Unit 3

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absenteeism
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when someone is frequently not at work or at school
behind the scenes
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if something happens behind the scenes, it happens secretly, or what are the public cannot see
breakdown
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a way of presenting information in which things are separated into different groups
clinical trial
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a test of a new medicine in which people are given their medicine
comb through something
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to search something very carefully
condition
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an illness
conversely
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used to introduce something that is different from something you have just said
cure
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to make someone with an illness healthy again
demographics
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the quantity and characteristics of the people who live in a particular area, for example, how much money they have, Etc
empathy
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the ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels in this situation
evaluate
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to consider something carefully and decide how good are important it is
fall behind (someone)
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to make less progress than other people who are doing the same thing
high stakes
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great advantages that could be ended in a situation and great disadvantages. Could also be the result
hinge on something
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to depend completely on something
inoculate
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to give a weak form of a disease to a person or an animal, usually by injection, as a protection against that disease
joint
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a place in your body where two bones meet
to make matters worse
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used before you describe something bad that happened, making a bad situation even worse
medication
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medicine that is used to treat an illness
open the door to something
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if one thing opens the door to another thing, it makes it possible for that second thing to happen
parallel
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happening in a similar way
Pharmaceutical
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relating to the production of medicines
plaster cast
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the hard covering that is put over a broken bone in order to support and protect it while it heals
(good/bad) posture
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if someone has good posture, very back and shoulders are straight when they stand and sit; if someone has bad posture, their back and shoulders are curved and not straight
prescribe
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to say what medical treatment someone needs
receive Physiotherapy
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to get treatment for an injury which involves doing Special exercises and movements
Rehabilitation
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what someone who has been ill or injured is cured and can do what they used to do before their illness or injury
relieve
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to make pain or bad feeling less severe
sedentary activities
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activities which involve sitting and not being Physically Active
sleep patterns
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someone's sleep patterns are sleeping habits, for example, how much they usually sleep and when they usually sleep
sports injury
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damage to your body caused by doing a sport
substantially
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by a large amount
symptoms
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physical feelings or problems which show that you have a particular illness
therapeutic
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helping to cure a disease or improve your health
therapy
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a type of treatment for an illness or injury
treat
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to give Medical Care to someone for an illness or injury
undergo
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to experience something, for example, and medical treatment
well-being
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a feeling or sense of well-being is a feeling of being healthy, happy and comfortable
a wave of something
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a period in which there is an increase in a particular type of activity

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