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4. suffer 12. degenerate
5. operate 13. refer
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7. recover 15. withdraw
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Exercise 2. First, check your answers to Exercise L in the k"y. Then rewrite the sente
below, changing the verbs (which are in bold) to nouns. Do not change the meaning o
sentences, but be prepared to make granunatical changes if necessary. The first one has
done for you as an example.
1. I diagnosed that the patient had a heart 9. We found that the tissuewas infected.
condition. Wefound an
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haartcondition. 10. He has experiencedsix years of tropi<
work.
2. I exami ned the patient fully. He hassix uears'
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7. He has recovered fully. 15. This is the time to withdraw the drug
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1. Condition where the heart suffersfrom 9. Effect (suchas a skin rash or sneezing)
defectiveblood supply becauseone of the produced by a substanceto which a person
:al arteriesbecomesblocked by a blood clot. has an allergy.
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2. Substance given to make a patient lose 1 0 . Trial carried out in a medical laboratory on a
consciousness so that a major surgical patient or on tissue from a patient.
operation can be carried out.
7. Condition where the nerves in the brain 74. All the organs in the body that are
stem have died, and the patient can be associated with the digestion of food.
certified as dead, although the heart may not
have stopped beating.
1 5 . Diet that provides all the nutrients needed in
the correct proportions.
8. Way in which a doctor behaves towards a
patient (or a patient who is in bed).
4. The doct ors saaedthe little boy from dy g d) means to make a hole through
of cancer. something
5. The end of the broken bone haspenetrated e) mears to investigate the inside
the liver. of something
6. The new heart has paformed very well. means to rescue someone or to
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7. The patient was transferredto a special unit. means not to have enough of
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