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The Good Doctor S4E18: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 18Drama

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  • posteriors

    Word

    the buttocks; the back part of the body where you sit

  • fishhook

    Word

    a small barbed hook used for catching fish

  • sutured

    Word

    closed with stitches

  • bleeder

    Word

    a person who bleeds easily or a lot

  • tourniquet

    Word

    a tight band or strap used to stop heavy bleeding in an arm or leg

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • dislocate

    Word

    to force a bone or joint out of its normal position

  • clavicle

    Word

    the bone between your shoulder and chest

  • amputate

    Word

    to remove part or all of a limb or finger by surgery

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • irritability

    Word

    the quality of being easily annoyed

  • malformation

    Word

    an abnormal shape or structure, especially in the body

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  • sterilize

    Word

    to make something free of all harmful germs

  • 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

  • discoloration

    Word

    a change in color, especially when something looks unhealthy or damaged

  • scalpel

    Word

    a small sharp knife used by doctors in surgery

  • sponging

    Word

    clean something with a sponge

  • skillet

    Word

    a frying pan, especially a heavy one made of cast iron

  • dusky

    Word

    somewhat dark in color or light

  • overbearing

    Word

    too controlling and forceful in a way that annoys other people

  • sear

    Word

    to burn the surface of something quickly with very high heat

  • resentful

    Word

    feeling angry and unfairly treated, especially because someone else got something you wanted

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

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  • delirious

    Word

    feeling confused and unable to think clearly, often because of illness, fever, or extreme tiredness

  • objectivity

    Word

    the quality of being fair and not influenced by personal feelings or opinions

  • excise

    Word

    a tax on certain goods, such as alcohol, tobacco, or fuel

  • bile

    Word

    a bitter fluid made by the liver that helps digest fat

  • squander

    Word

    to waste money, time, or an opportunity in a careless way

  • fungal

    Word

    relating to fungi or caused by a fungus

  • couched

    Word

    to express something in a particular way

  • 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

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • placebo

    Word

    a harmless substance given to some patients in a test to compare its effects with a real medicine

  • hem

    Word

    the folded and sewn edge of a piece of clothing or cloth

  • arterial

    Word

    relating to an artery

  • nutritional

    Word

    relating to nutrition or to the substances in food that help the body grow and stay healthy

  • incision

    Word

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

  • loaning

    Word

    the act of lending something to someone

  • stroking

    Word

    the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

  • hemorrhage

    Word

    a heavy loss of blood from a blood vessel

  • posterior

    Word

    located at the back or rear of something

  • infiltrate

    Word

    to enter a place, organization, or group secretly in order to get information or cause harm

  • retract

    Word

    to pull something back or back in

  • invasive

    Word

    spreading quickly in a way that causes harm or is unwanted

  • hypocrite

    Word

    a person who says they believe or support something but acts differently

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

    used to ask what something really means or is, especially in British English

  • the good doctor

    Phrase

    a respectful way to refer to a doctor

  • soothing

    Word

    making you feel calm and relaxed

  • lesion

    Word

    an area of damaged tissue in the body caused by injury or disease

  • vascular

    Word

    relating to blood vessels

  • chameleon

    Word

    a small lizard that can change color to match its surroundings

  • straining

    Word

    the act of pulling something tight

  • coherent

    Word

    clear and logical, so that ideas fit together well

  • suction

    Word

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

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • 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

  • abort

    Word

    to stop something before it is finished because of a problem

  • scarring

    Word

    the process of forming scars as a wound heals

  • fives

    Word

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

  • dosage

    Word

    the amount of medicine or a drug that should be taken at one time or over a period of time

  • blood in

    Phrase

    to join a gang by doing a violent act as part of an initiation

  • puberty

    Word

    the stage in life when a child's body begins to change into an adult body

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • snore

    Word

    to breathe noisily while sleeping

  • cognitive

    Word

    relating to thinking, learning, memory, and understanding

  • anesthesia

    Word

    a drug-induced loss of feeling, or of feeling and consciousness, used during a medical procedure

  • cultivation

    Word

    the process of preparing land for growing crops or plants

  • faucet

    Word

    a device for controlling the flow of water from a pipe

  • dripping

    Word

    the act of liquid dripping in drops

  • adverse

    Word

    harmful or unfavorable

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • lobe

    Word

    the rounded part of something, especially one of the sections of a brain or the lower part of the ear

  • off guard

    Phrase

    caught by surprise and not ready for what happens

  • apex

    Word

    the highest point of something, especially the top of a shape or hill

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • leaky

    Word

    allowing liquid to escape or pass through

  • feeder

    Word

    something that supplies food, water, or other resources

  • skeptical

    Word

    not easily convinced; doubtful

  • tequila

    Word

    a strong alcoholic drink made from agave, originally from Mexico

  • second opinion

    Phrase

    an extra opinion from another expert, especially a doctor

  • respectful

    Word

    showing respect for other people and their feelings, rights, or opinions

  • sleep on

    Phrase

    to wait until the next day before deciding something

  • inflammation

    Word

    swelling, redness, heat, and pain in part of the body, often caused by injury or infection

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • pant

    Word

    to breathe quickly and loudly, usually because you are tired or hot

  • maneuver

    Word

    to move carefully or skillfully through a difficult place or situation

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • run up

    Phrase

    to make something increase or build up, especially a debt or a score

  • pitted

    Word

    having many small holes or dents on the surface

  • zoned

    Word

    restricted by zoning rules to a particular type of use or area

  • serum

    Word

    a clear liquid in blood or in some medicines and beauty products

  • cut out

    Phrase

    cut out of a piece of material or paper

  • laser

    Word

    a device that produces a narrow beam of light for use in technology, medicine, and science

  • cozy

    Word

    comfortable, warm, and pleasant in a way that makes you feel relaxed

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