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The Good Doctor S5E4: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 4Drama

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  • whir

    Word

    to make a low, steady sound like a small machine or insect

  • retch

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    to make the sound and movement of vomiting, without necessarily bringing anything up

  • oxygenate

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    to add oxygen to something or make it contain more oxygen

  • distend

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    to swell, or make something swell, because of pressure from inside

  • coddle

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    to treat someone with too much care or protection

  • sutured

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    closed with stitches

  • florid

    Word

    having a red, healthy-looking face or skin

  • perforate

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    to make a hole or holes in something

  • bronchial

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    relating to the bronchi, the tubes that carry air into the lungs

  • sniffle

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    to breathe in and out through your nose in short, quiet sounds

  • sputter

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    to make a series of short, soft explosive sounds

  • enshrine

    Word

    to protect or preserve something as important or sacred

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  • excision

    Word

    the act of cutting something out and removing it

  • cartilaginous

    Word

    relating to cartilage

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • indistinctly

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    in a way that is not clear or easy to hear, see, or understand

  • perforation

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    a row of small holes made so something can be torn easily

  • carburetor

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    a device in an engine that mixes air and fuel before they burn

  • scoff

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    to show that you think something is silly or not worth taking seriously

  • latching

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    the act of fastening something with a latch

  • visceral

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    strong and instinctive, rather than calm or logical

  • segmented

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    to divide something into separate parts or sections

  • twittering

    Word

    the soft, repeated sound birds make

  • cancerous

    Word

    affected by cancer, or made of cancer cells

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  • muscling

    Word

    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • damper

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    something that reduces or spoils the enjoyment of a situation

  • clank

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    to make a sharp, hard metallic sound

  • overestimate

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    to think or say that something is bigger, better, or more important than it really is

  • rustle

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    to make a soft, dry sound like leaves or paper moving

  • buckling

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    the bending or curving of something under pressure

  • perforated

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    having small holes made through it

  • jingling

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    making a light, clear ringing sound

  • clink

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    to make a light, sharp ringing sound

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • shortness

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    the quality of being short in length, time, or amount

  • bookkeeper

    Word

    a person whose job is to keep a business's financial records

  • atonement

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    something done to make up for a wrong or harm

  • exhale

    Word

    to breathe air out of your lungs

  • infusion

    Word

    a liquid made by soaking herbs, fruit, or other plant material in water

  • resourceful

    Word

    good at finding quick and clever ways to solve problems

  • saturation

    Word

    the point at which nothing more can be added or absorbed

  • realistically

    Word

    in a sensible way that is based on what is actually possible

  • suture

    Word

    a stitch used to close a wound or surgical cut

  • aversion

    Word

    a strong feeling of dislike or avoidance

  • patronize

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    to treat someone as if you are better or more important than them

  • evener

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

  • inhale

    Word

    to breathe air, smoke, or gas into your lungs

  • intestinal

    Word

    relating to the intestines

  • stutter

    Word

    to speak with repeated sounds or pauses because of a speech difficulty

  • inflammatory

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    likely to make people angry or cause trouble

  • stapler

    Word

    a small device used for fastening sheets of paper together with staples

  • mutter

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    to speak quietly and unclearly, often because you are annoyed or upset

  • pediatric

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    relating to the medical care of children

  • nodding

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    slightly moving the head up and down, usually to show agreement or acknowledgment

  • retrieval

    Word

    the act of getting back something that was lost or stored

  • groan

    Word

    to make a deep sound because of pain, sadness, or tiredness

  • ambiguity

    Word

    the fact that something can be understood in more than one way

  • outflow

    Word

    the movement of something flowing out of a place or container

  • ventilator

    Word

    a machine that helps a patient breathe

  • invert

    Word

    to turn something into the opposite position, order, or arrangement

  • pathology

    Word

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

  • focal

    Word

    relating to the main point or center of something

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • inhibitor

    Word

    a person or thing that slows or stops a process

  • power of attorney

    Phrase

    the legal right to act for someone else, especially in financial or legal matters

  • spirituality

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    a belief in or interest in spiritual things, rather than only material ones

  • lesion

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

  • suction

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

  • butting

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    to hit or push with the head or horns

  • revisit

    Word

    to go back to a place, topic, or situation and deal with it again

  • have no right

    Phrase

    to have no moral or legal permission to do something

  • internal medicine

    Phrase

    the branch of medicine that treats diseases of the internal organs without surgery

  • case report

    Phrase

    a short written report about a medical patient, especially one with an unusual condition or treatment

  • see into

    Phrase

    to find out the truth about something by investigating it

  • proxy

    Word

    the authority to act or vote for someone else

  • fives

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

  • tracker

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

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • pulmonary

    Word

    relating to the lungs

  • tenderness

    Word

    gentle kindness or affection

  • fall in

    Phrase

    to move into position in a line or formation, especially in the military

  • sob

    Word

    to cry in a noisy way with short, broken breaths

  • keep in

    Phrase

    to keep a student at school after class as a punishment

  • cognitive

    Word

    relating to thinking, learning, memory, and understanding

  • alleviate

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    to make pain, worry, or a problem less severe

  • drastic

    Word

    very sudden and extreme, with a strong effect

  • genetically

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    in a way that relates to genes or genetics

  • revise

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

  • bowel

    Word

    the intestines

  • scrubbed

    Word

    cleaned thoroughly by rubbing

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • living will

    Phrase

    a legal document that says what medical treatment you want if you become too ill to decide for yourself

  • conflicting

    Word

    not agreeing with something else; contradictory

  • that's a good one

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not believable

  • irrational

    Word

    not based on clear thought or good judgment

  • lobe

    Word

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

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • latch

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    a simple device for fastening a door or gate

  • smoothing

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    the process of making a surface or material smooth

  • time being

    Phrase

    for now; until something changes

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