Painful = (1) causing physical or psychological pain: The finger I trapped in the door is still very painful. The child wriggled free and gave me a painful kick on the ankle.His mischievous behavior brought back lot of painful memories.(2) causing misery, pain or distress: The painful process of treatment is going on. (3) exceptionally bad or displeasing: This movie was painful to watch.
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Fear
Be/feel afraid/frightened/scared (NOT feel/have fear): ‘Don’t be afraid. ‘The dog won’t hurt you.’ ‘There’s nothing to be scared of.’ Have a fear of something (= be afraid of something for a long time or all your life): ‘I’ve always had a fear of heights.’
Origins – The Heart
Cardiologist combines Greek kardia, heart, and logos, science. The speciality is cardiology, the adjective cardiological. So a cardiac condition refers to some malfunctioning of the heart; a cardiogram is an electrically produced record of the heartbeat. The instrument that produces this record is called a cardiograph. For Scientific english editing and Medical Writing Services visit […]
Adverbial Clauses – English editing.
Adverbial clauses of purpose often begin with so that: She sat forward so that she could see into the car’s wing mirror. Infinitive clauses are also frequently used for this purpose, introduced by in order to, so as to, or just to: Someone may grab your collar with both hands in order to headbutt you […]