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  1. mammary
    of or relating to the milk-giving gland of the female
    “It is especially true of mammary cancer,” he wrote, “that the sur-
    geon interested in furnishing the best statistics may in perfectly hon-
    orable ways provide them.”
  2. exemplify
    be characteristic of
    That statement—almost vulgar by
    Halsted’s standards—exemplified his growing skepticism about put-
    ting his own operation to a test.
  3. amorphous
    having no definite form or distinct shape
    He instinctively knew that he had
    come to the far edge of his understanding of this amorphous illness
    that was constantly slipping out of his reach.
  4. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
    He relapsed to stale aphorisms.
  5. scape
    erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
    By now the perpetually changing land-
    scape of breast cancer was beginning to tire him out.
  6. cloistered
    providing privacy or seclusion
    Never having commanded a particularly good bed-
    side manner, he retreated fully into his cloistered operating room and
    into the vast, cold library of his mansion.
  7. ting
    a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
    That statement—almost vulgar by
    Halsted’s standards—exemplified his growing skepticism about put-
    ting his own operation to a test.
  8. thorax
    the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen
    He had already moved on to
    other organs—the thorax, the thyroid, the great arteries—where he
    continued to make brilliant surgical innovations.
  9. flawed
    having a blemish or flaw
    But he never wrote
    another scholarly analysis of the majestic and flawed operation that
    bore his name.
  10. forte
    an asset of special worth or utility
    Trials, tables,
    and charts had never been his forte; he was a surgeon, not a bookkeep-
    er.
  11. anatomical
    of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms
    He wanted new and open anatomical vis-
    tas where he could practice his technically brilliant procedures in
    peace, not debates about the measurement and remeasurement of end
    points of surgery.
  12. relapse
    deteriorate in health
    He relapsed to stale aphorisms.
  13. skepticism
    doubt about the truth of something
    That statement—almost vulgar by
    Halsted’s standards—exemplified his growing skepticism about put-
    ting his own operation to a test.
  14. cloister
    residence that is a place of religious seclusion
    Never having commanded a particularly good bed-
    side manner, he retreated fully into his cloistered operating room and
    into the vast, cold library of his mansion.
  15. stale
    lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration
    He relapsed to stale aphorisms.
  16. incumbent
    necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
    “But even without the proof which we offer, it is, I think, incumbent
    upon the surgeon to perform in many cases the supraclavicular opera-
    tion,” he advised in one paper.
  17. tire
    lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
    By now the perpetually changing land-
    scape of breast cancer was beginning to tire him out.
  18. perpetually
    everlastingly; for all time
    By now the perpetually changing land-
    scape of breast cancer was beginning to tire him out.
  19. brink
    the edge of a steep place
    But if Halsted came to the brink of this realization in 1907, he just
    as emphatically shied away from it.
  20. majestic
    having or displaying great dignity or nobility
    But he never wrote
    another scholarly analysis of the majestic and flawed operation that
    bore his name.
  21. instinctively
    by natural impulse, without thinking
    He instinctively knew that he had
    come to the far edge of his understanding of this amorphous illness
    that was constantly slipping out of his reach.
Created on 九月 21, 2011

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