Check Your Understanding

Choose the word or phrase that matches each definition.

1.Relating to surgery or operations performed on the body — this word or phrase is .
2.Unlucky accidents; minor errors with unfortunate results — this word or phrase is .
3.People receiving medical treatment — this word or phrase is .
4.Put something in place of something else — this word or phrase is .
5.A medical procedure performed by a surgeon to treat an injury or disease — this word or phrase is .
6.A particular course of action or way of doing something, especially a medical treatment — this word or phrase is .
7.Harm that cannot be undone or corrected — this word or phrase is .
8.An illness affecting a person, animal, or plant — this word or phrase is .
9.The process of returning to health after an illness or injury — this word or phrase is .
10.Had progressed too far to be saved or fixed — this word or phrase is .
11.Medical treatment that involves cutting into the body to repair or remove something — this word or phrase is .
12.Performs surgery — this word or phrase is .
13.A doctor who performs surgery — this word or phrase is .
14.Everything happened successfully, without problems — this word or phrase is .
15.Connected or joined to something — this word or phrase is .
16.Surgically removed, especially a limb — this word or phrase is .
17.A statement that describes something as less serious than it really is — this word or phrase is .
18.Used to introduce a fact that becomes known later, often unexpectedly — this word or phrase is .
19.A series of written records that shows how something happened or developed — this word or phrase is .
20.A board with a clip for holding papers, often used to hold a patient's medical chart — this word or phrase is .
21.Displayed publicly, often on a board or wall — this word or phrase is .
22.A plan that lists events or tasks along with the times they will happen — this word or phrase is .
23.Happening all the time; continuously — this word or phrase is .
24.Stopped something from happening — this word or phrase is .
25.Given anesthesia to become unconscious before surgery — this word or phrase is .
26.Demand something firmly, refusing to accept refusal — this word or phrase is .