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The Good Doctor S4E20: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 20Drama

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  • posteriors

    Word

    the buttocks; the back part of the body where you sit

  • friable

    Word

    easily broken into small pieces or powdery bits

  • gallstone

    Word

    a small, hard stone that forms in the gallbladder and can cause pain

  • pulsation

    Word

    a regular throbbing or vibrating movement

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • incarcerate

    Word

    to put someone in prison

  • bottomed

    Word

    having a specified kind of bottom or base.

  • downtrodden

    Word

    treated very badly and without power or hope

  • meshed

    Word

    joined so that the parts fit together and move smoothly

  • clotted

    Word

    thickened into a solid mass or lumps

  • grafting

    Word

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

  • pliable

    Word

    easy to bend or shape

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  • fascia

    Word

    a layer of tough tissue that surrounds and supports muscles and organs

  • subcutaneous

    Word

    located under the skin

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • castilian

    Word

    relating to Castile in Spain or its people

  • femoral

    Word

    relating to the thigh bone or the upper part of the leg

  • incise

    Word

    to cut into a surface or make a cut in something, especially in surgery

  • laceration

    Word

    a deep cut or tear in the skin

  • poach

    Word

    to cook food, especially an egg, in hot water without the shell

  • devastate

    Word

    to destroy something badly or cause it to fail completely

  • lactose

    Word

    a sugar found in milk

  • scalpel

    Word

    a small sharp knife used by doctors in surgery

  • fissure

    Word

    a long, narrow crack or opening in rock, earth, or another surface

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  • perceptive

    Word

    good at noticing and understanding things quickly

  • inflow

    Word

    the movement of something into a place or system

  • immobile

    Word

    not moving; still

  • irregularly

    Word

    in a way that is not regular or not at fixed times

  • hernia

    Word

    a medical condition in which an organ pushes through a weak place in the muscle or tissue around it

  • sinus

    Word

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

  • bastion

    Word

    something that strongly supports or protects an idea, group, or place

  • bile

    Word

    a bitter fluid made by the liver that helps digest fat

  • retraction

    Word

    the act of taking back a statement, claim, or promise

  • fleeting

    Word

    lasting only a very short time

  • dissection

    Word

    the act of cutting open a body or plant to study its parts

  • stabling

    Word

    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • joyous

    Word

    full of joy; very happy and cheerful

  • graft

    Word

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

  • incision

    Word

    a small cut made in the body, usually during an operation

  • posterior

    Word

    located at the back or rear of something

  • oblique

    Word

    slanting or not at a right angle

  • jerking

    Word

    making quick, sharp movements

  • ulcer

    Word

    a painful open sore on the skin or inside the body

  • ventilator

    Word

    a machine that helps a patient breathe

  • inched

    Word

    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • sheath

    Word

    a close-fitting cover for a knife, sword, or similar object

  • congratulation

    Word

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

  • kick butt

    Phrase

    to be very good or impressive

  • lesion

    Word

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

  • statistically

    Word

    using statistics or based on statistical data

  • save it

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop talking or stop making excuses

  • palate

    Word

    the roof of the mouth inside your mouth

  • potting

    Word

    the act of putting a plant into a pot or container

  • mobilize

    Word

    to organize people or resources for a purpose

  • can wait

    Phrase

    a sarcastic way of saying someone does not have to wait

  • blood in

    Phrase

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

  • sac

    Word

    a small pouch or sac-like bag

  • mesh

    Word

    a piece of material made of threads, wire, or plastic with many small holes

  • fling

    Word

    to throw something with a lot of force

  • revise

    Word

    to change something after thinking about it again or getting new information

  • morphine

    Word

    a strong pain-relieving medicine used in hospitals

  • cramp

    Word

    a sudden painful tightening of a muscle

  • bowel

    Word

    the intestines

  • titanium

    Word

    a strong, light metal used in aircraft, tools, and medical implants

  • fighting chance

    Phrase

    a small but real chance of success in a difficult situation

  • lobe

    Word

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

  • dishonest

    Word

    not honest; likely to lie, cheat, or trick people

  • orbital

    Word

    relating to the path of an object as it moves around a planet, star, or moon

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • residency

    Word

    the fact of living in a place, or the place where you live

  • about time

    Phrase

    used to say that something should have happened earlier

  • settle on

    Phrase

    to choose something after thinking about different options

  • soft tissue

    Phrase

    the soft parts of the body, such as muscles and fat, rather than bones or teeth

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • take it away

    Phrase

    a cheerful way to tell someone to start speaking or performing

  • bottom out

    Phrase

    to reach the lowest point, especially after a decline

  • inflammation

    Word

    swelling, redness, heat, and pain in part of the body, often caused by injury or infection

  • turn out

    Phrase

    to be found to be true, real, or the case

  • clamp

    Word

    a device used to hold two things tightly together

  • riches

    Word

    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • work in

    Phrase

    to find time or space for something in a busy schedule or limited place

  • wind up

    Phrase

    to end up in a particular place, situation, or state

  • come around

    Phrase

    to change your opinion and start agreeing with someone

  • flushing

    Word

    the act of becoming red in the face or skin

  • winding

    Word

    having many bends or turns

  • ana

    Word

    a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular subject, person, place, or thing.

  • bridging

    Word

    the act of building a bridge

  • overwhelm

    Word

    to affect someone so strongly that they cannot think clearly or deal with things well

  • lowering

    Word

    the act of making something lower or of becoming lower

  • minimize

    Word

    to reduce something as much as possible

  • waltz

    Word

    a dance for two people in 3/4 time, or the music for it

  • cavity

    Word

    an empty space inside something solid

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • take over

    Phrase

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

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • dedicate

    Word

    to give your time, energy, or effort to a task or purpose

  • liability

    Word

    a legal responsibility for something, especially for damage or loss

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