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Vocabulary Study

Vocabulary Study. aspirin (n): plural aspirin or aspirin s [uncountable and countable] : a medicine that reduces pain, * inflammation , and fever 1- regard(v): to think about someone or something in a particular way

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Vocabulary Study

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  1. Vocabulary Study • aspirin (n):plural aspirin or aspirins[uncountable and countable]: a medicine that reduces pain, *inflammation, and fever • 1- regard(v): to think about someone or something in a particular way -He was widely regarded as (=considered by many people to be) eccentric. • 2- cure(n): a medicine or medical treatment that makes an illness go away cure for -There is still no cure for AIDS. • *inflammation: enflamasyon: swelling and pain in part of your body, which is often red and feels hot • Adj: active, chronic, intestinal *(small/large intestine)

  2. Vocabulary Study • chronic (adj): 1. a chronic disease or illness is one that continues for a long time and cannot be cured -chronic illness chronic fatigue syndrome [uncountable]:kronik yorgunluk sendromu an illness that makes you feel very tired and weak and can last for a long time

  3. Vocabulary Study • 3- ill(n): • ills [plural] problems and difficulties -He wants to cure all the ills of the world. -Voters are looking for fresh solutions to the nation's ills. • 4- soluble(adj): a soluble substance can be dissolved in a liquid -soluble aspirin -water-soluble (=that can be dissolved in water) -There are two sorts of vitamins: some are soluble in fat and some soluble in water.

  4. Vocabulary Study • 5- relief (n): (REDUCTION OF PAIN) [uncountable] when something reduces someone's pain or unhappy feelings -Marijuana can provide pain relief for some cancer patients. relief of -the relief of suffering relief from -The cool room provided relief from the terrible heat outdoors.

  5. Vocabulary Study • 6- relieve(v): to reduce someone's pain or unpleasant feelings -Drugs helped to relieve the pain. ****relieve TENSION/PRESSURE/STRESS etc -Some people eat for comfort, to relieve their anxieties.

  6. Vocabulary Study • 7- reduce(v): -Doctors are urging people to reduce the amount of salt in their diet. - Miriam finds that yoga and meditation help her in reducing stress. - Stopping smoking can significantly reduce your risk of suffering a heart attack. - They gave him drugs to reduce the pain.

  7. Vocabulary Study • 8- aspirin (n): plural aspirin or aspirins [uncountable and countable] a medicine that reduces pain, inflammation, and fever -Exercise is not a short-term cure like taking an aspirin to cure a headache. • 9- indispensable (adj): someone or something that is indispensable is so important or useful that it is impossible to manage without them synonym: essential indispensable to indispensable for/in (doing) something -Meat is not indispensable for maintaining a healthy diet.

  8. Vocabulary Study • 10- particularly(adv): especially -Exercise reduces the risk of cancer, particularly colon cancer. • 11-long-lasting (adj): continuing for a long time opposite: short-lived long-lasting effect/result -This was quite normal, and their professor had said there was no cure, but no long-lasting effect either. • 12-dose(n):the amount of a medicine or a drug that you should take dose of -Never exceed the recommended dose of painkillers. -high/low dose -Start with a low dose and increase it.

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