One word substitution–28
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 |