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The New Doctor Unit 3, Lesson 5Mystery to
Medicine
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The New DoctorWord Knowledge

• These words contain the Greek ending -scope an
  instrument for viewing or observing
• stethoscope
• microscope
• telescope
• kaleidoscope

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These words all have the suffix -ment -
meaning the act of

• treatment
• development
• excitement
• government

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These words contain the root words fury a
violent or very strong anger.

• fury
• furious
• furiously

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These words from The New Doctor contain the
/ch/ sound spelled ch or tch.

• screech
• chatter
• perch
• hopscotch

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What word in this sentence means an instrument
used to hear and study sounds produced in the
body?

• This is a stethoscope, and I can hear your
  heartbeat.

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What word has the suffix ment in it?

• The treatment was very much the same as Manuelita
  would have given her.

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Find synonyms and antonyms for the word furious
in the sentence.

• She was furious about the treatment.

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Which word in the sentence contains the /ch/
sound.

• A screech is a noise an Owl makes regularly.

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Vocabulary

• threshold
• stethoscope
• facilities
• superstition
• curandera

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threshold

• Youve scraped your knee on the threshold.
• The excited children threw open the door and
  crossed the threshold into their new house
• threshold the wood or other material under a
  door

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stethoscope

• This is a stethoscope, and I can hear your
  heartbeat, the doctor said.
• Dr. Yan listened to the patients heart with her
  stethoscope.
• stethoscope the instrument a doctor uses to
  hear sounds in a persons chest

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facilities

• I have no more facilities for delivering a baby
  in this temporary building than youll have at
  home.
• The new community center has running and swimming
  facilities indoors.
• facilities things that help to make a job easier

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superstition

• Superstition has no place at a time like this,
  Dr. Johnson answered.
• Some people believe in the superstition that 13
  is an unlucky number.
• superstition a belief in things that are not
  real or are not possible

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curandera

• Lupe is a little curandera, she said in
  English.
• The curandera, or healer, made medicine from
  herbs that she collected.
• curandera a healer

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Vocabulary Review

• threshold the wood or other material under a
  door
• stethoscope the instrument a doctor uses to
  hear sounds in a persons chest
• facilities things that help to make a job
  easier
• superstition a belief in things that are not
  real or are not possible
• curandera a healer

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Vocabulary Quiz

• ________ things that help to make a job easier
• ________ the instrument a doctor uses to hear
  sounds in a persons chest
• ________ a healer
• ________ a belief in things that are not real or
  are not possible
• ________ the wood or other material under a door

facilities
stethoscope
curandera
superstition
threshold