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accuracy (n)

p.76 A global positioning device which tells you where you are with an accuracy of ± 3 metres is somewhat useful.

Exactness, preciseness, exactitude

دِقة

artificial (adj)

p.74  Look at the diagram of an artificial heart system, and answer the questions

synthetic

real

مصْطَنَع

avoid (v)

p.76  The Untracane is a new type of cane which helps blind people avoid obstacles in their path.

steer clear of,

get out of the way of

تَجَنَّبَ

branch (n)

p.75

فَرْع ج فُروع

capacity (n)

capability(n)وُسْع . إستِطاعة

P.77 The batteries must be charged w hen the capacity has fallen to 10%.

سَعَة كهربائية

coil (n)

p.74 The coil on the patient's skin induces power in a coil inside the patient’s body.

لَفَّة (كهربائية)

مِلَف التأثير =induction coil

contain (v)

محتويات كتاب, مثلاً = contents(n)

table of contents in a book

p.74 What does the artificial heart contain?

يحتوي . يحتوي على

controller (n)

ctrl=control=لوحة التحكم

p.74 A coil on the patient's skin induces power in a coil inside the body.  This operates the controller and charges the internal battery.

مُراقب

decide (v)

p.74 The controller contains a microprocessor which decides the best heart rate for the patient at any time.

to determine, to  decide on, to pick(colloquial)

to hesitate about, to be unable to decide on

قَرَّرَ .  ينتقي  

disable (v)

the physically disabled (plural adj) العَجَزة p.75 Name three ways in which severely disabled people can operate equipment.

Macmillan Online Dictionary “Pressing the red button will temporarily disable the printer.” Mughni Al-Kabir “The plane was disabled when one of its engines caught fire.”= في عجزٍ عن العمل

اعْجَزَ

display (v)

p.78 The LCD monitor displays the image.

to exhibit(v)

to show(v)

أرَّى=ورِّي

to hide

عَرَضَ

external (adj)

p.74 The system has two batteries, one inside the patient’s body and one external.

خارجي

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hydraulic (adj)

Hydraulicsعلم حركة الماء

hydro-electric, hydrochloric acid

hydro-

(prefix for having to do with water)

p.74 It contains a hydraulic pump and a valve which lets the  hydraulic fluid move from one side of the heart to the other.

مائي

(خاس بالماء الجاري

 او المتحرق بقوة الماء بضغط)

input (n)

p.77 The opposite of input is output.

(computer, business, and psychology) Stuff you put in.\e.g. data,

labor, sounds

(computer, business and psychology)

 Stuff that comes out.\e.g. results, final product, production

طُعْمَة (من معلومات

 بُدْخل في الكمبيوتر

 للحصول على

جواب )

internal (adj)

p.78 Study the information about an ultrasound machine, which makes images of internal parts of the body.

داخلي

last (v)

p.74 The internal battery lasts up to forty minutes.

remain,

continue to work ظل يشتغل

دامَ . ظَلَّ

manual (n)

manual(adj) يدَوي

p.77 One way of communicating with customers is by instruction manuals or leaflets for your company's products.

كتيب إرشادات

probe (n)

space probe(n) أجتاس الفضاء بالاقمار الصناعية

p.78  The transducer probe contains piezoelectric crystals which transmit and receive high frequency sound waves.

مِجَسّ (طبي)

مِسْبَر ج مسابِر

 (طبي)

process (v)

p.78 The CPU (Central Processing Unit) processes date from the transducer to produce an image.

عملية .

سلسمة أعمال

rechargeable (adj)

readable, unable, doable, chargeable

قادِر على-able=suffix meaning able to be+

infinitive

p.74 The picture of an artificial heart mechanism shows an “internal rechargeable battery.”

قادر على شحن

البطرية من جديد

بالكهرباء

reflect (v)

Reflected(adj) مُنْعَكِسp.76 Sensors on the cane  receive the reflected signals which are passed to a microprocessor which calculates the position and size of the object.

p.642 Oxford Word Power “The windows reflected the bright morning sunlight.”

عَكَسَ

remote (adj)

Remote control=تحكم من بعيد . تحكم بُعادي

p.76 Gadget box: “RP6 (Remote Presence) is the UK’s first robot doctor.”

بعيد عن

risk (n)

p.77 -simple language- this is particularly important in medical technology, where there is a high degree of risk to the user or damage to the product if it is used wrongly.

مُخاطَرَة ج مُخاطَرات

sell-by-date (n)

p.76 How useful do you think a fridge which reports when food is past its sell-by date is?

تاريخ بُحتَم على

مواد الطعامية

التي بجب ان لا تُباع

بعده

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serious (adj)

p.74 The AbioCor artificial heart is for patients with very serious heart problems who are waiting for a heart transplant.

جِدِّي

simulation (n)

p.719 Oxford Word Power “The Urban Planning Department made a computer simulation of a nuclear attack.”

مُقَلَّد . تسَنُّع

تلَبَّس شَبَّه الشيء

specialize (v)

p.75  An X-ray technician specializes in taking and processing X-rays.

 بِ او لِتَخَصَصَ

storage (n)

p.78 A hard disk storage device stores the image along with patient details and other information.

تَخزِين

surroundings (n)

p.76 People who have tried the cane say that with a little practice they can use these  vibrations to make a mental map of their surroundings as they walk.

environment,

بِيئة

ج بَيئات

transfer (v)

p.74 The external battery provides power using a wireless energy transfer system.

حَوَّلَ

transmit (v)

p.76 The cane transmits ultrasound signals.

أرْسَلَ (راديو)

valve (n)

p.74  It contains a hydraulic pump and a valve which lets the hydraulic fluid move from one side of the heart to the other.

صِمام

ventilated (adj)

ventilation(n) تَهْوية

ventilator(n) مِهْوَاة

p.77 Batteries should be charged in a well ventilated area using only the charger supplied.

Renewed with pure air, purified with ventilation

Stuffy, dank

مُجَدَّد بالهواء صافٍ

صَفَّى بالتَهوِيَة

vibrate (v)

vibration (n)إهتِزاز p.76 These buttons vibrate when an object is detected. The larger the object, the larger the vibration.

p.76 These buttons vibrate when an object is detected. The larger the object, the larger the vibration.

oscillate, shake,

يتهزَّز