Chapter 5 Medicine and Healthcare Flashcards
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Monitor
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Check
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Procedure
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Medical treatment in a hospital or doctor’s office
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Interpret
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Decide what something means
3
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Surgery
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Process of cutting open a patient’s body to provide treatment
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Anesthesia
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Use of drugs to prevent any experience of pain during surgery
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Side-effect
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Negative effect of a drug in addition to its main effect of treating an illness
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Neurology
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Study of the nervous system
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Disorder
A
Illness, problem
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Virus
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A kind of germ that can cause disease
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Symptom
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Sign
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Hygiene
A
Cleanliness, sanitation
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Prevent
A
Stop
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Infection
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Disease caused by germs or bacteria
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Diagnose
A
Identify an illness or problem
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Prescribe
A
Tell you what medicine you need to use
