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Word List: Hospital - list 3
- ambulance, ambulances
(noun) - Definition:
- an emergency vehicle that transports sick or injured people to a hospital
- Example:
- Call the ambulance, he is having a heart attack!
- casualty, casualties [ˈkaʒ(ʊ)əlti]
(noun) - Definition:
- the accident and emergency department of a hospital
- Example:
- The injured man was brought to casualty.
- Synonym(s):emergency room (AE)
- have surgery
(Chunk) - Example:
- He needs to have surgery because his blind gut is inflamed.
- operating theatre, operating theatres
(noun) - Definition:
- a room in a hospital used for performing surgery (originally designed for operations in front of observers)
- Example:
- The nurse brought the man into the operation theatre.
- Synonym(s):operating room (AE)
- operation, operations [ˌɒpə(ɹ)ˈeɪʃən]
(noun) - Definition:
- a surgical procedure performed by a doctor
- Example:
- She had an operation to remove her appendix.
- operate
(verb) - Definition:
- to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
- Example:
- It's the first time that the young doctor is allowed to operate.
- die [daɪ]
(verb) - Definition:
- to stop living
- Example:
- His grandfather died a few years ago.
- Synonym(s):pass away
- dead [dɛd]
(adjective) - Definition:
- no longer living
- Example:
- All of my grandparents are dead.
- Antonym(s):alive
- death [dɛθ]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- the cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state
- Example:
- The death of my grandmother saddened the whole family.
- corpse, corpses
(noun) - Definition:
- a dead body
- Example:
- She didn't want to look at her grandmother's corpse.
- life, lives [laɪf]
(noun) - Definition:
- the state that follows birth, and precedes death
- Example:
- My friends are a very important part of my life.
- Antonym(s):death
- live [lɪv]
(verb) - Definition:
- to have life
- Example:
- He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
- survive
(verb) - Definition:
- to continue to live
- Example:
- He did not survive the accident.
Source: http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/vocabulary/people/health-care/hospital/list-3/
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