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Grey's Anatomy S17E12: English vocabulary

Season 17, Episode 12Drama

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  • eviscerate

    Word

    to remove the organs from a body

  • sutured

    Word

    closed with stitches

  • encase

    Word

    to cover or enclose something completely

  • sweepings

    Word

    bits of dirt, dust, and other small waste collected when you sweep a floor

  • opacity

    Word

    the quality of not letting light pass through clearly

  • joule

    Word

    the standard unit of energy or work in the SI system

  • faze

    Word

    to upset or embarrass someone

  • clavicle

    Word

    the bone between your shoulder and chest

  • contusion

    Word

    a bruise caused by a blow or fall

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • clotted

    Word

    thickened into a solid mass or lumps

  • energize

    Word

    to make someone feel more energetic or enthusiastic

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  • outrank

    Word

    to have a higher rank or status than someone or something

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • muscling

    Word

    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • droplet

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    a very small drop of liquid

  • excruciating

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    extremely painful or hard to endure

  • frostbite

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    injury to skin and tissue caused by extreme cold

  • hungered

    Word

    to feel very hungry

  • sedation

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    the use of sedative drugs to make someone calm or sleepy

  • clouding

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    the act or process of becoming less clear or transparent

  • paralyze

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    to make a person or part of the body unable to move

  • extremity

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    the farthest point or outer edge of something

  • swerve

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    to turn or move suddenly to one side to avoid something

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  • duplex

    Word

    a house that is divided into two separate homes

  • versed

    Word

    having a lot of knowledge or skill in a particular area

  • embed

    Word

    to put something firmly inside or into something else

  • vitals

    Word

    the main body functions that doctors check, such as pulse and breathing

  • 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

  • hunk

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    a large piece of something, especially food or meat

  • racking

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    causing a lot of pain or suffering

  • sinus

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

  • saturation

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    the point at which nothing more can be added or absorbed

  • terrify

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    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • suture

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    a stitch used to close a wound or surgical cut

  • stabling

    Word

    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • evener

    Word

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

  • ointment

    Word

    a smooth substance that you rub on the skin to treat or protect it

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • canister

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    a container with a lid, used for storing dry goods or other materials

  • discouraging

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    making someone feel less hopeful or confident

  • holiness

    Word

    the quality of being holy or sacred

  • clot

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    a thick mass of blood or another liquid that has become partly solid

  • magically

    Word

    in a way that seems to happen by magic

  • saline

    Word

    containing salt or tasting like salt

  • confine

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    to keep someone or something within limits or in one place

  • irritation

    Word

    a feeling of being annoyed or angry

  • vascular

    Word

    relating to blood vessels

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • all hands

    Phrase

    everyone in a ship's crew

  • humane

    Word

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

  • revisit

    Word

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

  • in the streets

    Phrase

    among ordinary people, especially in public life

  • hard on

    Phrase

    A strong sexual desire for someone

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • nervous breakdown

    Phrase

    a serious mental or emotional collapse

  • drive back

    Phrase

    to force an enemy or crowd to move back

  • scarring

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    the process of forming scars as a wound heals

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • calculating

    Word

    carefully planning what to do in a way that is often selfish or dishonest

  • fives

    Word

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

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • elective

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    chosen by a student and not required

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • shrapnel

    Word

    small pieces of metal or other material thrown out by an explosion

  • light on

    Phrase

    to land or settle lightly on something

  • caption

    Word

    a short text that explains a picture or photo

  • crash cart

    Phrase

    a cart in a hospital that carries emergency equipment and medicine

  • unpack

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    to take things out of a bag, box, or other container

  • heartbreak

    Word

    deep sadness or pain caused by a breakup, disappointment, or loss

  • morphine

    Word

    a strong pain-relieving medicine used in hospitals

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • close up

    Phrase

    at a very short distance; with little space between things

  • bowel

    Word

    the intestines

  • hit with

    Phrase

    to tell someone something surprising or unpleasant, especially suddenly

  • pooling

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    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

  • blood thinner

    Phrase

    a medicine that prevents blood from clotting too easily

  • hover

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    to stay in one place in the air

  • sniff

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    to breathe in through your nose noisily, especially to smell something

  • sounder

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    a group of wild boars

  • intestine

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

  • residency

    Word

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

  • diagnose

    Word

    to identify an illness or problem by examining the signs and tests

  • on earth

    Phrase

    used in questions to express surprise, emphasis, or strong curiosity

  • back out

    Phrase

    to decide not to do something you had agreed or planned to do

  • abdominal

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    relating to the abdomen or stomach area

  • enzyme

    Word

    a substance in living things that speeds up chemical reactions

  • chilled

    Word

    kept cold, especially in a refrigerator or with ice

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • nice try

    Phrase

    used to say that an attempt was not successful

  • operating room

    Phrase

    a hospital room where surgery is performed

  • shake up

    Phrase

    to upset or disturb someone badly

  • blood bank

    Phrase

    a place where donated blood is collected, tested, and stored for later use

  • medical history

    Phrase

    a record of a person's past illnesses and treatment

  • blood clot

    Phrase

    a solid mass of blood that forms inside a blood vessel

  • soft tissue

    Phrase

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

  • thinner

    Word

    a liquid used to make paint or other coatings thinner

  • curfew

    Word

    a rule that says people must stay indoors during certain hours, usually at night

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