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The Good Doctor S6E21: English vocabulary

Season 6, Episode 21Drama

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  • underpay

    Word

    to pay someone less than they should be paid

  • estrange

    Word

    to make people less close or friendly

  • cauterize

    Word

    to burn a wound with heat to stop bleeding

  • relapsing

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    happening again after a period of improvement

  • sutured

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    closed with stitches

  • teething

    Word

    the process of a baby's teeth coming through the gums

  • swaddle

    Word

    to wrap a baby snugly in a blanket or cloth

  • lacerate

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    to tear or cut deeply

  • backstop

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    something that acts as a barrier or support behind something else

  • overstay

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    to stay longer than you are allowed or longer than you planned

  • operable

    Word

    able to be used or made to work

  • palliative

    Word

    something that eases pain or makes a difficult situation less severe, without fixing the cause

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  • grafting

    Word

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

  • ratting

    Word

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • overrule

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    to use your authority to change or reject a decision

  • lumbar

    Word

    relating to the lower back

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • muscling

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    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • reshape

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    to change the shape of something

  • muddle

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    to make something confused or untidy

  • ethereal

    Word

    very light, delicate, and beautiful in a way that seems almost unreal

  • indeterminate

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    not clearly known, fixed, or defined

  • glassy

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    looking like glass, especially because it is smooth, shiny, or clear

  • transplantation

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    the medical operation of moving an organ, tissue, or cells from one body to another

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  • fussy

    Word

    hard to please or easily annoyed

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • sinus

    Word

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

  • locket

    Word

    a small decorative case worn on a chain around the neck, often holding a photo or keepsake

  • impair

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    to make something weaker, less effective, or less clear

  • temps

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    short for a temporary worker

  • optics

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    the scientific study of light and how it behaves

  • terrify

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    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • clipping

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    a small piece cut off something

  • suture

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    a stitch used to close a wound or surgical cut

  • stitching

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    the sewing of stitches, especially as a visible part of a garment

  • evener

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

  • persuasive

    Word

    able to persuade people to do or believe something

  • relapse

    Word

    a return of a disease or bad habit after a period of improvement

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • preferable

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    better or more suitable than something else

  • graft

    Word

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

  • transfusion

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    the process of putting blood into someone's body through a vein

  • thump

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    to hit something with a dull, heavy sound

  • incision

    Word

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

  • stroking

    Word

    the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

  • impairment

    Word

    a condition in which a body part, ability, or function is damaged or weaker than normal

  • yay

    Word

    used to show happiness, excitement, or approval

  • medically

    Word

    in a way that relates to medicine or medical treatment

  • solvent

    Word

    a liquid used to dissolve another substance

  • coasting

    Word

    the act of moving along without using power

  • whew

    Word

    used to show relief, surprise, or tiredness

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • inhibitor

    Word

    a person or thing that slows or stops a process

  • breaded

    Word

    covered with breadcrumbs or a similar coating before cooking

  • the good doctor

    Phrase

    a respectful way to refer to a doctor

  • cram

    Word

    to fill something too full by pushing things in

  • vascular

    Word

    relating to blood vessels

  • malignant

    Word

    describing a disease or tumor that is likely to spread and can cause death

  • stop the bleeding

    Phrase

    to stop a bad situation from getting worse

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • go there

    Phrase

    used to say something that is bold, rude, or about a taboo topic

  • front on

    Phrase

    to rob someone or threaten them, especially in slang

  • flawless

    Word

    without any mistakes or imperfections

  • toxicity

    Word

    the quality of being poisonous or harmful

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • head on

    Phrase

    directly, without turning or avoiding anything

  • fives

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

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • anterior

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    located at the front of something

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • head up

    Phrase

    to lead a group, team, or project

  • responsive

    Word

    quick to react or answer

  • cognitive

    Word

    relating to thinking, learning, memory, and understanding

  • frontal

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    relating to the front part of something

  • optic

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    relating to the eyes or vision

  • primate

    Word

    a mammal in the group that includes monkeys, apes, and humans

  • optic nerve

    Phrase

    the nerve that carries visual signals from the eye to the brain

  • superficial

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    not deep or detailed enough

  • lob

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    to throw or hit something in a high arc

  • litigation

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    the process of taking a legal case to court

  • compress

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    to press something so that it becomes smaller, flatter, or tighter

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • finite

    Word

    having a limit; not endless

  • see things

    Phrase

    to think you are seeing something that is not really there

  • do the work

    Phrase

    to do the difficult or necessary work needed to make a change or solve a problem

  • 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

  • follow up

    Phrase

    to contact someone again after an earlier conversation, meeting, or message

  • exclusively

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    only; used to show that something includes no one or nothing else

  • justification

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    a reason or explanation that shows something is right or acceptable

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • feeder

    Word

    something that supplies food, water, or other resources

  • marrow

    Word

    the soft material inside bones that makes blood cells

  • operating room

    Phrase

    a hospital room where surgery is performed

  • brain surgery

    Phrase

    a serious operation on the brain

  • drill bit

    Phrase

    the cutting part of a drill

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • right out

    Phrase

    in a blunt or direct way

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