Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| An instrument for increasing the volume of the voice. | Microphone |
| An instrument for making very small objects appear large. | Microscope |
| An instrument for enabling persons inside a submarine to see objects above the surface of the water. | Periscope |
| An instrument for measuring earthquakes. | Seismograph |
| An instrument for measuring the speed of a motor-car. | Speedometer |
| An electrical instrument for transmitting speech. | Telephone |
| An instrument used for measuring temperature. | Thermometer |
| An instrument for seeing distant objects. | Telescope |
| A vehicle for conveying sick or injured people to the hospital. | Ambulance |
| To cut off a part of a person’s body which in infected. | Amputate |
| Low levels of iron in the blood. | Anaemia |
| Any medicine which produce insensibility. | Anaesthetic |
| A medicine which alleviates pain. | Anodyne |
| The mosquito which transmits malaria. | Anopheles |
| A medicine to counteract poison. | Antidote |
| A substance which destroys or weakens germs. | Antiseptic |
| A substance used in surgery to induce unconsciousness. | Chloroform |
| The mark or scar left after a wound is healed. | Cicatrix |
| Gradual recovery from illness. | Convalescence |
| One who is recovering from illness. | Convalescent |
| The mosquito which transmits filaria. | Culex |
| A substance to hide unwanted smells. | Deodorant |
| To be able to tell the nature of a disease by its symptoms. | Diagnose |
| A medicine to cause vomiting. | Emetic |
| A disease confined to a particular district place. | Endemic |
| A disease affecting many persons at the same place and time. | Epidemic |
| To disinfect by smoke. | Fumigate |
| Free or exempt from infection. | Immune |
| A substance used by dentists to deaden gums and nerves. | Lidocaine |
| A medicine for relieving, numbing pain. | Narcotic |
| A cure for all diseases. | Panacea |
| A disease extensively epidemic. | Pandemic |
