General Vocab Flashcards

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1
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The cancer risks ___ with smoking have been well documented.

A

associated

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2
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The patient’s voice was ___ audible.

A

Barely

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3
Q

She takes her medicine prescription on a daily ___.

A

Basis

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4
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Doctors study the structures of the human body in all it’s ___.

A

Complexity

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5
Q

The passenger’s seatbelt needed ___.

A

Buckling

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6
Q

Diabetic patients need to ___ check their blood sugar levels throughout the day.

A

Continuously

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7
Q

The patient suffered from ___ of the spine.

A

Curvature

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8
Q

Drug abuse causes ___ from reality.

A

Detachment

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9
Q

The pupils of the eyes ___ as darkness increases.

A

Dilate

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10
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It’s important to ___ between fact and opinion.

A

Differentiate

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11
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Hospitals now tend to ___ patients earlier than in the past.

A

Discharge

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12
Q

He had surgery to correct a facial ___.

A

Disfigurement

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13
Q

Animals suffer great pain and ___ when being hunted.

A

Distress

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14
Q

The school was used as a hospital for the ___ of the war.

A

Duration

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15
Q

To scan for breast cancer, the doctor ___ the chest.

A

Palpates

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16
Q

Infants are more ___ to contract the flu.

A

Prone

17
Q

After the life-threating accident, the patient’s arm was ___ completely.

A

Lacerated

18
Q

When the doctor is making a cut, he is making an ___.

A

Incision

19
Q

Oxygen is a(n) ___ part of our life.

A

Essential

20
Q

After the life-threating accident, the patient’s arm was ___ completely.

A

Lacerated

21
Q

The ___ of a disease depends on a patient’s immunity.

A

Recurrence

22
Q

Small pox is completely _____________, there are no known existing cases today.

A

Eradicated

23
Q

The injury was so severe, my uncle couldn’t handle it, so he ___.

A

Passed away

24
Q

When the doctor needs to visualise the interior of a hollow organ or part , the flexiable , fiber-optic instrument he uses is lighted in order to ___ the surgical area.

A

Illuminate

25
Q

When the doctor ___ the spleen, he decided to perform emergency splenectomy.

A

Lacerated

26
Q

Because mohs micrographic surgery is a minimally invasive procedure, the surrounding healthy tissue remains ___.

A

Intact

27
Q

A women wasn’t putting her seat belt on and when she had a car accident and her head hit the steering wheel so hard , then her retina was ___.

A

Detached

28
Q

Many elderly patients___ on their doctors for medical advice.

A

Rely

29
Q

The dentist had to ___ the man’s tooth because it was so badly decayed that he couldn’t save it.

A

Extract

30
Q

When a surgeon performs open-heart surgery, he cuts through the sternum to ___ the heart.

A

Reveal