Medical Terms
Adjective: unable to walk normally (not paralyzed!)
What is crippled?
*not a verb :)* an adjective that means causing extreme physical or mental pain, agony, or intense distress
What is excruciating?
What is illegal?
Noun; machine that helps polio patients breathe
What is the iron lung?
Noun; compares two things using like or as
What is a simile?
Noun: medicine given to prevent catching a disease
What is a vaccine?
To shine
What is glisten?
Describes something that is one of a kind
What is unique?
Adjective; unable to move
What is paralyzed?
noun; a small, narrow crack, split, or opening in a hard surface like rock, walls, or the ground
What is a crevice?
Noun; thick, slimy liquid manufactured in the respiratory passages
What is phlegm or mucus?
To take away
What is confiscate?
Safe or possible to eat
What is edible?
Adjective: Capable of being passed from one person to another
What is contagious?
Noun; a nonfiction story told by someone who experienced the events.
What is a personal narrative?
Noun; Medical test for taking fluid from around the spinal cord
What is a spinal tap?
to identify an illness
What is diagnose?
Has a strong, often pleasant smell
What is fragrant?
Noun: tiny creature that infects a living organism with a disease
What is a virus?
Noun; someone who receives a benefit or advantage
What is a beneficiary?
Noun: section of the hospital where infectious patients stay
What is the isolation ward?
To persuade, or ask nicely
What is coax?
Describes something related to breathing
What is respiratory?
Noun: violent muscle contraction
What is a spasm?
Noun; food and other substances that help the body grow, heal, and thrive
What is nourishment?