Chapter 1 [Random] Flashcards by Sierah Notes

Diminutive

At the tender age of eleven, Yakov was both diminutive and wise.

Very small

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Prognoses

PLURAL OF PROGNOSIS

The group had already discussed treatment plans and prognoses of four post-op patients.

A prediction of the course of a disease

TYPE OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS

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Panhandled

He was small for his age, smaller than the other boys who panhandled in the underpass at Arbatskaya, but at eleven years old, he had already done it all.

To ask strangers for money, especially in a public place.

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Airlift

“She was intubated and stabilized in the field, then airlifted here.”

TRANSPORT BY AEROPLANE

Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

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Stabilized

“She was intubated and stabilized in the field, then airlifted here.”

Made stable or firm

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Disarray

While washing her hands in the sink of the surgical intensive care unit, she had glimpsed herself in the mirror and had been dismayed by the smudges of fatigue under her dark eyes, by the disarray of her hair, which now hung in a tangled black mane.

Messy

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Epidural

“I felt there was probable midbrain compression, most likely from an acute subdural or epidural haematoma.”

An anaesthetic (=substance that stops you feeling pain) that is put into the nerves in a person’s lower back with a special needle.

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Banister

When the boy came running back downstairs clutching the tattered Shu-Shu, the woman seemed to melt in relief against the banister.

A railing at the side of the staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling

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Curt

He gave Abby a curt nod.

Brief and to the point; effectively cut short

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Carted off

As the story went, two days into her first rotation as an intern, her fellow intern suffered a psychotic breakdown and had to be carted off.

Remove

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Catch

Misha went to the valise and unsnapped the catch.

FASTENING DEVICE

A small device on a door, window, bag, etc. that keeps it fastened

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Mane

While washing her hands in the sink of the surgical intensive care unit, she had glimpsed herself in the mirror and had been dismayed by the smudges of fatigue under her dark eyes, by the disarray of her hair, which now hung in a tangled black mane.

Thick, long hair on a person’s head

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Underpass

He was small for his age, smaller than the other boys who panhandled in the underpass at Arbatskaya, but at eleven years old, he had already done it all.

Type of TUNNEL

An underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway.

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Collision

“The patient is a thirty-four-year-old Caucasian female, admitted at one this morning after a head-on collision on Route 90.”

ACCIDENT

An accident that happens when two vehicles hit each other with force.

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Acute

“I felt there was probable midbrain compression, most likely from an acute subdural or epidural haematoma.”

Describing something as sharp or extremely serious

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Sweltering

It was autumn already, but Boston was sweltering in the sixth day of a late September heat wave.

Extremely and uncomfortably hot

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Pasty

At this hour, there were only a few patrons in the dining room, all of them wearing pasty masks of exhaustion.

(Of someone’s face/skin) very pale and unhealthy looking

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Orthopaedic

“Right now he’s sitting upstairs in the orthopaedic ward whining about a few broken bones.”

The branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints

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Shorn

She stared at the woman’s head, recently shorn of hair.

Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers

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Haematoma

“I felt there was probable midbrain compression, most likely from an acute subdural or epidural haematoma.”

A localized swelling filled with blood

[Bruises are haematoma]

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Post-op

The group had already discussed treatment plans and prognoses of four post-op patients.

Short for POST-OPERATIVE

After a surgical operation

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Tide

While Wettig continued his exam, she felt her attention drift away on a tide of fatigue.

CHANGE

A noticable change in a situation or increase in a particular type of behaviour

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Unflinching

They were too enchanted by his smallness, his blondness, his unflinching blue eyes.

Not frightened of or not trying to avoid something dangerous or unpleasant

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Huddled

While the two men conducted business over vodka, the woman’s gaze wandered about the tiny flat, taking in the old army cots, the piles of dirty bedclothes, and the four boys huddled together in anxious silence.

Standing or sitting close together

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Wobble Abby felt herself **_wobble_** and melt against him.

Shake

Clipboard Though she held a **_clipboard_** in her arms, she did not refer to her notes.

Unremarkable The **_unremarkable_** heart.

Ordinary and not interesting

Dispassion Though Vivian seldom spoke during attending rounds, she could always be found standing fearlessly at the very front of the group, wearing an expression of cool **_dispassion_**.

Emotionlessness

Stock Yakov was small because he came from stunted **_stock_**.

ORIGiN The family or group that a person or animal comes from

Compression "I felt there was probable midbrain **_compression_**, most likely from an acute subdural or epidural haematoma."

Pressed together

Valise The woman, Nadiya, was a blonde, dressed in a skirt and jacket of fine wool, and she carried a hard-shelled **_valise_**.

A small overnight _bag_ for short trips

Brunt Yakov, being the smallest and blondest of Uncle Misha's boys, bore the **_brunt_** of the trade.

Type of _FORCE_ The main force of something unpleasant

End-stage "I've been following a medical patient on the teaching service. **_End-stage_** congestive failure."

The final stage of a disease, just before death

Intubated "She was **_intubated_** and stabilized in the field, then airlifted here."

