Medicine 2. Glossary

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dementia /dmen.t/

a medical condition thataffects especially oldpeople, causing thememory and othermental abilities togradually become

worse, and leading toconfused behaiour

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geriatricpsychiatry

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a subspecialty ofpsychiatry dealing withthe study, preention,

and treatment of mentaldisorders in humans

with old age

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disease/0lts.ha.m9.d9i;9/

a disease of the brainthat affects especially

old people, whichresults in the gradual

loss of memory, speech,moement and the

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which you start toeOperience something,or at which something

starts to happen

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to 1eep peopleaboe the

threshold forH to protect people from

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the number ofobserations that

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to harm bloodessels

Hto harm an artery,capillary, or ein

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asculardementia

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a stepli1e deteriorationin intellectual functionsthat result from multiple

infarctions of thecerebral hemispheres

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hypothyroidism /hapR Qard9m/insufficient productionof thyroid hormones by

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tonal language /tR.nl/

a language in whichdifferent tones

distinguish differentmeanings

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abnormality, etc.

Xereford twang

a strongly nasal ualityin a person:s speech inthe dilect of Xereford, a

city in x ngland

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Mauritius /mrs/

an island in thesouthwestern ndian

{cean, a parliamentarystate there

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deep einthrombosis F}~G

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a blood clot FthrombosGin a ein deep within

the muscle, typically inthe thigh or calf

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blood clot Hblood that has been

conerted from a liuidto a solid state

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hole in the heart H

a medical condition inwhich there is an

additional openingbetween the main parts

of the heart

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physiotherapist /f9.i.Qer..pst/

someone who treatspeople using

physiotherapyFmassage, eOercises,

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slurred speech /slK;/ pronounced badly $"C$'$*' 3"4=

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piece of euipmentwhich is used for

suc1ing liuid out of, orpushing liuid into

something, especiallyone with a needle which

can be put under the

s1in and used to inZectdrugs, remoe small

amounts of blood, etc.

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first aid Himmediate medical

assistance gien in anemergency

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salia /sla./

the liuid produced inyour mouth to 1eep themouth wet and to help

to prepare food fordigestion

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blood transfusion /tr0nsfZu;.n/

the process of addingan amount of blood tothe body of a person oranimal, or the amount

of blood itself

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organ donor /dR.n/someone from whom an

organ is ta1en fortransplantation

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genitourinarymedicine FMG

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the branch of medicalscience concerned withthe study and treatment

of diseases of thegenital and urinary

organs, esp seOuallytransmitted diseases

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antibody /0n.tibDd.i/

a protein produced inthe blood which fightsdiseases by attac1ing

and 1illing harmfulbacteria

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antenatal serice /0n.tine.tl/occurring or presentbefore birthE during

pregnancy

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gynaecologyserice

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the area of medicinewhich inoles the

treatment of women:sdiseases, especially

those of thereproductie organs

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combinationtherapy

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method of treatingdisease through the

simultaneous use of aariety of drugs to

eliminate or control thebiochemical cause of

the disease

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v` groupFnucleoside

reersetranscriptase

inhibitors nu1eG

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incorporated into the}v8 of the irus and

stops the building

processE results inincomplete }v8 that

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cannot create a newirusE often used in

combination with otherdrugs

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an antiiral drug usedagainst X`~E bindsdirectly to reersetranscriptase and

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birth control Hlimitation of childH

bearing by means ofcontraception

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comprehensiegoernment publicH

health serice in ritaincoering irtually the

entire population,established in

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renowned /rnaRnd/ famous for something&

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health sericeregulator

appalling /p;.lT/ shoc1ing or ery bad

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eOasperated /g9N;.sp.re.td/ ery frustrated("3!&IA,

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to ac1nowledge /1nDl.d/

to accept, admit orrecogni9e something, orthe truth or eOistence of

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al1y /0l.1i/ an alcoholicF()$@G *)5*P,

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data breach H

an unintentional releaseof secure information to

an untrustedenironment

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patient record H

a collection ofdocuments that

proides an account ofeach episode in which apatient isited or soughttreatment and receied

care or a referral forcare from a health care

facility

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to lie up to Hto fulfill eOpectationsE tosatisfy a goal or set of

goals

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conscientious /1Dn.tien t.s/putting a lot of effort

into your wor1

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