Chapter 5 Medicine and Healthcare

Question 0

Monitor

Answer 0

Check

Question 1

Procedure

Answer 1

Medical treatment in a hospital or doctor’s office

Question 2

Interpret

Answer 2

Decide what something means

Question 3

Surgery

Answer 3

Process of cutting open a patient’s body to provide treatment

Question 4

Anesthesia

Answer 4

Use of drugs to prevent any experience of pain during surgery

Question 5

Side-effect

Answer 5

Negative effect of a drug in addition to its main effect of treating an illness

Question 6

Neurology

Answer 6

Study of the nervous system

Question 7

Disorder

Answer 7

Illness, problem

Question 8

Virus

Answer 8

A kind of germ that can cause disease

Question 9

Symptom

Answer 9

Sign

Question 10

Hygiene

Answer 10

Cleanliness, sanitation

Question 11

Prevent

Answer 11

Stop

Question 12

Infection

Answer 12

Disease caused by germs or bacteria

Question 13

Diagnose

Answer 13

Identify an illness or problem

Question 14

Prescribe

Answer 14

Tell you what medicine you need to use

Question 15

Treatment

Answer 15

Medical attention given to a sick person

Question 16

Perception

Answer 16

Opinion, attitude

Question 17

Persist

Answer 17

Continue

Question 18

Advances

Answer 18

Progress, developments

Question 19

Antibiotics

Answer 19

Drugs used to kill bacteria and infections

Question 20

Bacterial

Answer 20

Bacteria are small organisms that can cause disease

Question 21

Modification

Answer 21

Alteration, change

Question 22

Beneficial

Answer 22

Having a positive effect