Week4

continuous=happening without stopping

backache=pain in your back

circumstances=the conditions around an event

righteous=morally right; good

professional=skilled; related to a job

unconscious=not awake; not aware

surgeon=a doctor who does operations

obsessively=in a way you cannot stop thinking about

operation=a medical procedure; an organised activity

consistent=always the same; regular

prosecuted=taken to court for a crime

rotten=decayed; very bad

allergic=reacting badly to a substance

frugal=careful with money

emergency=a sudden dangerous situation

temperature=how hot or cold something is

adolescence=the teenage years

symptom=a sign of illness

diarrhoea=an illness with frequent watery stools

persistent=continuing for a long time