Esl 354

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STRATIFY
That racial association is not stratified by socioeconomic status.

Back 1

V. to arrange sth in layers.

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DEVIATE (from)
The doctor had not deviated from the standard of care.

Back 2

V. to change from a course of action or from what is normal or usual.

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REVISE
In 2003, when California revised its death certificate, the rate leap to 14.6.

Back 3

V. to change sth. in order to correct or improve it.

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IMPLAUSIBLE
The idea that California was moving backward in an era of high-tech birthing was implausible to some.

Back 4

ADJ. unlikely to be true.

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INTRACTABLE
Doctors can more easily improve medical care than fix more intractable problems such as poverty and obesity.

Back 5

ADJ. hard to manage- not easily controlled

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WHIZ
You don't have to be a public health whiz to know that we are facing a big problem here.

Back 6

N. a person who is extremely good at sth.

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INCENTIVE
Data from this group prompted the Joint Commission to issue incentives for hospitals to reduce inductions and fight what it called "the Caesarea section epidemic".

Back 7

N. encouragement

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PROMPT
Data from this group prompted the Joint Commission to issue incentives for hospitals to reduce inductions and fight what it called "the Caesarea section epidemic".

Back 8

V. to cause sb. to do sth.

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ARRAIGN
Michael Jackson's doctor is to be arraigned Friday at a court house.

Back 9

V. to bring sb. to court for trial.

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MANSLAUGHTER
Two law enforcement sources have said he will be charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Back 10

N. the crime of killing a person illegally but not intentionally

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TREND
For the past seven months , the state Department of Public Health has declined to release a report outlining the trend.

Back 11

N. general direction or tendency.

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DECLINE
For the past seven months , the state Department of Public Health has declined to release a report outlining the trend.

Back 12

V. to refuse