing by or visiting a place, especially a shop or business

  • indistinct

    Word

    not clear, sharp, or easy to see or hear

  • directive

    Word

    an official instruction or order

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • credible

    Word

    able to be trusted or believed

  • tequila

    Word

    a strong alcoholic drink made from agave, originally from Mexico

  • carry on

    Phrase

    to take a bag or other item onto an airplane with you instead of checking it

  • walk on

    Phrase

    to come onto the stage in a performance

  • imperative

    Word

    extremely important or necessary

  • hacker

    Word

    a person who breaks into computer systems or networks

  • clamp

    Word

    a device used to hold two things tightly together

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • turn on

    Phrase

    to depend on something; to be decided by something

  • pant

    Word

    to breathe quickly and loudly, usually because you are tired or hot

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • check up on

    Phrase

    to visit or contact someone to see how they are doing

  • keep up

    Phrase

    to stay informed about something or to stay at the same speed or level as others

  • respiratory

    Word

    relating to breathing or the organs used for breathing

  • winding

    Word

    having many bends or turns

  • walk through

    Phrase

    to explain something to someone in a clear, step-by-step way

  • get over

    Phrase

    to recover from an illness, shock, or painful experience

  • split up

    Phrase

    to end a romantic relationship

  • nonexistent

    Word

    not real or not existing; absent

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • get through

    Phrase

    to manage to deal with or survive something difficult

  • take over

    Phrase

    to take control of something or start doing a job that someone else was doing

  • smoothly

    Word

    in a way that is easy and without problems

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