Reclaiming medicine’s nobility – The Hindu (June 12, 2016)

Reclaiming medicine’s nobility – The Hindu (June 12, 2016)

We need a separate body to oversee the sanctioning of permissions to medical colleges to run various courses in a transparent manner.

The high esteem with which the medical fraternity is still regarded is gradually eroding. Increasing instances of conflict between patients and the treating team are a factor. Unnecessary admissions, investigations and a lack of communication and empathy are commonly reported. The sorry state of affairs in the undergraduate and postgraduate medical selection processes and medical education is another sad story. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

Today’s Words:

1. Nobility (noun) – virtue, goodness, honour, honesty, decency, integrity.
2. Fraternity (noun) – group, profession, body of workers, a group of people with same job, interest and etc.
3. Erode (verb) – undermine, weaken, deteriorate, disintegrate, destroy, spoil.
4. Empathy (noun) – the ability to feel and share other person’s emotions/feelings/experiences.
5. In tandem (idiom) – along with, alongside, work together with.
6. Propitious (adjective) – favourable, advantageous, promising, beneficial.
7. Envisage (verb) – predict, foresee, forecast, anticipate, expect.
8. Discriminatory (adjective) – prejudicial, biased, unfair, prejudiced.
9. Proliferate (verb) – increase/grow rapidly, multiply, increase in number/amount quickly.
10. Ambit (noun) – range, scope, extend, bound, reach.
11. Lure (verb) – induce, attract, persuade, tempt.
12. Scuttle (verb) – destroy, wreak, scrap, make something fail.
13. Exigency (noun) – urgent need, requirement, demand, necessity.
14. Repose (verb) – be set, be situated, be supported, be placed (as confidence or trust).

Note:

• Click each one of the words above for their definition, more synonyms, pronunciation, example sentences, phrases, derivatives, origin and etc from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ .
• Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.