Biomedical Engineering Vocabulary Revision

Collocations. Complete:

1. greenstick fracture
2. displaced fracture
3. communited fracture
4. mydriatic solution
5. local anesthetic
6. ectopic pregnancy
7. contrast medium
8. recovery area
9. foreign body
10. confounding variable
11. lo___________________ study
12. smooth passage
13. dimmed light
14. informed consent
15. malignant disease

16. reducing the fracture

17. insert the endoscope
18. experience discomfort
19. excise diseased tissue
20. transmit data
21. void a bladder

Categories: Put the words into nine categories: BONES EYES DISEASE HEART ADJECTIVES
SPHYGMOMANOMETER STETHOSCOPE ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE

Arrhythmia - disease mandible – bones

Atrium – heart meningitis - disease
Bell – sthetoscope nasal – adjectives
Brachial - adjectives pump – sphygmomanometer
Cardiac – adjectives pupil - eyes
Conjunctivitis – eyes reflected waves - ultrasound
Cuff – sphygmomanometer renal – adjectives
Diaphragm – sthetoscope retina – eyes
ear pieces – sthetoscope rib – bones
examination table - ultrasound septicaemia
eyepiece - endoscope shaft – disease
flexible tip – endoscope skull – bone
gauge – sphygmomanometer spine – bones
gel - ultrasound transducer – ultrasound
headpiece – sthetoscope tube – endoscope
hernia – disease urinary – adjectives
iris - eyes valve – heart
lens - eyes ventricle – heart
Words. Translate into Polish

1. veins - żyły
2. blood culture – posiew krwi
3. clot - zakrzep
4. secretions - wydzieliny
5. contraindications - przeciwskazania
6. pacemaker – rozrusznik serca
7. orbits - oczodół
8. injections - zastrzyki
9. radiation - promieniowanie
10. abdomen- jama brzuszna
11. transducer – przetwornik
12. simultaneous - jednocześnie/symultanicznie
13. swallow - połknąć
14. herpes - opryszczka
15. oesophagus - przełyk
16. anus - odbyt
17. axilla - pacha
18. groin - pachwina
19. sputum - plwocina
20. valve - zastawka
21. mucus - wydzielina
22. enema - lewatywa
23. tumour – guz
24. abcess – wrzód, ropień
25. tissue - tkanka
26. stylus – igła

Abbreviations. What do they stand for?

1. SBP= spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

2. DBP= diastolic blood pressure
3. MSU= midstream specimen of urine
4. BAL=
5. MCV= mean corpuscular volume
6. WCC= white cell count
7. L/L= liters per litre
8. fL= femtoliters
9. U/L=units per litre
10. CT= computed tomography
11. MRI= magnetic resonance imaging
12. ECG= elektrocardiogram
13. BBB= blood-brain barrier
Synonyms. Write synonyms for the following:

1. haematoma =bruise
2. breastbone =sternum
3. collarbone=clavicle
4. thigh bone=___________
5. kneecap=patella
6. orfices=opening
7. cut out = excise
8. incisions = surgical cuts
9. cross-sectional images=slices
10. obese =overweight
11. side view=lateral view
12. disease=illness
13. normal rhythm=normal rhythm

Definitions. Supply word for the following definitions:

1. endoscopy is a way of examining parts of the body which are not visible from the
outside.
2. ophtalmoscopy is a basic investigation which allows the doctor to examine all parts of
the eye.
3. radiography involves exposing a part of the body to a small dose of radiation to produce
an image of the internal organs.
4. If something is not penetrable by radiation, it is ______________________.
5. If something is penetrable by radiation, it is __radioducent__.
6. biopsies are interventional procedures.
7. _drainage is removing fluid from the site of an injury or infection.
8. pacemakers__ are electronic devices surgically implanted to regulate heartbeat.
9. _electrocardiograph_ is a device which records electrical activity in the heart.
10. A missed heart beat is a ___skipped_ heartbeat.
11. _phlebotomist_ are healthcare professionals who take blood samples from patients.

Sentences. Complete the sentences with the correct words. Some words appear several times.

