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The Good Doctor S2E15: English vocabulary

Season 2, Episode 15Drama

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  • sutured

    Word

    closed with stitches

  • rummy

    Word

    a card game in which players try to make sets and sequences of cards

  • forceps

    Word

    a surgical tool with two arms used for holding or gripping things

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • protrusion

    Word

    a part that sticks out from a surface

  • fashionably

    Word

    in a way that follows the latest fashion

  • infantile

    Word

    childish and immature

  • cinch

    Word

    something that is very easy to do

  • pimping

    Word

    the crime of controlling a prostitute and taking money from their work

  • obstetrician

    Word

    a doctor who specializes in pregnancy and childbirth

  • uterine

    Word

    relating to the uterus

  • abut

    Word

    to be next to something or share a boundary with it

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  • nitric

    Word

    relating to nitrogen or containing nitrogen, especially in a higher oxidation state

  • underscore

    Word

    to make something stand out or seem more important

  • segmented

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    to divide something into separate parts or sections

  • welcomer

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

  • femoral

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

  • incise

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

  • cancerous

    Word

    affected by cancer, or made of cancer cells

  • muscling

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    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • unbutton

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    to undo the buttons on a piece of clothing

  • ventricle

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    one of the two lower chambers of the heart that pump blood out of the heart

  • conduction

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    the way heat or electricity moves through a material without the material itself moving

  • devastate

    Word

    to destroy something badly or cause it to fail completely

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  • inaction

    Word

    the state of not doing anything, especially when action is needed

  • preventative

    Word

    intended to stop something before it happens

  • prenatal

    Word

    relating to the time before a baby is born

  • abnormality

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    a sign that something is not normal or expected

  • discriminating

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    able to notice small differences and make careful judgments

  • copped

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    to get something, especially in a casual or slightly sneaky way

  • corset

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    a tight piece of underwear worn to shape the waist and body

  • overpowering

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    so strong that it is unpleasant or hard to ignore

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • likable

    Word

    pleasant and easy to like

  • crabbing

    Word

    the activity of catching crabs

  • workable

    Word

    practical and likely to work

  • hernia

    Word

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

  • shortcoming

    Word

    a weakness or fault in someone or something

  • stopper

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    a person or thing that stops something

  • regimen

    Word

    a planned course of treatment, diet, or exercise for health

  • annals

    Word

    a written record of events, especially one kept year by year

  • tubing

    Word

    the activity of riding on an inflatable tube for fun, especially on water

  • solitaire

    Word

    a card game played by one person

  • suture

    Word

    a stitch used to close a wound or surgical cut

  • dissect

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    to cut open a body, plant, or animal in order to study its parts

  • stitching

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

  • stabling

    Word

    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • demeanor

    Word

    the way someone looks or behaves to other people

  • evener

    Word

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

  • brunch

    Word

    a late morning meal that combines breakfast and lunch

  • rebuke

    Word

    to criticize someone sharply and angrily

  • peppermint

    Word

    a plant with a strong, fresh smell and taste, used in food and drinks

  • umbilical

    Word

    relating to the navel or the umbilical cord

  • irreversible

    Word

    not able to be changed back to the way it was before

  • atrium

    Word

    a large open area inside a building, often with a glass roof

  • inflammatory

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    likely to make people angry or cause trouble

  • discriminate

    Word

    to notice or understand the difference between things

  • arterial

    Word

    relating to an artery

  • circumference

    Word

    the distance around a circle

  • obsess

    Word

    to fill someone's mind so much that they cannot think about much else

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • pelvis

    Word

    the large group of bones at the bottom of the spine, between the hips

  • geez

    Word

    used to show surprise, annoyance, or frustration

  • overalls

    Word

    a piece of clothing with trousers and a bib front, worn over a shirt for work or casual wear

  • predicament

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    a difficult or unpleasant situation

  • gradient

    Word

    the rate at which something changes from one level to another

  • ventilator

    Word

    a machine that helps a patient breathe

  • ruptured

    Word

    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

  • sheath

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

  • malnutrition

    Word

    a lack of proper food or nutrients that harms health

  • vascular

    Word

    relating to blood vessels

  • benign

    Word

    not harmful or dangerous

  • suction

    Word

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

  • malignant

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

  • mellow

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    pleasantly soft, smooth, and not harsh

  • humane

    Word

    kind and caring, especially toward people or animals who are suffering

  • plugging

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    the act of sealing a hole or gap

  • sizing

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    a process that makes cloth stiffer and stronger by coating it with a special substance

  • oxide

    Word

    a chemical compound made of oxygen and another element

  • fives

    Word

    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

  • pulmonary

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    relating to the lungs

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • layering

    Word

    the use of several layers, especially in clothing

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • inflict

    Word

    to cause someone to suffer something unpleasant or painful

  • induce

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    to persuade or influence someone to do something

  • bowel

    Word

    the intestines

  • scrubbed

    Word

    cleaned thoroughly by rubbing

  • endorse

    Word

    to publicly support a person, product, or idea

  • beat the odds

    Phrase

    to succeed even though it seemed unlikely

  • pooling

    Word

    the act of combining money, resources, or efforts for a shared purpose

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • longing

    Word

    a strong feeling of wanting something very much

  • macho

    Word

    showing a very strong, traditional idea of masculinity

  • what are the odds

    Phrase

    used to show surprise that something unlikely has happened

  • horribly

    Word

    to a very bad or unpleasant degree

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • intestine

    Word

    the long tube in your body that takes food from the stomach and absorbs nutrients

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