OET – Study Guide & Revision Notes
Emetic - ANS ✔✔making you vomit, anti emetic drugs
Encephalitis - ANS ✔✔a condition in which the brain becomes swollen, caused by an infection
or allergic reaction
Periodic - ANS ✔✔Happening fairy often, regularly
Episodic - ANS ✔✔Happening occasionally and not at regular interval
Cranial - ANS ✔✔the bone structure that forms the head and surrounds and protects the brain
➔ SYNONYM skull
Alleviate - ANS ✔✔To make something less severe
Paralysis - ANS ✔✔a loss of control of, and sometimes feeling in, part or most of the body,
caused by disease or an injury to the nerves
paralysis of both legs
Trimester - ANS ✔✔a period of three months during the time when a woman is pregnant
the first trimester of pregnancy
Gynaecology - ANS ✔✔The scientific study and treatment of the medical conditions and
diseases of women, especially those connected with sexual reproduction
Emetic - ANS ✔✔making you vomit, anti emetic drugs
Encephalitis - ANS ✔✔a condition in which the brain becomes swollen, caused by an infection
or allergic reaction
Periodic - ANS ✔✔Happening fairy often, regularly
Episodic - ANS ✔✔Happening occasionally and not at regular interval
Cranial - ANS ✔✔the bone structure that forms the head and surrounds and protects the brain
➔ SYNONYM skull
Alleviate - ANS ✔✔To make something less severe
Paralysis - ANS ✔✔a loss of control of, and sometimes feeling in, part or most of the body,
caused by disease or an injury to the nerves
paralysis of both legs
Trimester - ANS ✔✔a period of three months during the time when a woman is pregnant
the first trimester of pregnancy
Gynaecology - ANS ✔✔The scientific study and treatment of the medical conditions and
diseases of women, especially those connected with sexual reproduction
