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The Good Doctor S4E17: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 17Drama

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  • hospitalize

    Word

    to admit someone to a hospital for treatment

  • forgivable

    Word

    able to be forgiven

  • sutured

    Word

    closed with stitches

  • regurgitation

    Word

    the act of bringing swallowed food back up into the mouth

  • palpitation

    Word

    a fast, strong, or irregular heartbeat, often caused by stress, exercise, or illness

  • discouragement

    Word

    a feeling of losing confidence or hope

  • tortuous

    Word

    full of bends and turns

  • rationalization

    Word

    the act of making a bad action or mistake seem reasonable by giving false or irrelevant reasons

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • grafting

    Word

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

  • headfirst

    Word

    with the head first and the body following

  • ratting

    Word

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

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  • reflux

    Word

    the backward flow of stomach acid into the throat

  • cerebellum

    Word

    the part of the brain that helps control balance and movement

  • aortic

    Word

    relating to the aorta, the main artery from the heart

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • leavings

    Word

    things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished

  • femoral

    Word

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

  • infarction

    Word

    a place in an organ or tissue where blood flow is blocked and the tissue dies

  • constrict

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    to make something narrower or tighter by squeezing it

  • dilate

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    to make something wider or more open, or become wider or more open

  • esophagus

    Word

    the tube that food goes through from the throat to the stomach

  • catheter

    Word

    a thin tube put into the body to remove or add fluid

  • stroller

    Word

    a chair on wheels for pushing a baby or small child

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  • fascinate

    Word

    to attract and hold someone's attention or interest strongly

  • aorta

    Word

    the main artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body

  • abnormality

    Word

    a sign that something is not normal or expected

  • spasm

    Word

    a sudden, uncontrollable tightening of a muscle

  • surgically

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    in a way that is very careful and precise

  • plummet

    Word

    to fall or drop very quickly and suddenly

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • inflated

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    too large or too high, especially in a way that is not true or reasonable

  • irrigate

    Word

    to supply water to land or crops, especially through pipes or channels

  • gastric

    Word

    relating to the stomach

  • slighting

    Word

    showing disrespect or contempt

  • gauntlet

    Word

    a thick glove with a long cuff that protects the wrist and lower arm

  • melodramatic

    Word

    showing too much emotion in a way that seems exaggerated or fake

  • congenital

    Word

    present from birth

  • impair

    Word

    to make something weaker, less effective, or less clear

  • dissection

    Word

    the act of cutting open a body or plant to study its parts

  • terrify

    Word

    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • suture

    Word

    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

  • commencement

    Word

    the beginning of something

  • preferable

    Word

    better or more suitable than something else

  • syringe

    Word

    a medical tool used to inject or remove liquid

  • graft

    Word

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

  • neurological

    Word

    relating to the nervous system or to neurology

  • projectile

    Word

    an object that is thrown or fired through the air

  • stroking

    Word

    the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

  • ballooned

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    to rise or grow very quickly in amount, size, or cost

  • impairment

    Word

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

  • hemorrhage

    Word

    a heavy loss of blood from a blood vessel

  • coronary

    Word

    relating to the blood vessels that supply the heart

  • deteriorate

    Word

    to become worse in quality, condition, or value

  • ordinarily

    Word

    usually; in the normal way

  • ruptured

    Word

    damaged so badly that it has split open or torn

  • sheath

    Word

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

  • sling

    Word

    to throw something with a quick, forceful motion

  • inflate

    Word

    to fill something with air or gas so it becomes bigger or firmer

  • retract

    Word

    to pull something back or back in

  • radial

    Word

    arranged like rays coming out from a center

  • about face

    Phrase

    a military command telling soldiers to turn around and face the opposite direction

  • myocardial infarction

    Phrase

    a heart attack

  • invasive

    Word

    spreading quickly in a way that causes harm or is unwanted

  • vascular

    Word

    relating to blood vessels

  • needless

    Word

    not necessary; able to be avoided

  • to the house

    Phrase

    home; to or at home

  • can wait

    Phrase

    a sarcastic way of saying someone does not have to wait

  • rupture

    Word

    a serious break in a relationship or situation

  • leaflet

    Word

    a small printed sheet of paper, often folded, that gives information or advertises something

  • barker

    Word

    a person who stands outside a theater, circus, or similar place and tries to attract customers

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • stabilize

    Word

    to make something more steady and less likely to change suddenly

  • walk down

    Phrase

    to keep moving toward an opponent and keep attacking them in a fight

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • surrogate

    Word

    a person who acts or is used instead of another

  • suppression

    Word

    the act of stopping or controlling something, especially forcefully or by authority

  • back into

    Phrase

    to end up in a situation by accident or because of circumstances

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • compress

    Word

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

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • close up

    Phrase

    at a very short distance; with little space between things

  • fruiting

    Word

    producing fruit

  • conflicting

    Word

    not agreeing with something else; contradictory

  • for reasons

    Phrase

    used to say that the reason is unknown or not being stated

  • 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

  • big one

    Phrase

    a humorous or informal way of saying death

  • stature

    Word

    a person's height

  • rattle

    Word

    a series of short, sharp sounds

  • damn well

    Phrase

    used to strongly emphasize that something is true or should happen

  • miscarriage

    Word

    the loss of a pregnancy before the baby can survive

  • temporal

    Word

    relating to time

  • overload

    Word

    to put too much into something, or to make something have too much to handle

  • abdominal

    Word

    relating to the abdomen or stomach area

  • brain tumor

    Phrase

    a cancerous growth in the brain

  • all told

    Phrase

    including everything; in total

  • match point

    Phrase

    a point in tennis that, if won, wins the match

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