House S01E01: English words to learn

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Words worth learning
WordUses
patient 21
00:03:09You see that? They all assume I'm a patient because of this cane.
tumor 11
00:03:35Brain tumor. She's going to die. Boring.
steroid 11
00:16:21But the steroids--
treat 10
00:05:52Isn't treating patients why we became doctors?
treatment 9
00:04:09And she's not responding to radiation treatment.
worm 9
00:31:03Tapeworm? You think she's got a worm in her brain?
hire 8
00:38:54Why did you hire me?
diagnosis 8
00:03:31And your cousin doesn't like the diagnosis.
cousin 7
00:03:28She's my cousin.
medicine 6
00:06:01So you're trying to eliminate the humanity from the practice of medicine?
symptom 6
00:17:31and the pressure is gonna cause neurological symptoms.
tapeworm 6
00:31:03Tapeworm? You think she's got a worm in her brain?
leg 5
00:15:01Oh, for you. For your leg. No, 'cause they're yummy.
medical 5
00:06:11- I don't think it's a tumor. - First year medical school-- if you hear hoof beats, you think horses, not zebras.
lab 5
00:03:58That's an H.M.O. lab. Might as well have sent it to a high school kid with a chemistry set.
orange 5
00:14:30Oh? I think I read about something like that in the New England Journal of Medicine. Patient is orange.
radiation 5
00:04:09And she's not responding to radiation treatment.
x-ray 5
contrast 5
00:06:38- Get her a contrast M.R.I. - Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?
bus 4
00:00:48I already know the answer. I missed the bus.
assume 4
00:03:09You see that? They all assume I'm a patient because of this cane.
ham 4
00:30:18I had ham at her apartment.
parrot 4
00:19:15- You could smell our parrot. - You said you didn't have any pets in this class.
vasculitis 4
00:17:11You're looking for support for a diagnosis of cerebral vasculitis?
teacher 3
00:19:37None. But you figured that five-year-olds are more serious about bird hygiene than their teacher?
weekend 3
00:01:18Okay. Sydney, why don't you tell us what you did this weekend?
color 3
00:14:27Runny nose looks a funny color? Patient admitted complaining of back spasms.
proof 3
00:22:05With no proof.
damage 3
00:25:30Could the damage have been caused by a lack of oxygen during her seizure?
affair 3
00:15:12Your wife is having an affair.
healthy 3
00:03:21That's fair enough. I don't like healthy patients.
sue 3
00:21:10I should sue you.
egg 3
00:20:07who made your egg salad sandwich--
cure 3
00:34:15I'm not talking about a treatment. I'm talking about a cure.
guarantee 3
00:36:41We don't give guarantees.
jewish 3
00:30:16- She's not jewish. - Rachel Adler's not jewish?
clinic 3
00:07:55You're six years behind on your obligations to the clinic.
muscle 3
00:34:39If it's in the brain, it's a stroke. I had it in my thigh muscles.
pork 3
00:30:57Where there's ham, there's pork.
pill 3
00:38:17- Two pills? - Yeah. Every day, for at least a month, with a meal.
medication 3
00:18:09We're just trying some alternative medication.
dignity 3
00:35:23I just want to die with a little dignity.
vessel 3
00:17:14Inflammation of blood vessels in the brain is awfully rare, especially for someone her age.
genetic 3
00:13:53We need to know if there's some genetic or environmental cause that's triggering an inflammatory response.
immune 3
00:32:11As long as it's healthy, the immune system doesn't even know it's there.
juvenile 3
00:07:37Are you gonna grab my cane now, stop me from leaving? That would be juvenile.
zebra 3
00:06:11- I don't think it's a tumor. - First year medical school-- if you hear hoof beats, you think horses, not zebras.
neurological 3
00:17:31and the pressure is gonna cause neurological symptoms.
inflammation 3
00:16:24the steroids stop the inflammation.
larva 3
00:31:40you digest live tapeworm larvae.
gadolinium 3
00:08:55We inject gadolinium into a vein.
