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Unit 3                                              parallel adj (37) happening in a similar way
                                                              pharmaceutical adj (32) relating to the production of
          absenteeism n [U] (38) when someone is frequently not
                                                              medicines
          at work or at school
                                                              plaster cast np [C] (30) a hard covering that is put over
          behind the scenes phrase (33) If something happens
                                                              a broken bone in order to support and protect it while it
          behind the scenes, it happens secretly, or where the
                                                              heals
          public cannot see.
                                                              (good/bad) posture n [U] (RS) If someone has good
          breakdown n [C] (38) a way of presenting information in
                                                              posture, their back and shoulders are straight when they
          which things are separated into different groups
                                                              stand and sit; if someone has bad posture, their back and
          clinical trial np [C] (33) a test of a new medicine in   shoulders are curved and not straight.
          which people are given the medicine
                                                              prescribe v [T] (33) to say what medical treatment
          comb through something vp [T] (33) to search        someone needs
          something very carefully
                                                              receive physiotherapy vp [T] (30)to get treatment for
          condition n [C] (33) an illness                     an injury which involves doing special exercises and
                                                              movements
          conversely adv (33) used to introduce something that is
          different from something you have just said         rehabilitation n [U] (RS) when someone who has been ill
          cure v [T] (30) to make someone with an illness healthy   or injured is cured and can do what they used to do before
          again                                               their illness or injury
          demographics n [U] (37) the quantity and characteristics   relieve v [T] (30) to make pain or a bad feeling less severe
          of the people who live in a particular area, for example   sedentary activities plural n (RS) activities which involve
          their age, how much money they have, etc.           sitting and not being physically active
          empathy n [U] (33) the ability to imagine and       sleep patterns plural n (39) Someone’s sleep patterns are
          understand how someone else feels in their situation   their sleeping habits, for example, how much they usually
          evaluate v [T] (31) to consider something carefully and   sleep and when they usually sleep.
          decide how good or important it is                  sports injury np [C] (30) damage to your body caused by
                                                              doing a sport
          fall behind (someone) vp [I/T] (32) to make less
          progress than other people who are doing the same thing  substantially adv (37) by a large amount
          high stakes plural n (33) great advantages that could be   symptoms plural n (33) physical feelings or problems
          gained in a situation and great disadvantages that could   which show that you have a particular illness
          also be the result
                                                              therapeutic adj (33) helping to cure a disease or improve
          hinge on something vp [T] (33) to depend completely on   your health
          something
                                                              therapy n [C/U] (31) a type of treatment for an illness or
          inoculate v [T] (30) to give a weak form of a disease to a   injury
          person or an animal, usually by injection, as a protection
                                                              treat v [T] (30) to give medical care to someone for an
          against that disease
                                                              illness or injury
          joint n [C] (30) a place in your body where two bones
                                                              undergo v [T] (34) to experience something, for example,
          meet
                                                              a medical treatment
          to make matters worse phrase (32) used before you
                                                              a wave of something np [C] (33) a period in which there
          describe something bad that happened, making a bad
                                                              is an increase in a particular type of activity
          situation even worse
                                                              well-being n [U] (33) A feeling or sense of well-being is a
          medication n [C/U] (33) medicine that is used to treat an
                                                              feeling of being healthy, happy and comfortable.
          illness
          open the door to something phrase (33) If one thing
          opens the door to another thing, it makes it possible for
          that second thing to happen.
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