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Grey's Anatomy S21E3: English vocabulary

Season 21, Episode 3Drama

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  • miscount

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    to count something incorrectly

  • mistrustful

    Word

    not trusting people easily; suspicious of others

  • sutured

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    closed with stitches

  • octogenarian

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    a person who is 80 to 89 years old

  • hemorrhoids

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    swollen veins in the anus or rectum that can cause pain, itching, or bleeding

  • unnerve

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    to make someone feel nervous, worried, or less confident

  • pinking

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    to cut the edge of fabric with pinking shears

  • worser

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    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • clotted

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    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

  • ratting

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    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • nepotism

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    the practice of giving jobs or advantages to relatives or friends because of your position, not because they are the best choice

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  • sterilize

    Word

    to make something free of all harmful germs

  • saintly

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    showing very good, kind, or moral behavior

  • scalping

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    the illegal buying of tickets and reselling them for a much higher price

  • outlive

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    to live longer than someone or something

  • esophagus

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    the tube that food goes through from the throat to the stomach

  • thoracic

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    relating to the chest area

  • fascinate

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    to attract and hold someone's attention or interest strongly

  • paralyze

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    to make a person or part of the body unable to move

  • shunt

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    to move a train or rail vehicle from one track to another

  • septic

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    infected with bacteria, especially causing pus or decay

  • understatement

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    the act of making something seem less important or less serious than it really is

  • sponging

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    clean something with a sponge

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  • forgo

    Word

    to choose not to do or have something

  • drape

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    to hang or place something loosely over something else

  • tingle

    Word

    to feel a slight prickling or stinging sensation

  • numbness

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    a lack of feeling in part of the body

  • dialysis

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

  • vitals

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    the main body functions that doctors check, such as pulse and breathing

  • toughness

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    the quality of being strong and able to handle difficult conditions

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • sinus

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    one of the air-filled spaces in the bones around the nose and eyes

  • expedite

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    to make a process or task happen faster

  • terrify

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    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • couched

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    to express something in a particular way

  • lovable

    Word

    easy to love because of pleasant or attractive qualities

  • suture

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    a stitch used to close a wound or surgical cut

  • diaphragm

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    the muscle below the lungs that helps you breathe

  • evener

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

  • periphery

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    the outer edge of something, or the area farthest from the center

  • boning

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    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • punctured

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    damaged by a sharp object that has made a hole in it

  • graft

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

  • smother

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    to stop someone from breathing by covering their nose and mouth

  • hepatitis

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    a disease that causes inflammation of the liver

  • blockage

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    a blockage that stops something from moving or flowing normally

  • canister

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    a container with a lid, used for storing dry goods or other materials

  • retrieval

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    the act of getting back something that was lost or stored

  • toothpick

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    a small pointed stick used for removing bits of food from between the teeth

  • lapping

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    moving gently against something with a soft, light sound

  • hemorrhage

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    a heavy loss of blood from a blood vessel

  • medically

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    in a way that relates to medicine or medical treatment

  • waiver

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    an official statement that you will not use a right or claim

  • clot

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

  • sedative

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    a drug that makes someone calm or sleepy

  • chops

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    the sides of the face below the eyes

  • tuba

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    a large brass instrument with a deep sound

  • ruptured

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    damaged so badly that it has split open or torn

  • pathology

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    the study of diseases and the changes they cause in the body

  • outburst

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    a sudden strong expression of emotion, especially anger

  • springing

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    moving with quick, light jumps

  • invasive

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    spreading quickly in a way that causes harm or is unwanted

  • lesion

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    an area of damaged tissue in the body caused by injury or disease

  • benign

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    not harmful or dangerous

  • lap chole

    Phrase

    an informal short form of laparoscopic cholecystectomy

  • divinity

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    the quality of being divine or godlike

  • suction

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

  • simulate

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    to copy the way something looks, sounds, or behaves

  • lac

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    a sticky resin used to make varnish or a wood finish

  • puncture

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    a small hole made by something sharp, especially in a tire

  • go outside

    Phrase

    a rude way of telling someone to stop arguing online and go out into the real world

  • stop the bleeding

    Phrase

    to stop a bad situation from getting worse

  • forthcoming

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    likely to happen soon or already planned

  • showroom

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    a room where products are shown to customers before they buy them

  • wildfire

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    a large fire in the wild that spreads quickly and is hard to control

  • swipe

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    to move a finger across a touch screen to make something happen

  • can wait

    Phrase

    a sarcastic way of saying someone does not have to wait

  • defense mechanism

    Phrase

    a way of thinking or behaving that helps someone avoid painful feelings or thoughts

  • irritate

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    make someone annoyed, impatient, or angry

  • rupture

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    a serious break in a relationship or situation

  • fives

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

  • vested

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    earned or officially guaranteed, so it cannot be taken away

  • discreet

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    careful about what you say or do, especially to keep something private

  • blood in

    Phrase

    to join a gang by doing a violent act as part of an initiation

  • tabling

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    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • casket

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    a small decorative box for jewelry, letters, or other valuables

  • surrogate

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    a person who acts or is used instead of another

  • rift

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    a deep crack or split in something

  • sob

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    to cry in a noisy way with short, broken breaths

  • line in

    Phrase

    to trace over a sketch or outline with a darker, more permanent line

  • nicking

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    stealing things, especially in a casual or sneaky way

  • embryo

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    a very early stage of a human or animal before birth or hatching

  • anesthesia

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    a drug-induced loss of feeling, or of feeling and consciousness, used during a medical procedure

  • chaplain

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    a religious official who works for a hospital, school, prison, military unit, or similar group

  • heron

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    a large bird with long legs and a long neck that catches fish in shallow water

  • presbyterian

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    relating to the Presbyterian Church

  • induce

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    to persuade or influence someone to do something

  • scrubbed

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    cleaned thoroughly by rubbing

  • sleeper

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    a sofa that can be turned into a bed

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