screw up 3
00:06:47The lab in Trenton could have screwed up the blood tests.
gift 2
00:39:54To think that you were hired because of some genetic gift of beauty instead of some genetic gift of intelligence?
grab 2
00:07:37Are you gonna grab my cane now, stop me from leaving? That would be juvenile.
yep 2
00:12:29- Too much edema. Where's the surgical airway kit? - Yep. Coming.
fit 2
00:31:05It fits. Could have been living there for years. Never occurred to me that--
notice 2
00:15:18It's one thing for you not to notice,
begin 2
00:11:19Okay, we're going to begin.
throat 2
00:13:30We'll get that tube out of your throat later today.
danger 2
00:15:57She probably weighed that danger against the danger of not breathing.
interest 2
00:07:58See? I was right. This doesn't interest me.
ridiculous 2
00:15:24By the way, do you consume just a ridiculous amount of carrots and megadose vitamins?
bird 2
00:19:19A parrot is a bird.
pants 2
00:18:52Why are you smelling Billy's pants?
excellent 2
00:08:19Excellent. We have a point of agreement-- you're not gonna fire me.
breathe 2
00:12:19She's not breathing. Epi, .5.
nurse 2
00:18:06The nurse said you're stopping my radiation.
research 2
00:21:32Doing research. People are fascinating, aren't they?
female 2
00:03:01Twenty-nine-year old female. First seizure one month ago.
base 2
00:21:42You don't prescribe medicine based on guesses.
amount 2
00:15:24By the way, do you consume just a ridiculous amount of carrots and megadose vitamins?
page 2
00:07:12Radiology, please call the page.
yelling 2
00:09:17Yes. Why are you yelling?
obvious 2
00:06:24then her kindly family doctor in Trenton makes the obvious diagnosis, and it never gets near this office.
cancer 2
00:03:55The protein markers for the three most prevalent brain cancers came up negative.
scary 2
00:09:43That's not scary.
shock 2
00:25:03We needed to shock you to get your heart going.
yellow 2
00:14:37You mean yellow. It's jaundice. I mean orange.
disease 2
00:03:45You're the oncologist. I'm just a lowly infectious disease guy.
effect 2
00:26:11Well, maybe we didn't see the effect until after we started steroids. No, it's not a tumor.
claim 2
00:36:11claim she doesn't have the capacity to make this decision.
false 2
00:18:40False hope. If there was any other type available, I would have given her that.
reputation 2
00:08:16is because your reputation is still worth something to this hospital.
mental 2
00:03:07Progressive deterioration of mental status.
highly 2
00:03:50Brain tumors at her age are highly unlikely.
garbage 2
00:20:34I want you to check the patient's home for contaminants, garbage, medication.
ability 2
00:03:04Lost the ability to speak. Babbled like a baby.
ignore 2
00:07:52You ignore requests for consults. I call back. Sometimes I misdial.
basement 2
00:19:52It's not a crime scene. As far as I know, she's running a meth lab out of her basement.
fever 2
00:27:14I had a couple headaches last month, a mild fever. Sometimes I can't sleep, and I have trouble concentrating.
dollar 2
00:27:39I need 36 Vicodin and change for a dollar.
experiment 2
00:22:01She is not an experiment. I have a legitimate theory about what's wrong with her.
wipe 2
00:20:24but I figure that somebody who wipes snot on a sleeve isn't hyperconcerned about sanitary conditions.
status 2
00:03:07Progressive deterioration of mental status.
trigger 2
00:13:53We need to know if there's some genetic or environmental cause that's triggering an inflammatory response.
response 2
00:13:53We need to know if there's some genetic or environmental cause that's triggering an inflammatory response.
pet 2
00:19:00Do you have any pets in this class?
flow 2
00:32:15The worm builds a wall, uses secretions to shut down the body's immune response and control fluid flow.
complain 2
00:14:27Runny nose looks a funny color? Patient admitted complaining of back spasms.
yell 2
00:09:17Yes. Why are you yelling?
