I read this book due to my interest for health knowledge and extending vacabularies.

2018-01-21

adjust professor
honorary doctorate
advocate of sth
prostatic cancer
herbal
ailment
studiously
confines ~ sb/sth to sth
限制；限定to keep sb/sth inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc.
meticulous
on top of that
dermatologist
slip off
pigment lesion 色素, 损伤，损害damage to the skin or part of the body caused by injury or by illness
biopsy 活组织检查（从身体取下细胞或组织进行检验）the removal and examination of tissue from the body of sb who is ill/sick, in order to find out more about their disease
melanoma 黑（色）素瘤；黑瘤a type of cancer that appears as a dark spot or tumour on the skin
mole 色素痣a small dark brown mark on the skin, sometimes slightly higher than the skin around it
in catastrophise
lesion
biopsy
melanoma
dysplastic naevus 【医学】痣;(一般的)斑点
pathology **1
病理学the scientific study of diseases; 2变态；反常an aspect of sb's behaviour that is extreme and unreasonable and that they cannot contro **
oncology
pompously 傲慢地；英豪华地，炫耀地；盛大壮观地
ward 病房；病室a separate room or area in a hospital for people with the same type of medical condition
peritoneal tap
remember discreetly
worse nausea 恶心；作呕；反胃the feeling that you have when you want to vomit , for example because you are ill/sick or are disgusted by sth
vomit from chemotherapy （尤指对癌的）化学治疗，化学疗法，化疗the treatment of disease, especially cancer, with the use of chemical substances
culmination 顶点；巅峰；高潮；终点the highest point or end of sth, usually happening after a long time

2018-01-25

a sensation of surrealism 超现实de ganjue
a cure or remission
a barrage
informed consent
proactively hunt
integrative
health screening
lump
bowel habit
hostility
adjunctive treatments
depleted
before, alongside or following
amalgamate
a holistic approach
the incidence of chronic disease
osteoporosis
palliative care
recurrence
metastatic disease
remission
disease improves
intravenous vitamin C