1. Technology can be used to augment_ the learning capacity of students.

2. Love is blind, and your love for your book is blind and deaf and numb_______ your senses,
starting with your common sense.
3. The mixture administred_______ twice or thrice daily reduced the clinical signs of diarrhoea
already on the first day.
4. Haemoglobin is within normal limits___________.
5. Past medical history was unremarkable___________ and he was on no regular medications.
6. Red-eye is caused when your eyes dilate_________ in lower lighting.
7. Dr Jardine is lubricating__________ the tube with a jelly.
8. To augment______ designs or simplify the design process, student artists may need 3D
scanning capability.
9. Most people require some down time to recover_______ physically.
10. Rigid endoscopes cannot be bent_____________.
11. Phlebotomists perform a venipuncture________________.
12. The patient is asked to clench________ their hand to make a fist.
13. I don't use social media as a way of augment______ income.
14. The Russian design looked like an indian________ teepee which the Russiann scientists
claimed had all sorts of advantages.
15. The patient is asked to make a fist in order to the vein more prominent______.
16. Pam is still healing from her accident. An aqua-colored tracheal tube provided____________
from her neck to help her breathe.
17. The patient is asked to press lightly on the dressing to prevent swelling__________.
18. This is a headache in which blood vessels constrict and dilate________, releasing
inflammatory substances that cause painful pulsations.
19. I would give you a tune if I could, but my fingers are numbed________ to the bone.
20. The phlebotomist who takes blood inserts________ a needle into a vein.
21. Slowly deflate_________ the cuff while listening and watching the pressure gauge.
22. After a few minutes you may find your vision blurry_________________.
23. A physician can test for strep by performing a throat swab_____ culture.
24. This sensation will wear________ off after about an hour.
25. Stress causes the body to overproduce cortisol. Elevated_________ cortisol levels
compromise other hormones, including insulin, serotonin, and DHEA.
26. It is easier to see abnormalities when the lungs are inflated_______.
27. Apparently, the phlebotomist____, didn't properly apply the needle's safety device after
drawing a patient.
28. Nanoparticles can be administred_________ directly into the tumour.
29. Concomitantly, an increase in systemic arterial blood pressure and heart rate
augment_______ the oxygen delivery rate to the tissues.
30. He takes one day off per month to recover________ and an occasional day off to do
something he'd like to do.
31. In laboratory experiments, scientists have eliminated me_____________________, the
spread of cancer from the original tumor to other parts of the body.
32. The rays cross as they travel further from the droplet, producing an invert_______ virtual
image of the face.
33. Abdominal examination was unremarkable_____ and a neurological examination revealed
no gross abnormality.
34. Sissy's bottom lip prominent_________ slightly, and Eva knows that a serious tantrum is
about to come on.
35. It's acceptable to put several drops of important oil on a cotton swab_______ and dab it
directly on every blemish.
36. My insulin production is slightly elevated____ and I'm experiencing bouts of Hypoglycemia.
37. Under California law, involuntary medications may only be adminstred______ to someone
who has been found incompetent to refuse treatment.
38. The present application discloses methods and systems for augment______ a field of view of
a user.
39. Work benches and tables should be set up in an ergonomic manner for the
phlebotomist_____ to function with minimum physical stress.
40. Thirty-six hours on a bus numb____________ the body, but it can focus the mind on
increasingly unpleasant facts.
41. Ten years ago he had fallen ill and been sent back to France to recover________.
42. What is good and what is evil has become mixed up and inverted_______ for so many.
43. Both have rounded faces with half-closed eyes in round orbit_______, pyramidal noses, oval
mouths with distinct lips.
44. The enzyme overexpression in mouse cells augments_______ resistance to Listeria.
45. My father's illness was advanced, the me_____________________ had affected other
organs, but something inside of him refused to die.
46. A doctor may want to take a swab___________ of the infected area and send it to the
laboratory for testing.
47. One eye is larger than the other, and prominents_______ noticeably.
48. Physically you may experience palpitations, headaches, digestive problems or
elevated_________ blood pressure.
49. Do whatever you need to do to recover_________ and recharge your energies.
50. The freezing rain numb______________ your face, your hands, soaks your trousers and
plasters them to your legs.
51. The human endotoxin model, in which LPS is intravenously administered ____ to healthy
volunteers, is a well-accepted model to study acute inflammation.
52. Inflammatory cytokines studied in the lung were unremarkable____.
53. The survey was conducted by two-person teams consisting of an interviewer and a
phlebotomist______. Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire and blood
samples were taken.
54. Prior________ to the scan you can eat and drink normally.
55. The eye care practitioner may put in drops to dilate__________ the pupils; this is so he can
see the inner structures of the eye.
56. I completely turned the table on them, and invert____ the argument 180 degrees, showing
the exact opposite is true.
57. A phlebotomist___________ draws the blood from a patient.
58. An endoscope may be used to cauterize_______ a site of bleeding.
59. This drug numb__________ a particular part of the body.
60. Arguably metatosis______ is what makes cancer so dangerous.
61. The patient seemed to have difficulty swallowing, but his history was otherwise
unremarkable__________.