U3 Flashcards

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Practice (n.)

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Something that is usually or regularly done, often as a habit, tradition, or custom

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Community (n.)

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The people living in one particular place

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Ensure (v.)

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To make something certain to happen

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Benefit (n./v.)

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Helpful or good effect, or something intended to help

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Advise (v.)

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To give someone official information about something

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Appropriate (adj.)

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Suitable or right for a particular information or occasion

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Optimal (adj.)

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Best, most favourable or desirable

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Prescribe (v.)

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(Of a doctor) to say what medical treatment someone should have

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Local (adj.)

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Of or relating to a city, town, or district rather than a large area

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Expert (n.)

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A person who has a high level of knowledge or skill; a specialist

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Rural (adj.)

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Of or relating to people who live in the countryside

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Correctly (adv.)

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Right and not wrong: in agreement with what is generally accepted

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Counsel (v.)

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To give advice, esp. On social, medical, and personal problems

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Potential (adj.)

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Possible when the necessary conditions exist

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Safely (adv.)

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In a manner that is free of danger or injury

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Convenient (adj.)

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Suitable for your purposes and needs and causing the least difficulty

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Supplies (n.)

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Something that is wanted or needed, often in large quantities and over a long period of time

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Residential (adj.)

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A residential road, area, etc. has only private houses, not offices and factories

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Minor (adj.)

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Having little importance, influence, or effect; opp. (Major)

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Ailment (n.)

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An illness

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Supply (v.)

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To provide something that is needed or wanted

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Symptom (n.)

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A sign or indication of disorder or disease, especially when experiences by an individual as changed from normal function, sensation, or appearance.

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Dispense (v.)

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To give out things, especially products, medicines or any other services or amount of money, to people

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Dosage (n.)

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The amount of medicine that you should take at one time

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Compatible (adj.)
Able to exist, live together, or work successfully with someone or something else
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Involve (v.)
To include someone in something, or make them take part in or feel part of it
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Campaign (n.)
A planned group of activity which are intended to achieve a particular aim
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Cholesterol (n.)
A substance containing a lot of fat that is found in body tissue and blood in all humans/ animals thought to be part of the cause of heart disease if there is too much of it
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Measurements (n.)
The act or process of measuring size, shape, quality,etc. of something
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Strict (adj.)
Strongly limiting someone's freedom to behave as they wish
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Legal (adj.)
Connected with the law
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Ethical (adj.)
Relating to beliefs about what is morally right and wrong
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Obligation(n.)
Something that you must do
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Housebound patients
Unable to leave home, especially because they are ill
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Nursing homes
A private establishment that provides a living quarter and care for elderly or chronically ill
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Responsible (adj.)
To have control or authority over something or someone and the duty of taking care of it or them
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Review (v.)
To consider something in order to make changes to it, give an opinion on it or study it
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Environment (n.)
The place or land in or on which people, plants, and animals live
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Purchase (v.)
To buy
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Closely (adv.)
In a way that is directly connected or has a strong relationship
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Monitor (n./v.)
A person who has the job of watching or noticing particular things
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Selection (n.)
A choice, range, or different types of something
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Effect (n.)
The result of a particular influence
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Safe (adj.)
Not in danger likely to be harmed
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Professionally (adv.)
Done in exact and correct way normally by experts
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Combination (n.)
The mixture you get when two or more things are combined
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Injection (n.)
When someone puts a liquid, especially a drug, into someone's body using a needle and a syringe (= small tube)
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Ointment (n.)
A thick oily substance, usually containing medicine, which is put on skin where it is sore or where there is an injury, in order to cure it.
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Inhaler (n.)
A small device you use to breath in a particular medicine
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Prohibit (v.)
To officially forbid (= refuse to allow) something
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Therapy (n.)
A treatment which helps someone feel better especially after an illness
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Adhere (v.)
To stick firmly
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Manufacture (v.)
To produce goods in large amounts, usually in a factory using machines
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Wards (n.)
Parts or large rooms into which a hospital is divided, usually with beds for patients
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Undertake (v.)
To do or begin to do something, especially tht will take a long time or be difficult
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Databases (n.)
A large amount of information stored in a computer system in such a way that it can be easily looked or changed
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Evaluate (v.)
To judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount of value of something
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Compare (v.)
To examine or look for the difference between two of more things
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Intravenous (adj.)
Inter or connected to vein; intravenous feeding/fluids
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Sterile (adj.)
Completely clean and free from dirt and bacteria
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Emerge (v.)
To appear