test 45- the patient's condition

Question 1

• the doctor has given her some medication to …. the pain.

Answer 1

alleviate

Question 2

• the operation was a success and we hope her body won’t …. the new heart.

Answer 2

reject

Question 3

• it’ll take up to six months to …. fully from the hysterectomy.

Answer 3

recover

Question 4

• we’re very pleased with her condition. she’s …. well to treatment.

Answer 4

responding

Question 5

• he’s in intensive care at the moment where we’re trying to …. his condition.

Answer 5

stabilize

Question 6

• at the scene of the accident the paramedics tried to …. the casualty whose breathing had stopped.

Answer 6

resuscitate

Question 7

• it took some time to …. her after she fainted.

Answer 7

revive

Question 8

• paracetamol will ..(1).. the symptoms of the common cold but it wont ..(2).. it.

Answer 8

(1) relieve

(2) cure

Question 9

• if you leave the wound uncovered it will …. more quickly.

Answer 9

heal

Question 10

• the occupational therapist is working to …. the patient after her serious accident.

Answer 10

rehabilitate

Question 11

• the plaster cast acts to …. the arm while the bone regrows.

Answer 11

immobilize

Question 12

• trauma to his spine has …. his left leg.

Answer 12

paralysed

Question 13

• now that we have isolated the pathogen and can treat her, her condition should …. rapidly.

Answer 13

improve

Question 14

• he has made a good recovery but he still …. occasional pain in his thigh.

Answer 14

experiences

Question 15

• he was making a good recovery but this morning he …. and we have moved him to intensive care.

Answer 15

relapsed