MULTIPLE MEANINGS CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR MEDICINE

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR MEDICINE

MULTIPLE MEANINGS

Some words have more than one meaning. For example, the word pulse means the pressure wave in an artery when the heart beats, but it also refers to a certain type of vegetable: beans and peas. In the table below 19 meanings appear in the column on the left. Match each meaning to one of the seven words across the top. The first one has been done for you as an example.

		cold	fit	focus	light	notice	patient	turn
1	A person who is in hospital or who is being treated by a doctor.
2	To attach an appliance correctly.
3	The point where light rays converge through a lens.
4	To see or be aware of something.
5	To change into something different.
6	Weighing a comparatively small amount.
7	An illness, with inflammation of the nasal passages, in which someone sneezes and coughs and has a blocked and running nose.
8	The centre of an infection.
9	To move the head or body to face in another direction.
10	Being able to wait a long time without getting annoyed.
11	A piece of writing giving information, usually put in a place where everyone can see it.
12	To have convulsions.
13	A slight illness or attack of dizziness.
14	A sudden attack of a disorder, especially convulsions and epilepsy.
15	The energy that makes things bright and helps a person to see.
16	To adjust a lens until an image is clear and sharp.
17	Strong and physically healthy.
18	Not warm or hot.
19	Referring to hair or skin which is very pale.

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