all-clear
/ˈɔːl klˈɪɹ/
noun
a signal (usually a siren) that danger is over
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1She was first diagnosed with a tumor in 2016, but thanks to a fundraising effort, was flown to India for treatment and soon got the all-clear.
2Hours later, they finally received the all-clear signal for the second dam.
3Also back on January 14, the World Health Organization, which was not getting adequate access on the ground from the Chinese government in terms of assessing the cases that they had at that point, the WHO publicly gave the Chinese an all-clear in saying that there was no human-to-human transmission in China, in Wuhan.
4Medics couldn't find any major injury and soon gave him the all-clear.
5But that's not an all-clear to overdo it: most of the benefits are linked to moderate consumption, and that stays the same level no matter how you're feeling.
bedrest
/bˈɛdɹɛst/
noun
confinement of a patent to bed as in the treatment of an illness
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1But over the years, study after study has found that bedrest has no effect on premature birth, clearly putting the rationale for bedrest to rest.
2The devoted mom had been on bedrest after she was diagnosed with partial placenta abruption , a condition which causes bleeding in the mother, and blocks oxygen flow to the baby.
3With Duncan, I needed a lot of bedrest during this time, and we've been navigating that this time around as well.
4Hopefully we'll get a clear idea of when she can be off bedrest.
5And finally, we learned of the exciting day of someone on bedrest.
better
/ˈbɛtɝ/
adjective
recovered from a physical or mental health problem completely or compared to the past
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1And bettering our lives.
2Oh, oh, oh, we'll do bettering the world.
3Narrator: AND SECOND IMPRESSIONS ARE EVEN BETTER.
4- Better the camera than you buddy.
5- Better the bat than my hand.
care
/ˈkɛɹ/
noun
the action of looking after someone or providing treatment for them
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1Take care.
2- Take care.
3My parents took care of college.
4- Take care!
5Take care.
to care for
/kˈɛɹ fɔːɹ/
verb
to provide treatment for or look after a person or an animal that is sick or injured
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1Care for your health.
2Care for a dip in my hot tub?
3Care for.
4Healthy habit number six: care for your teeth.
5Care for a loanski?
to bounce back
/bˈaʊns bˈæk/
verb
to regain health after an illness or become successful again after facing difficulties
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1They bounced back in May, June and July.
2But during the warmer interglacial periods, forests bounced back.
3The dough is bouncing back.
4Hopefully bounce back up.
5I bounce back pretty well.
contact tracing
/kˈɑːntækt tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
noun
the process of trying to identify individuals who might have had close contact with an infected individual, particularly in order to treat or quarantine them
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1It's contact tracing.
2This system is also capable of contact tracing.
3A lot of contact tracing is leg work.
4What is contact tracing?
5Contact tracing, is it required?
to convalesce
/ˌkɑnvəˈɫɛs/
verb
to spend time in order to recover from an illness and regain one's strength
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1While convalescing, Lauri learned that he had been made a Knight of the Cross of Mannerheim, the highest military decoration in the Finnish armed forces.
2So badly injured that he needed over a year to convalesce.
3They held a party to celebrate Paul’s birth while Catherine was still convalescing.
4While he convalesced, he visited with soldiers in the hospital, boosting morale.
5He was evacuated to England again to convalesce.
to deep-clean
/dˈiːpklˈiːn/
verb
to clean something carefully and thoroughly to prevent the spread of infection and germs
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1To lure panic-stricken travelers back, U.S. carriers have implemented new rules, deep-cleaned planes, and waived some fees.
2I've used a couple face masks before and a bunch of them don't deep-clean as well as they say they do.
3Yes, germs are all around the seats and they're rarely deep-cleaned.
4Shampooing services are expensive, so hotels save money by deep-cleaning the carpets less often.
5and it wasn't that long ago that I deep-cleaned the fridge.
deep-cleaning
/dˈiːpklˈiːnɪŋ/
noun
the process of cleaning all parts of something thoroughly and with extreme care in order to prevent the spread of infection

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to get over
/ɡɛt ˈoʊvɚ/
verb
to recover from an unpleasant or unhappy experience, particularly an illness
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1Trump got over everybody else.
2"Get over here!"
3I got over so many things.
4I got over so many things -
5- Just get over.
to heal
/ˈhiɫ/
verb
to become healthy again
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1Three, heal a critical trait.
2Heal a critical trait.
3- Heal your kids.
4- Heal your skids.
5[Narrator] Can an apology actually heal our wounds?
healing
/ˈhiɫɪŋ/
noun
the process of making or becoming healthy once more
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1Music can also aid healing.
2Healing has to take priority.
3Healing also takes time.
4And trauma requires healing.
5Healing happens in layers.
herd immunity
/hˈɜːd ɪmjˈuːnɪɾi/
noun
protection from a disease that occurs when a large portion of a population becomes immune to an infectious disease through vaccination or prior illness
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1This phenomenon is known as herd immunity.
2This phenomenon is known as herd immunity.
