Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and problems for Medicine & Health

Dictionary and Language Basics

• Important Idiomatic Expressions: Used for pronunciation and identifying parts of speech.
• Phrasal Verbs: Some verbs change meaning when they are combined with specific particles.
• What is a Synonym? A word that has the same meaning as the entry.
• What is Phonemic Script? Used to pronounce a word, written between two diagonal lines.
• Where are Abbreviations? Found at the beginning of the dictionary.
• How to Find a Word? Use alphabetical order; words usually appear in bold.

American vs. British English

• Apartment / Flat
• Subway / Underground
• Pants / Trousers
• Sidewalk / Pavement
• Diaper / Nappy
• First floor / Ground floor (1st floor)
• Elevator / Lift
• Mail / Post
• Cookies / Biscuits (galletas)
• Fries / Chips (papas)
• Parking lot / Car park
• Trunk

Lickwood Means Rewind, a Gunshot Means Forward

You Requested It So We Rewind

Yeah
Way, way, way up
Turn it all up
Yeah
Look

I got enemies, got a lot of enemies
Got a lot of people tryin' to drain me of my energy
They tryin' to take the wave from a nigga
Fuckin' with the kid and pray for your nigga

I got girls in real life tryin' to mess up my day
Fuck goin' online that ain't part of my day
I got real shit poppin' with my family too
I got niggas that can never leave Canada too
I got 2 mortgages, thirty million in total
I got niggas that'll still try fuckin' me over
I got rap niggas that I gotta act like I like
But my actin' days are over, fuck them niggas for life, yeah

I got enemies, got a lot of enemies
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Ergogenics

Pharmaceuticals (AAS, hgh, stimulants, betablockers) nutritionals (amino acids, creatine, vitamins) methods (hyperbaric or hypobaric chambers, blood doping, supplemental O2)

WADA

Primary governing body for international sport banned substances enhance performance, endanger health, contrary to sport if u have two of these its banned)

Substance S1

Most common drug test

Anabolic Steroid

Associated with protein building in skeletal muscle or bone

Androgenic

Associated with masculinization

Steroid

Hormonal substance with basic chemical structure

Testosterone

C-19 steroid hormone derivative of cholesterol. Key endogenous (body makes) androgen. Levels vary: males 2.5-11mg, females 0.25mg

AAS Legally

Schedule III category prohibited until 1974

AAS Chemically

Synthetic... Continue reading "Performance-Enhancing Substances and Methods in Sports" »

To Have: Verb Conjugation

• Present: I have, you have, he/she/it has, we have, you have, they have
• Preterite: I had, you had, he/she/it had, we had, you had, they had
• Present Continuous: I am having, you are having, he/she/it is having, we are having, you are having, they are having
• Present Perfect: I have had, you have had, he/she/it has had, we have had, you have had, they have had
• Future: I will have, you will have, he/she/it will have, we will have, you will have, they will have
• Future Perfect: I will have had, you will have had, he/she/it will have had, we will have had, you will have had, they will have had
• Past Continuous: I was having, you were having, he/she/it was having, we were having, you were having, they were having
• Past Perfect: I had

Examine=monitor, verify, control

Overall=total

Controversial=polemical, contradictory

Unclear=confusing

Assessment=evaluation

Crucial=important, main, essential, vital

Management=administration

Older=senior Ageing=elder

Daily=habitual, everyday

Expenditure=consumption, intake

Actual=real

Actually=really, indeed

At present=currently, today

Provide=supply, give

Whether=if

Encourage=stimulate, incentivize

Portion=serving, piece of...

Develop=grow

Development=growth

Prohibit=ban, forbid

Research=investigation

Researcher=investigator

Thus=in this way

Focus=center

Increasing=rising

In the week=following days

Prohibited=banned

Encouraged=incentivized

Diary=routine

Rise=increase

Result=consequence

Burden=weight

Present=current

Unclear=confusing

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Business English Exercises and Answer Key

Customer Loyalty and Satisfaction

From satisfaction to loyalty:

1. The relationship with the supplier.
2. Good-quality staff.
3. It increases profits.
4. Your customer's own business becomes…
5. Their competitors can quickly…
6. They take responsibility for their actions.

