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+**gaffe**: an **unintentional** act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder.
+  * White House claims Biden didn't drop classified info in cleaning up **gaffe**
+  * in my first few months at work I made some real **gaffes**
+Document shows Chinese **oligarchs** paid Hunter Biden $100,000, senators allege: (especially in Russia) a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence.
+His late arrival **hit off** perfectly with our plan: to be in harmony or agreement
+She hits it off with her son's girl friend.
+post**menopausal** /ˌpəʊs(t)mɛnəˈpɔːz(ə)l/:
+  * **post**- after
+  * **meno**- month; moon
+  * **pausal**-stop
+**senile**: /ˈsiːnʌɪl/
 **femoral** neck 股骨颈: Relating to the femur or the thigh.
   * **femur** /ˈfiːmə/
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 The **lumbar spine**(腰椎) is the lower back that begins below the last **thoracic vertebra** (胸椎T12) and ends at the top of the **sacral spine**(骶骨), or sacrum (S1)
+  * lumb-, lumbo-: by extension, the lower back
   * **lumbar**: Relating to the lower part of the back
-  * **thoracic** /θəˈrasɪk,θɔːˈrasɪk/: relating to the thorax.
+  * **thoracic** /θəˈrasɪk,θɔːˈrasɪk/: relating to the **thorax**.
-     * horax /ˈθɔːraks/: the part of the body of a mammal between the neck and the abdomen, including the cavity enclosed by the ribs, breastbone, and dorsal vertebrae, and containing the chief organs of circulation and respiration; the chest.
+     * **thorax ** /ˈθɔːraks/: the part of the body of a mammal between the neck and the abdomen, including the cavity enclosed by the ribs, breastbone, and dorsal vertebrae, and containing the chief organs of circulation and respiration; the chest.
   * **vertebra** /ˈvəːtɪbrə/
-osteo- /ˈɒstɪəʊ/: relating to the bones.
+**osteo-** /ˈɒstɪəʊ/: relating to the bones.
   * Osteo**porosis** has no symptoms：骨质疏松症
      * **Osteoporosis** /ˌɒstɪəʊpəˈrəʊsɪs/
   * osteo**penia**"/ˌɒstɪəʊˈpiːnɪə/: 骨质减少
-  * osteoarthritis /ˌɒstɪəʊɑːˈθrʌɪtɪs/
+     * -**penia**- (s), -**penias** (pl), -**penic**, **pen**-, **penia**-: abnormal reduction, decrease in, insufficient, deficiency. Originally, the meaning was poverty, need; sometimes it is erroneously or incorrectly rendered as -poenia
+        * calci**penia**, chloro**penia**, cytoglucopenia, cytopenia, eosinopenia, erythroblastopenia
+  * **osteoarthritis** /ˌɒstɪəʊɑːˈθrʌɪtɪs/
-**Bone mineral densitometry** (BMD) is a test done to measure a person's bone mineral density
+**Bone mineral densitometer** (BMD) is a test done to measure a person's bone mineral density
+  * **densitometer** /ˌdɛnsɪˈtɒmɪtə/
 **sketchy**
   * 1) "the information they had was **sketchy**": not thorough or detailed.
+     * thorough /ˈθʌrə/
   * 2) "once the story does come out, the fact that you tried to hide it will seem **sketchy**": dishonest or disreputable.
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 he was being very **laid-back** about it all: relaxed and easy-going.
-elixir /ɪˈlɪksə,ɪˈlɪksɪə/:
+**elixir** /ɪˈlɪksə,ɪˈlɪksɪə/:
-  * a magical or medicinal potion: an elixir guaranteed to induce love
+  * a magical or medicinal **potion**: an elixir guaranteed to induce love
-  * a particular type of medicinal solution: a cough elixir
+     * **potion**: a liquid with healing, magical, or poisonous properties.
+        * "a healing potion"
+  * a particular type of medicinal solution: a cough **elixir**
 He is a **goofy** guy: /ɡuːfi/ foolish or harmlessly eccentric