whir
to make a low, steady sound like a small machine or insect
Episode vocabulary
The Good Doctor S5E4: English vocabulary
Season 5, Episode 4Drama
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retch
to make the sound and movement of vomiting, without necessarily bringing anything up
oxygenate
to add oxygen to something or make it contain more oxygen
distend
to swell, or make something swell, because of pressure from inside
coddle
to treat someone with too much care or protection
sutured
closed with stitches
florid
having a red, healthy-looking face or skin
perforate
to make a hole or holes in something
bronchial
relating to the bronchi, the tubes that carry air into the lungs
sniffle
to breathe in and out through your nose in short, quiet sounds
sputter
to make a series of short, soft explosive sounds
enshrine
to protect or preserve something as important or sacred
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excision
the act of cutting something out and removing it
cartilaginous
relating to cartilage
worser
an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse
indistinctly
in a way that is not clear or easy to hear, see, or understand
perforation
a row of small holes made so something can be torn easily
carburetor
a device in an engine that mixes air and fuel before they burn
scoff
to show that you think something is silly or not worth taking seriously
latching
the act of fastening something with a latch
visceral
strong and instinctive, rather than calm or logical
segmented
to divide something into separate parts or sections
twittering
the soft, repeated sound birds make
cancerous
affected by cancer, or made of cancer cells