Relative Clauses Exercises

Relative clauses exercise:

1. Dr. Jodi Simco and Dr. Mark… which.
2. …but they maybe start using… which.
3. which.
4. who/that.
5. which/that.
6. which/that.
7. where.
8. which/that and who/that.

Relative clauses memo (customer loyalty):

1. out.
2. the.
3. which.
4. which.
5. where.
6. who/that.

Text starting with: "As every manager knows…":

1. first.
2. neglect.
3. approaching.
4. signs.
5. impression.
6. expect.
7. result.
8. handle.
9. everyone.
10. account.
11. skills.
12. post.
13. get.
14. practical.
15. number.

Text starting with: "Hello,

Medical Terminology

Common Terms and Their Equivalents

• Up to: Until
• Children: Infants
• In relation to: Relative to
• Scarce: Not enough, insufficient
• Outcomes: Results, findings
• Score: Grades
• Result did not differ: There were not different outcomes
• Ethnicity: Ethnic group
• Requirements: Needs
• Effects: Consequences
• Early life: Babies, previous life
• Study: Investigation, research, test
• Examine: Monitor, check
• Type: Categories
• Applied: Incorporated, measured
• Modeled: Designed
• Information: Data
• Gestational age: Pregnancy
• Feature: Characteristics
• Disturbance: Disorder
• Behavior: Conduct
• Restricted: Limited
• Display: Show
• Restraint: Restricted
• Weight gain: Weight increase
• Model of overweight: Pattern of overweight
• Concern: Worried
• Food addiction: Food dependence
• Findings: Results
• In

Prepositions

• Blessed with
• Responsible for the damage
• Connect with long-lost
• Sympathized with
• Recover from a broken heart
• Contributes to most

Phrasal Verbs

• Settle down: To establish oneself, to set down roots
• Handed down: To inherit
• Brought about: To cause, to provoke
• Open up: To be sincere
• Wind down: To relax
• Broke up: To break up, to end a relationship
• Fall apart: To collapse
• Fell for: To fall in love with

Word Formation

• Fashionable: Unfashionable
• Thrill: Thrilling
• Essence: Essential
• Pursue: Pursuit
• Exact: Exactly
• Concentrate: Concentration
• Know: Knowledge
• Satisfy: Satisfaction
• Value: Valuable
• Price: Priceless

Hobbies

• Go: Dancing, Fishing, Hiking, Climbing
• Do: Swimming, Crossword puzzles, Extreme sports, Hiking, Model Making, Photography, Stamp collecting, T’ai chi
• Play:

Soft Drinks and Pet Ownership

Soft Drinks

A soft drink is a beverage that is not alcoholic and is usually carbonated, such as Coca-Cola.

Pet Ownership

To own a pet means to have or hold a pet.

Financial Terms and Actions

Having a Tattoo

This section seems unrelated to finances. Consider moving it to a more appropriate section.

Applying for a Passport

To apply for something, such as a passport, means to formally ask for it.

Withdrawing Money

To withdraw money means to take money from a place of deposit.

Savings Account

A savings account is an amount of money deposited in a bank.

Making a Will

To make a will means to create a legal document that states what will happen to one's possessions or property after one's death.

Holding a License

To hold a license means... Continue reading "Essential English Vocabulary: Everyday Life, Finances, and More" »

Student Language Proficiency & Personal Narratives

Assessment Results: Language & Comprehension

Assessment Set 1

Listening: (d, b, c, c)
Use of Language: (b, c, d, b, a, c, a, c, b, b)
Reading: (b, c, d, a, d)

Assessment Set 2

Listening: (c, b, d, c)
Use of Language: (c, c, b, b, b, b, b, b, b, a)
Reading: (c, a, b, c, c)

Assessment Set 3

Listening: (b, a, b, b)
Use of Language: (a, c, b, c, b, b, c, d, d, c, b)
Reading: (d, a, e, b, c)

Student Writing Samples

Writing Sample 1: Summer Vacation

Last summer vacation, I went to the beach with my family. They came from another town. We went to Mahahual, in Quintana Roo. It's a magical and very natural place. Because I practice kiteboarding, I enjoyed my favorite sport there. We only spent one night in... Continue reading "Student Language Proficiency: Writing & Comprehension Samples" »