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verb
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admit
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The patients lined the hospital corridors
waiting to be admitted.
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noun
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admittance
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Your admittance to the hospital is
dependent on your showing proof that you can pay the bills.
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noun
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admission
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Take these records down to Admissions and
have them duplicate the files for you.
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verb
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authorize
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Your doctor has to authorize these tests
before we can proceed with them.
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noun
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authority
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Before major surgery, it is a good idea to
give decision-making authority to a close relative in case something happens
to you.
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noun
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authorization
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The nurse could not submit an authorization
over the phone; it had to be done in writing.
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verb
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designate
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The hospital administrator designated a
team to create an emergency preparedness plan.
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noun
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designation
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The designation of the hospital as one of
the best in the region certainly helped its marketing efforts.
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noun
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designator
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The national health service is the sole
designator of which hospitals will get the grants.
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verb
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identify
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If you will identify your valuables, the
nurse will give them back to you.
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noun
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identification
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Please remember to bring some form of
identification with you when you check in at the hospital.
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adjective
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identifiable
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The red cross on the hospital's helicopter
landing pad was identifiable from the air.
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verb
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permit
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1 can't permit more than one visitor at a
time in the intensive care unit.
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noun
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permission
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Mohammed got his insurance company's
permission to stay another day in the hospital.
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adjective
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permissible
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It is not permissible to smoke inside the
hospital.
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adjective
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usual
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It is usual for health insurance companies
to require patients to make co-payments for hospital stays.
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adjective
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unusual
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Because of her unusual condition, Martha's
doctor sent her to a specialist for treatment.
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adverb
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usually
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These days, patients usually stay in the
hospital for only a few days at a time.
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