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Portend

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be a sign or warning is likely to happen
*Earlier onset of disease has been recognised to portend a more aggressive phenotype.

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Desquamation

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exfoliation, peeling dead cells of skin

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Concomitant

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accompanies or follow sth
*he sought promotion without the necessary concomitant of hard work.

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wean from/off

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to gradually stop doing or using sth

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otherwise healthy

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sb who is overall healthy, except for a specific medical issue
An otherwise healthy woman presented to hospital with acute fever

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Entity

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Organism, object, individual
an under-recognised entity

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clear-cut

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easy to perceive or understand, well defined

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treatment refractory

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a condition/disease that doesn’t respond to treatment

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plausible

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credible, believable

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purportedly

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as appears to be true,although this may not be the case. supposedly
*the study purportedly found that men married to smart women live longerظاهرا

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mutagenic

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sth that makes a permanent change in organism’s genes , or a mutation in a cell’s DNAجهش زا

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degrade(V)

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to lower in grade, rank, or status

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discern

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recognise or find out.

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discern

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recognise or find out.

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suffices(v)

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be enough or adequate.
“a quick look should suffice”

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intrinsically

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in an essential or natural way.
intrinsically risky

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detraining

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leave or stop sth

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boil (sth) down:

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to be the main or most important result of something

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Snuggly

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Comfortable, warm and cosy

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Abate

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Subside

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Weepy

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Tearful, crying

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Staggering

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Deeply shocking

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Devitalised tissue

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tissue that is weak or no longer living, usually due to injury or disease, dead tissue

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Uniplas

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Fresh frozen plasma treatment

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Hypofibrinogenemia
Genes unable to make fibrinogen
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Thrombocytopenia
Low platelet level
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Cryoprecipitate
Frozen blood products contains clotting factors
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Ideation
Tendency, plan for sth خيال انديشي
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Contention
Debate
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Confiscate
مصادره كردن
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Stymies (إس تاي مي)
Prevent/hinder the progress of sth ,Impede,hamper
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Proactive(adj)
Taking charge/control of a situation rather than just responding to it eg:employers must take a proactive approach to equal pay
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Subdue
Reduce, overcome, bring under control
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Complacently(adv)
-with pleasure or satisfaction - When we say someone is behaving complacently, they're doing something confidently, but perhaps without fear of potential dangers
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Precedence
take priority over
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Compromise
-agreement,understanding eg:eventually they reached a compromise
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Knack(noun)
-an acquired or natural skill at doing something. Or to having a natural skill or ability to do something well "he had a knack for communicating" "The knack of expressing sympathy clearly."
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Walk/tread a tightrope
To consider carefully the decisions or risks that you take in order to deal successfully with a difficult situation "Accepting responsibility is a difficult tighrope to walk"
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Unarguably appropriate
Unquestionably, undeniably
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On a par with
Equally/ similarly good or bad or important
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Inevitable Trajectory
The natural progression/course of sth Improve or subside on their own over time
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A thorn in medicine
Continues problem to sb /sth Annoys you
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Reimbursement
Repaying Compensating sb
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Reimbursement
Repaying Compensating sb
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Potential
Possibility Capacity
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Non-modifiable
Non- amendable Unchangeable
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Majority
More than half(50%)
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Several
More than a few but not a large number
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Compelling
Having a strong, powerful or convincing quality
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Recommend
Advice
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Antipathy
A strong feeling of dislike
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Notch up
To achieve sth(a goal/a high score) through effort
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A swathe of sth
A large proportion
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Cast doubt on
To make sth seem uncertain or to cause people to question/lose confidence in sth
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Retrieval
Get sth back Recovery Recapture
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Undo
Reverse Make of no effect
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Expunging
Destroy Eliminate
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Innate
ذاتي نشات گرفته از ذهن و عقل نه تجربه
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Protracted
Prolong Longer than expected or usual
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Disregard
Ignore Paying no attention
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Vigilance
Careful observation/attention
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Unscrupulous
بي وجدان
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Eccentric
Bizarre Weired Strange
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Struck
Affected Influenced
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Override
Veto Set aside Cancel
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Pertinent
Relevant Suitable
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In lieu of
As a matter of choice
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Procurement
Ownership Act of obtaining
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Permises
Building property/site
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Convened
Summon Come or bring together for a meeting
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Outperform
Control over sth
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Snag
Disadvantage
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Blase
Not worries Dont care
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Gleaned
Obtained
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Gearing up
To prepare oneself/ sb else for sth
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Cut off
Reach a point
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Polarising
Causing strong disagreement between opposing groups
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Rusted furnace
كوره زنگ زده
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Succumb
To lose the determination to oppose sth, accept defeat
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Compromise
To accept that you will reduce your demand or change your opinion in order to reach an agreement with sb e.g:*doctors involved in doping risk compromising their medical standards.*
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Subordinate
Having a lower or less imports position *doctor-client relationship can subordinate medical judgment*
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infatuated
Having a very strong but not usually lasting feeling of love or attraction for sb *doctors become infatuated by the celebrity of their patients*

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