👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES -2-> 13 JUNE👀

💥Daily Word Bytes - 2  from editorial - Ethics first — on TN organ transplant allocations💥

provision (noun) – facilities, services, arrangements.
Hindu Editorial usage : State governments, which have responsibility for health care provision, are expected to ensure that the organs that are altruistically donated by families of brain-dead people are given to recipients ethically, and as mandated by law

altruistically (adverb) – unselfishly, selflessly, disinterestedly.
Hindu Editorial usage : State governments, which have responsibility for health care provision, are expected to ensure that the organs that are altruistically donated by families of brain-dead people are given to recipients ethically, and as mandated by law

lay down (phrasal verb) – formulate, stipulate, insist (on a rule).
Hindu Editorial usage : Priority for citizens enrolled in the State and national waiting lists over foreign nationals is laid down in the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules

seemingly (adverb) – apparently, supposedly, evidently.
Hindu Editorial usage : When the law is clear, it is extraordinary that seemingly preferential allotment of hearts and lungs has been made to foreign patients in Tamil Nadu — in 2017,

preferential (adjective) – special, favoured, advantageous.
Hindu Editorial usage : When the law is clear, it is extraordinary that seemingly preferential allotment of hearts and lungs has been made to foreign patients in Tamil Nadu — in 2017,

account for (phrasal verb) – constitute, form, provide (a specific amount).
Hindu Editorial usage : foreigners accounted for 25% of heart transplants and 33% of lung transplants. The State is a pioneer in orderly and transparent allocation of deceased-donor organs,

pioneer (noun) – pathfinder, front runner, spearhead.
Hindu Editorial usage : foreigners accounted for 25% of heart transplants and 33% of lung transplants. The State is a pioneer in orderly and transparent allocation of deceased-donor organs,

orderly (adverb) – well organized, organized, efficient, methodical/systematic.
Hindu Editorial usage : foreigners accounted for 25% of heart transplants and 33% of lung transplants. The State is a pioneer in orderly and transparent allocation of deceased-donor organs,

deceased (adjective) – recently dead, expired, passed away.
Hindu Editorial usage : foreigners accounted for 25% of heart transplants and 33% of lung transplants. The State is a pioneer in orderly and transparent allocation of deceased-donor organs,

commerce (noun) – trading, dealing, trafficking.
Hindu Editorial usage : has worked consistently to eliminate commerce in kidneys procured from poor living donors. 

domicile (noun) – the country in which a person is said to have his permanent residence.
Hindu Editorial usage : organs go to the most suitable recipients on the rule-based parameters of domicile, citizenship, Indian origin and foreign nationality, in that order.

for one (phrase) – (few people) agree/do something even if all others disagree/ don’t do.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Few Indian patients are willing to opt for one, compared to kidney and liver. Kidney and liver programmes have reached a high level of maturity, resulting in rising demand. 

shed/throw/cast light on (phrase) – explain, elucidate, clarify.
Hindu Editorial usage :  shed light on the factors that led to the decisions, including whether registered citizens were overlooked

overlook (verb) – fail to notice/observe, ignore, disregard.
Hindu Editorial usage :  shed light on the factors that led to the decisions, including whether registered citizens were overlooked

erode (verb) – (gradually) deteriorate, destroy, spoil.
Hindu Editorial usage : Nothing should be done to erode the confidence of the kin of brain-dead people who donate organs with no expectation of gain. 

kin (noun) – relatives, relations, family.
Hindu Editorial usage : Nothing should be done to erode the confidence of the kin of brain-dead people who donate organs with no expectation of gain.