| Word | Part of Speech | Example |
|---|---|---|
| alarming | Adjective | The news of the recent problems is quite alarming. |
| appeal | Verb / Noun | Plastic surgery doesn’t appeal to me; I don’t understand why celebrities have an appeal for it. |
| cruelty | Noun | Her main passion in life is to stop all cruelty towards animals. |
| daring | Adjective | It was a daring move to run into the burning building to save that child. |
| essential | Adjective | It is absolutely essential that you get here early for the party tomorrow night. |
| estimate | Noun / Verb | Doctors estimate that, with that particular cancer, he has 36 weeks to live. |
| hook | Verb | I love that kind of coffee. My friend hooked me onto it a year ago. |
| hypocritical | Adjective | He always tells his son never to start smoking even though he smokes himself. He is quite hypocritical. |
| indicate | Verb | Those symptoms indicate malnutrition. |
| in a row | Phrase | He will have to have chemotherapy two weeks in a row. |
| lessen | Verb | The symptoms have lessened since I saw you last. |
| organic | Adjective | I prefer to eat organic fruits and vegetables. |
| portion | Noun | One portion of this food contains 300 calories. |
| preventable | Adjective | Obesity is one cause of preventable death. |
| regulate | Verb | This medicine should regulate your blood pressure. |
| report | Noun | I read a report about the dangers of smoking. |
| scale | Noun | How do you feel, on a scale of 1 to 10? |
| shorten | Verb | Smoking will absolutely shorten a person’s life. |
| vegan | Noun / Adjective | A vegan cannot eat most chocolate as it usually contains milk. |
| waist | Noun | My waist size is 31 inches. |
| warn | Verb | I warned him not to say anything to her about her new haircut. |
| worsen | Verb | His medical condition has worsened since the surgery. |
Medical Terminology
| Term | Part of Speech | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ailment | Noun | The student does not seem to take care of himself. He always seems to be suffering from some kind of ailment. |
| cholesterol | Noun | People with high cholesterol are at risk for heart problems. |
| coordination | Noun | The disease affects a person’s coordination. It becomes quite difficult for the person to control their arms and legs properly. |
| chemotherapy | noun | She lost all her hair during chemotherapy. |
| diabetes | Noun | Diabetes is one of the diseases common in obese people. |
| dose | Noun | You should only take one dose of this medicine every four hours. |
| epidemic | Noun / Adjective | Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in North America. |
| geneticist | Adjective | The geneticist created dinosaurs from DNA discovered by archaeologists. |
| inflammation | Noun | Your throat is red and has a lot of inflammation. |
| liver | Noun | Our livers clean the dirtiness in our bodies. |
| malnutrition | noun | There is a clear link between poverty and malnutrition. |
| nutritionist | Noun | A nutritionist can help you figure out how to change your diet so that you can feel better. |
| obesity | Noun | Obesity has become such a big health concern in North America. |
| overweight | Adjective | I am tired of being overweight. I am going on a diet tomorrow. |
| taste buds | Noun | The coffee was so hot that I burned my taste buds. |
| treat | Verb | The doctor prescribed prednisone to treat the inflammation. |
Specialized Terminology: Prefixes
| Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| a-, an-, ar- | without |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| dys- | difficult |
| endo- intra- | in, within |
| epi- | over |
| exo- extra- | outside |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- homeo- | same |
| hyper- | too much, high |
| hypo- | low, under |
| inter- | between |
| macro- | large, long |
| mal- | poor, bad |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| neo- | new |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | below, under |
| tri- | three |
Exercise
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