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

Procurement: Adquirir

Stuff: Cosas

Staff: Personal

Stuffed: Relleno de

Parcels: Paquetes

Warehouse: Depósito

Freight Forward: Flete especializado

Tare Weight: Peso de tara

Internal Length: Longitud interna

Internal Height: Altura interna

Payload: Carga útil

Width: Anchura

Gross Weight: Peso bruto

Foreign Currency: Moneda extranjera

Overseas Markets: Mercados internacionales

Subsidiaries: Filiales

Exchange rate: Tasa de cambio

Diferencias entre active and passive voice:

Active: We use this room for our guests

Passive: This room is used for our guests

Active: Nikon makes the best cameras

Passive: The best cameras are made by Nikon

Must, Mustn't and Needn't

A) If/we/you/they/he/she/it + must

B) Use must when you think it is necessary to do something. Ejemplo: The windows... Continue reading "Procurement and Stuff: Understanding Terms and Grammar" »

In-Adverbials with Simple Past Tense

In-adverbials combined with the simple past tense typically express the 'size' or duration of a [+durative] [+telic] eventuality. As a result:

• With states, they are usually anomalous because states are [–telic].
• With activities, they are usually anomalous because activities are [–telic].
• With accomplishments, which are [+durative] [+telic], they are perfectly natural and express the duration of the event.
• With achievements, which are [–durative], they typically express the time elapsed before the event (onset reading). However, this reading is often more natural with the preposition within.
• With semelfactives, they are usually anomalous because semelfactives are [–durative] [–telic].

In-Adverbials with

A

• Ache (doler)
• Anaesthetist

B

• Bandages (venda)
• Basin (lavabo)
• Bedpan (cuña)
• Bedspread (colcha)
• Bedrid (encamado)
• Bladder (vejiga)
• Blanket (manta)
• Boil (furúnculo)
• Bruise (moratón)
• Bruise (hematoma)
• Butterflies (puntos de papel)

C

• Chicken Pox (varicela)
• Chilblains (sabañon)
• Chiropodist (podólogo)
• Clips (grapas)
• Constipation (estreñimiento)
• Corn (juanete)
• Cough (tos)
• Cramp (rampa)
• Crutch (muleta)
• Cyst (quiste)

D

• Dermobrader (bisturí eléctrico)
• Dizziness (vértigo)
• Drip (gotero)
• Drip Stand (palo de gotero)

F

• Gallbladder (vesícula biliar)
• Fever (fiebre)
• First Aid (primeros auxilios)
• Flu (gripe)
• Freckles (pecas)

G

• Gauze (gasa)
• Graze (abrasión)

H

• Hoist (grúa)

I

• Itching (picor)

K

• Kidney (riñón)

L

• Lab Technician (técnico de laboratorio)
• Labour (contracción)
• Laces (cordones)
• Lame (cojo)

Zerbino

• Blinded by the snow
• Doctor of the group
• Auxiliary to the Strauches
• Was kind to some, but also bullied others
• Took it upon himself to be the detective of the group
• Very pessimistic
• Very easy to tease

Inciarte

• Boils
• Goes outside to get coca cola
• Would comfort others when sad
• Very likable despite being a bit of a parasite

E. Strauch

• Opposed to eating meat
• Part of the triumvirate
• "The German"

Parrado

• Most determined to be expeditionary and get out
• Is expeditionary and succeeds in the final expedition
• Never takes advantage of others in the name of his class
• Can't stand Roy Harley

Fito Strauch

• Part of the triumvirate
• In favor of eating meat

Paez

• Fails the trial expedition; goes from a sissy lazy parasite to a hardworking respected member of the group
• Very gruff despite

Good evening. I am very pleased to be here this evening to talk about some paintings I have discovered. I went to Africa because there was a tribe that lived there, and they could have made some paintings. I want to point out the fact that I was not alone, because I went with an expert group of anthropologists. I had to search a lot. We rented cars, and we had a driver who knew the area very well. It is a well-known fact that the tribe liked to climb, so after hours of climbing, we arrived at the caves. We found the paintings in good condition, and they were incredible.

To sum up, the paintings have helped to know better how the tribe “Kanachova” lived.

Well, thank you very much for your attention. Good night.

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Eponyms. The word 'eponym' is derived from the Greek words 'epi' (upon) + 'onyma' (name). It literally means "to put your name on something." Thus, an eponym is a word formed by including the name of the person who discovered or invented whatever is being described. Sometimes, in the case of diseases, an eponym is named in honor of the disease’s first or most noteworthy diagnosed victim.

Acronyms. The word 'acronym' is derived from the Greek words 'acro' (high, end) + 'onyma' (name). It literally means "to make a name with the ends." Thus, an acronym is a word made up of the first letters of each of the words that make up a phrase. One example is the diagnostic imaging process... Continue reading "Medical Terminology: Eponyms, Acronyms, Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes" »

To eat up – consumir, tragar-se

To give up – abandonar o rendir-se

To cut back on sth – reduir o recortar algo

To work on – treballar-hi / tratar de convencer

To turn down – rechazar

To keep up with – seguir el ritme

It isn’t everyone’s cup of tea – No a todo el mundo le gusta

To bite off more than I can chew – Morder más de lo que puedo masticar

To stuff yourself with sth – Atiborrarse de algo

It’s food for thought – algo que haria de ser pensat o tenir en compte

a broken heart – cor trencat

a heart of gold – cor d’or

a hearty meal – buena comida

from the bottom of your heart – de tot cor

good-hearted – de buen corazón

hand on heart – con la mano en el corazón

the heart of the matter – el cor del tema

To meet up

1. True or False Statements

Copy the evidence from the text. No marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE. (Maximum Score: 2 points)

1. While testing the Google car, humans never had to take control and drive it.

   FALSE: With someone behind the wheel to take control if something goes wrong, seven test cars have driven 225,000 kilometres with only two human interventions.

   [Incorrect Proposal Feedback: TRUE: ...seven test cars have driven 225,000 kilometres with only two human interventions.]

2. Since robot cars can be made to weigh less, they will use less petrol.

   TRUE: Because the robot cars would eventually be less likely to crash, they could be built lighter, reducing fuel consumption.

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