Audio-visual-oral English for ContemporaryMedicine—Health Management当代医学英语视听说教程

Unit 5

Respiratory Disease

 Section A  Pre-audio-visual Tasks

Task 1  Glossary Preview

Get familiar with the words andexpressions listed below, and then match the meaning description or synonym with a proper word or expression in the list.

1. swell     v.                肿大，膨胀

2. airway    n.              肺的气道；通气道

3. mucus    n.              粘液 

4. mucous  adj.           粘液的，黏液的

5. whistling   n.           喘鸣

6. wheezing  v.            喘息；n.喘息声

7. tightness  n.            憋闷

8. shortness of breath 气短

9. spray     n./v.            喷雾；喷雾器

10. freshener   n.           清凉剂

11. trigger progression    触发（引发）进程（进展）

12. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)   慢性阻塞性肺病

13. emphysema   n.         气肿；肺气肿

14. bronchitis    n.            支气管炎

15. progressive   adj.         进行性的

16. incurable   adj.             不能治愈的，无救的，n.不治的人

17. spirometer     n.           肺量计，呼吸量计

18. misdiagnose    v.         误诊

19. inflammation   n.         炎症，发炎

20. drastically    adv.         激烈的，彻底的

21. pulmonary fibrosis      肺纤维化

22. idiopathic     adj.         先天的；特(自）发的

23. deteriorate     v.          恶化

24. debilitating     adj.      衰弱的，虚弱的

25. drastically     adv.        激烈地，彻底地

26. CT scan                       CT扫描

27. chest X-ray                 胸部X线检查

28. equivalent   adj.         等价的，相等的 

                         n.           等价物，相等物

29. three-dimensional   adj.     三维的

30. mortality   n.              死亡率

1. the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area    mortality     

2. a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance, etc.   equivalent   

3. (of disease or condition) arising spontaneously or for which the cause is unknown   idiopathic 

4. a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat inflammation

5. grow worse  deteriorate

6. protective secretion of the mucus membranes  mucous

7. expand abnormally _swell__

8. a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying spray 

9. to be wrong about what illness someone has  misdiagnose

10. breathing with a husky or whistling sound wheezing

11. an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by deceased respiratory function _emphysema_

12. incapable of being cured  incurable

13. development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ  fibrosis 

14. inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes bronchitis 

15. the passages through which air enters and leaves the body airway

16. (of a disease or condition) making someone very weak and infirm debilitating

17. an uncomfortable feeling of pressure in your chest, caused by illness, fear, etc.  tightness

18. severely and suddenly, violently drastically

19. to initiate, activate, or set off  trigger

20. the process of developing gradually towards a more advanced state  progressive_
    

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