oxygen 2
00:16:01Oxygen is so important during those prepubescent years. Don't you think?
respond 2
00:04:09And she's not responding to radiation treatment.
typical 2
00:31:36In a typical case, if you don't cook pork well enough,
headache 2
00:27:14I had a couple headaches last month, a mild fever. Sometimes I can't sleep, and I have trouble concentrating.
stroke 2
00:06:34Aneurysm, stroke or some other ischemic syndrome.
illness 2
00:05:55No. Treating illnesses is why we became doctors.
con 2
00:21:06Okay? Who knows when they're being conned, knows how to con.
scan 2
00:06:18No. First of all, there's nothing on the CAT scan.
alternative 2
00:18:09We're just trying some alternative medication.
allergic 2
00:12:09If she's having an allergic reaction to the gadolinium, she'll be dead in two minutes.
unlikely 2
00:03:50Brain tumors at her age are highly unlikely.
fluid 2
00:32:15The worm builds a wall, uses secretions to shut down the body's immune response and control fluid flow.
syndrome 2
00:06:34Aneurysm, stroke or some other ischemic syndrome.
cane 2
00:03:09You see that? They all assume I'm a patient because of this cane.
definition 2
00:27:10It's kind of the definition, isn't it?
environmental 2
00:04:06Other side. No environmental factors. That you know of.
meth 2
00:19:52It's not a crime scene. As far as I know, she's running a meth lab out of her basement.
carrot 2
00:15:24By the way, do you consume just a ridiculous amount of carrots and megadose vitamins?
cripple 2
00:22:33People used to have more respect for cripples, you know.
kindergarten 2
00:19:56She's a kindergarten teacher. And if I were a kindergarten student I would trust her implicitly.
seizure 2
00:03:01Twenty-nine-year old female. First seizure one month ago.
philosopher 2
00:08:29But, as the philosopher Jagger once said, "You can't always get what you want".
thigh 2
00:34:39If it's in the brain, it's a stroke. I had it in my thigh muscles.
bowel 2
00:31:45they grab onto your bowel, they live, they grow up, they reproduce.
reproduce 2
00:31:45they grab onto your bowel, they live, they grow up, they reproduce.
infectious 2
00:03:45You're the oncologist. I'm just a lowly infectious disease guy.
bloodstream 2
00:32:03Unlike the larvae, the egg can pass right through the walls of the intestines into the bloodstream.
claustrophobic 2
00:11:12All right, Rebecca, I know you may feel a little claustrophobic in there,
radiology 2
00:07:12Radiology, please call the page.
diagnose 2
00:05:44Shouldn't we be speaking to the patient before we start diagnosing?
pretense 2
00:28:10House doesn't believe in pretense.
lesion 2
00:05:33It's a lesion.
come up 2
00:03:55The protein markers for the three most prevalent brain cancers came up negative.
find out 2
00:06:58Let's find out what kind of zebra we're treating here.
grow up 2
00:28:47Well, you obviously didn't grow up in my neighborhood.
light up 2
00:09:05Basically, whatever's in your head lights up like a Christmas tree.
psittacosis 2
00:19:23Parrots are the primary source of psittacosis.
stand up 2
00:14:50The next morning, I could barely stand up.
obviously 1
00:28:47Well, you obviously didn't grow up in my neighborhood.
boyfriend 1
00:17:53No boyfriend? Three dates.
apartment 1
00:30:18I had ham at her apartment.
upset 1
00:39:51But not the best. Would that upset you? Really?
green 1
00:05:36And the big green thing in the middle of the bigger blue thing on a map...
lawyer 1
00:15:32And get a good lawyer.
doubt 1
00:00:50I don't doubt it. No bus stops near Brad's.
decision 1
00:36:11claim she doesn't have the capacity to make this decision.
island 1
00:05:40is an island.
difference 1
00:39:07Does it make a difference what I think?
tree 1
00:09:05Basically, whatever's in your head lights up like a Christmas tree.
bear 1
00:35:28Our bodies break down. Sometimes when we're 90. Sometimes before we're even born.

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