3Many countries are working their way towards herd immunity now.
4Herd immunity is a proven fact for many illnesses.
5So the herd immunity idea is downright dangerous.
to immunize
/ˈɪmjuˌnaɪz/
verb
to protect an animal or a person from a disease by vaccination
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1So far, nearly 63 percent of U.S. adults are at least partially immunized.
2Now the San Francisco Zoo has immunized 124 mountain yellow-legged frogs.
3Millions of volunteers immunized children around the world against polio.
4Millions of volunteers immunized children around the world against polio.
5Not every child can be immunized.
informed consent
/ɪnfˈɔːɹmd kənsˈɛnt/
noun
permission given by a patient to receive a particular treatment, informed of all the possible consequences and risks
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1And one of those is informed consent.
2Informed consent includes risks, benefits and alternatives.
3It's informed consent.
4Informed consent is the very bedrock of our understanding of democracy.
5Democracy depends on informed consent.
inoculation
/ˌɪˌnɑkjəˈɫeɪʃən/
noun
the process of boosting the immunity system of a person or animal against a disease by vaccination
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1And what is inoculation mean?
2Our lead tonight: The nation's inoculation campaign against COVID-19 is gaining ground.
3What is inoculation?
4Inoculation was also a partially flawed procedure.
5The inoculations turned out to be tainted.
to inoculate
/ˌɪˈnɑkjəˌɫeɪt/
verb
to boost the immunity system of a person or animal against a disease by vaccination
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1Then the bags are inoculated with a liquid culture of mycelium.
2And she inoculated them both with E. coli.
3Two months later, Jenner inoculated the boy again, this time with matter from a fresh smallpox lesion.
4So, he intentionally inoculated his wife and two children with fluid that he got from one of his sick cows.
5And basically we experimentally inoculate people with the common cold virus.
curable
/ˈkjʊɹəbəɫ/
adjective
(of an illness or disease) capable of being cured
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1It's Coronavirus curable?
2By the way, many children's illnesses are curable today.
3It's very curable.
4Basal cell carcinoma is a curable type of cancer.
5Squamous cell carcinoma is also curable.
convalescence
/ˌkɑnvəˈɫɛsəns/
noun
a period of time spent for gradual recovery of health and strength after an illness, injury, or a medical operation
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1Rather than give up, she spent her convalescence reading Voltaire and plotting her return to court.
2During his convalescence he had an argument with a local servant and pelted him with stones.
3Jack endured nearly two dozen surgeries and extensive therapy and convalescence.
4Jack endured nearly two dozen surgeries and extensive therapy and convalescence.
5One feature of the Spanish Lady was the distinctive length of convalescence.
remission
/ɹiˈmɪʃən/
noun
a period during which a patient's condition improves and the symptoms seem less severe
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1They go into remission.
2He is in remission right now.
3The remissions now strengthened to four and then eight months.
4That patient is still in remission.
5Put this baby right into remission.
recuperative
/ɹɪˈkupɝətɪv/
adjective
promoting one's health and strength after a period of injury or illness
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1So let's say you're driving through a mountainous area and you're up at the top of the mountain and you start coasting down using the recuperative braking, you could end up with more charge in your battery at the bottom of the hill than you had at the top of the hill because it charged up the whole way down, using gravity and inertia to put all that energy back into the battery.
2And she's recognizing, Alice Walker is, in this recuperative work, dealing with Zora Neale Hurston, that this new voice, or in Zora Neale Hurston's case, an older voice, but a new way of listening to this voice.
recuperation
/ɹɪˌkupɝˈeɪʃən/
noun
the process or fact of regaining one's health or strength after a period of illness or injury
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1During his month’s recuperation Ernest and Agnes explored the sights of Milan together.
2This has significant effects on sleep quality and recuperation.
3There are also different levels of recuperation.
4And if I decelerate, now, you can see the recuperation.
5The principle behind this is called recuperation.
recovery
/ɹɪˈkəvɝi/, /ɹɪˈkəvɹi/
noun
the process of becoming healthy again after an injury or disease
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1Recovery begins.
2Is recovery a choice?
3One of the most overlooked aspects of people's exercise routines is recovery.
4Recovery takes time.
5Recovery is endless.
to recover
/ɹɪˈkəvɝ/
verb
to regain complete health after a period of sickness or injury
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1Companies like American Manganese can recover nearly 100% of valuable metals.
2The injured lioness is slowly recovering her strength.
3Recover the pot.
4The weather companies, the forecasters only recover 30 percent of them.
5The weather companies, the forecasters, only recover 30% of them.
CT
/ˈkɔɹt/
noun
a medical test that uses special X-ray technology to create detailed pictures of the inside of a person's body
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1Then CT scanners and computer modeling came along.
2Watch your mouth, CT!
3What types of medical students apply to CT surgery?
4CT colonography otherwise known as virtual colonoscopy every five years.
5The North Korean doctors hand over their CT scans of Warmbier’s brain to Dr. Flueckiger.

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