Vocab Booster SAT Supplement Vocabulary: Health and Medicine Words

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  1. ambulatory
    able to walk about
  2. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  3. corporal
    affecting the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
  4. flourish
    grow vigorously
  5. immune
    of the condition in which an organism can resist disease
  6. incarnate
    possessing or existing in bodily form
  7. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  8. recuperate
    restore to good health or strength
  9. rehabilitate
    restore someone to a good state of health or reputation
  10. regenerate
    reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis
  11. rejuvenate
    make younger or more youthful
  12. restorative
    tending to impart new life and vigor to
  13. resuscitate
    cause to regain consciousness
  14. revitalize
    give new life or vigor to
  15. revive
    cause to regain consciousness
  16. salubrious
    promoting health
  17. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  18. unscathed
    not injured
  19. viable
    capable of life or normal growth and development
  20. analgesic
    capable of relieving pain
  21. antidote
    a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
  22. antiseptic
    thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms
  23. apothecary
    a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
  24. contagious
    (of disease) capable of being spread by infection
  25. curative
    tending to cure or restore to health
  26. elixir
    a substance believed to cure all ills
  27. emollient
    a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin
  28. infectious
    relating to the invasion of germs that cause disease
  29. inoculate
    inject or treat with the germ of a disease to render immune
  30. liniment
    a topical liquid that relieves muscle stiffness and pain
  31. medicinal
    treating, preventing or alleviating the symptoms of disease
  32. palliative
    moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
  33. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  34. pharmacist
    a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
  35. placebo
    an innocuous or inert medication
  36. prognosis
    a prediction of the course of a disease
  37. quarantine
    isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
  38. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  39. therapeutic
    tending to cure or restore to health
  40. tonic
    a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
Created on Fri Jan 31 16:46:56 EST 2020 (updated Thu Apr 02 19:59:20 EDT 2020)

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