To insert a tube into something or someone

Enchanted They were too **_enchanted_** by his smallness, his blondness, his unflinching blue eyes.

Liking

Transitional "Our agency is quite familiar with **_transitional_** needs. They will stay for a while in a special school to give them time to adjust."

Changing

Tangled While washing her hands in the sink of the surgical intensive care unit, she had glimpsed herself in the mirror and had been dismayed by the smudges of fatigue under her dark eyes, by the disarray of her hair, which now hung in a **_tangled_** black mane.

KNOTTY If your hair is tangled, you can't brush or comb through it

Pick Up The Slack Vivian was forced to **_pick up the slack_**.

To improve a situation by doing something that someone else has not done or not completed [With our best player injured, other players have to pick up the slack.]

Scuffling There were sounds of **_scuffling_** in the back seat.

Fighting

Subdural "I felt there was probable midbrain compression, most likely from an acute **_subdural_** or epidural haematoma."

Located under the outmost membrane that protects the brain.

Motor Response "How do you interpret that, using the Glasgow coma scale for **_motor response_**?"

This is _voluntary movement response to stimuli_, which may be internal or external. Stimuli send an impulse to the brain

Thoracic Mark had been a **_thoracic_**-surgery attending physician, a key surgeon on the Bayside cardiac transplant team.

Relating to the chest or thorax

Shearing Force "But since the patient hasn't improved, I guess that indicates a midbrain haemorrhage. It could be due to **_shearing forces_**."

Shearing forces are unaligned forces pushing one part of the body in one specific direction, and another part of the body in the opposite direction. When the forces are aligned into each other, they are called compression forces.

Withered They did not seem to care about Yakov's missing left hand: indeed, most did not even notice his **_withered_** stump.

_Dry and Decaying_ If your skin is looking a little withered from being out in the sun all the time, it's time for a really good moisturizer.

Benign The **_benign_** abdomen

Not dangerous to health

On-call She moved her belongings into the **_on-call_** room, and for twenty-nine days she did not step out of the hospital.

If a worker such as a doctor is on-call, he or she is _available to work_ or make official visits any time when needed

Congestive "I've been following a medical patient on the teaching service. End-stage **_congestive_** failure."

Involving/producing too much blood or other liquid in an organ [Congestive heart failure]

Lacerations "Severe swelling and **_lacerations_** made it difficult to evaluate facial fracture."

A cut

Scrub Suits Eleven surgical residents now stood beside bed 11 in the SICU, forming a semiclrcle of white coats and green **_scrub suits_** around the residency chairman.

Rotation As the story went, two days into her first **_rotation_** as an intern, her fellow intern suffered a psychotic breakdown and had to be carted off.

The act of different people doing the same job at different times

Dullard Stepan, the **_dullard_**, grinned back.

A stupid person

Hammering Abby felt her heart **_hammering_**.

The act of pounding

Vocation This last **_vocation_** Yakov did not much care for, but it was something Uncle Misha insisted upon.

The particular _occupation_ for which you are trained

Neurologic _NEUROLOGY_ By the time she'd finished describing the **_neurologic_** findings, she was feeling more self-assured.

The study of nerves and the nervous system

Laconic When Abby first heard the Vivian Chao stories, she'd had a hard time reconciling the legend with what she saw: a **_laconic_** Chinese woman who was so petite she had to stand on a footstool to operate.

Using very few words to express what you mean

Rounds But one did not sit during Monday morning attending **_rounds_**.

A work activity that regularly involves going to several different places. [Doctors made their daily rounds, visiting patients in the hospital.]

Wilting As they crossed the parking lot, she could feel her last reserves of strength **_wilting_** away.

Weakening

Poised She stood as though **_poised_** between pursuit and abandonment.

If you are poised, you're self-posessed and in full control of your faculties. You're balanced, grounded, and ready for action.

Cot Every morning when he woke up in Misha's flat, he would reach up with his one good hand and grasp the head bar of his **_cot_**.

Small, portable bed

Furrowed "Yes." Misha sighed and ran a hand over his **_furrowed_** face.

Frowning

Head-on "The patient is a thirty-four-year-old Caucasian female, admitted at one this morning after a **_head-on_** collision on Route 90."

MEETING FRONT TO FRONT A head-on accident is one in which the fronts of two vehicles hit each other

Turning Tricks He had been smoking cigarettes for four years, stealing for three and a half, and **_turning tricks_** for two.

Have a customer, of a prostitute

Stump They did not seem to care about Yakov's missing left hand: indeed, most did not even notice his withered **_stump_**.

_PART LEFT_ The part of something, such as a tree, tooth, arm, or leg that is left after most of it has been removed

Reconciling When Abby first heard the Vivian Chao stories, she'd had a hard time **_reconciling_** the legend with what she saw: a laconic Chinese woan who was so petite she had to stand on a footstool to operate.

Bringing into harmory, accommodate

Respiration "The patient has no spontaneous **_respirations_**, no spontaneous movements, and she appears to have lost all brain stem reflexes."

Act of breathing

Stunted Yakov was small because he came from **_stunted_** stock.

Prevented from growing or developing to the usual size.

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