CHECK YOUR ENGLISH FOR MEDICINE
VERBS 2
The sentences in Column A contain
examples of useful verbs in medicine. In Column B there are definitions
of the verbs. Read the examples and match the verbs (in italics) with
the definitions. Then write the infinitive forms into the spaces in the
definitions in Column B. The first one has been done for you as
an example.
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Column
A: Examples
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Column B:
Definitions
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1
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He was
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a
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_________ means to pass from one place
to another
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2
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The cancer is not responding to drugs.
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b
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_________ means to damage or hurt someone
or something
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3
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He was still limping three weeks
after the accident.
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c
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_________ means to go through or into
something
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4
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The doctors saved the little boy
from dying of cancer.
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d
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_________ means to make a hole through
something
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5
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The end of the broken bone has penetrated
the liver.
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e
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_________ means to investigate the inside
of something
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6
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The new heart has performed very
well.
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f
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_________ means to stop someone from
being hurt or killed
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7
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The patient was transferred to a
special unit.
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g
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_________ means to walk awkwardly
because of pain, stiffness or malformation of a leg or foot
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8
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She fainted when she saw the
blood.
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h
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___admit____ means to
register a patient in a hospital
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9
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The surgeon probed the wound
with a scalpel.
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i
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_________ means to stop something from
happening
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10
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Walking to work every day won't harm
you.
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j
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_________ means to react to something
or to begin to get better because of a treatment
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11
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The treatment is given to prevent the
patient's condition from getting worse.
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k
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_________ means to stop being conscious
for a short time and, usually, fall down
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12
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The ulcer perforated the
duodenum.
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l
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_________ means to work
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