QUESTIONS:

(Choose the best response for each one)

1. If pain disappears and then comes back again, it's referred to as

"__________________________" pain.
   recurrent
   reclusive
   current

2. We'll have to __________________________ ( = do) some blood tests.

   race
   run
   jog

3. I need you to __________________________.

   take a heavy breath
   make a deep breath
   take a deep breath

4. I __________________________ the patient last week - He seemed very healthy.

   examined
   examination
   exam

5. Your test came back __________________________. You are healthy!

   positive
   increase
   negative

6. If someone is HIV-__________________________, it means that they have the HIV virus.

   neutral
   positive
   negative

7. If you give someone a "clean __________________________", it means that you have

determined that the person is completely healthy.
   bill of health
   sheet of health
   paper of health

8. What's another word for "doctor" ?

   shrink
   physician
   physiologist

9. My mother has a __________________________ of needles = She is afraid of needles

   horror
   fear
   panic

10. Hopefully we can __________________________ ( = find out) what's wrong with you.
   name
   deter
   determine

1. Take these pills - they'll help __________________________ ( = diminish) the headaches.

   ease
   facilitate
   rectify

2. If someone asks you to __________________________ to your waist, it means they would

like you to take off all the clothes above your waist. ( = your shirt, blouse, etc.)
   strip down
   take off
   take down

3. What are some of the __________________________ of this medicine?

   sideways action
   side action
   side effects

4. I'm going to prescribe some __________________________ for you.

   pain-removers
   pain-killers
   pain-takers

5. If something is "sensitive __________________________", it hurts when you touch it.

    to contact
   to the touching
   to the touch

6. I've __________________________ since I was a little girl.

   had migraines
   had a migraine
   been migrated

7. __________________________ = Put your clothes on

   Get dressed
   Get dressed up
   Get up

8. What's the opposite of the question above?

   Dress yourself
   Get down
   Get undressed

9. __________________________ when I touch it?

   Is it pain
   Does it hurt
   Is there anguish

10. Some physical symptoms are actually caused by __________________________ or

stress.
   anxious
   anxiety
   nervous

1. We can __________________________ cancer = It's definitely not cancer

   rule up
   rule out
   rule in

2. Last year my grandfather was __________________________ with Alzheimer's.

   diagnosis
   made a diagnosis
   diagnosed
3. I can't __________________________ ( = don't have enough money to buy) these brand-
name drugs.
   pay
   afford
   pay off

4. My doctor told me I was __________________________ for diabetes ( = there is a chance

that I will develop diabetes).
   at risk for
   very risky
   a risk taker

5. You should never neglect the __________________________ of an illness - Go see a

doctor immediately!
   warning signs
   warning touch
   road signs

6. Do you have a __________________________? No, my temperature is normal.

   burn
   thermometer
   fever

7. It's not hopeless. This is something we can __________________________.

   treat
   treatment
   give treatment

8. General __________________________, which makes you unconscious, is used for some

procedures.
   anesthesia
   narcosis
   passing out

9. I need to have surgery = I need to have an __________________________

   operative
   operation
   apparatus

10. Let me ask you a couple of questions about your medical

__________________________.
    life-history
   past
   history

1. I checked your __________________________ x-ray - Your lungs seem fine.

   chest
   foot
   head

2. I think I'm __________________________ with something = I think I'm starting to get sick
   coming to
   coming down
   coming apart

3. You will not feel any pain = You won't feel __________________________
   things
   painless
   a thing

4. He's a __________________________ professional with over 20 years experience.

   highly-qualified
   high-qualifications
   high-qualified

5. I'm going to refer you to a __________________________ of mine ( = a person I work

with).
   collage
   college
   colleague

6. I'm sorry, Dr. Beck is __________________________ patients today.

   not having
   not seeing
   not healing

7. There is still no __________________________ for the common cold!

   cure
   curation
   treatment
 8. Let me check my __________________________. Yes, tell Mr. Johnson that I can see him
at 2:00 PM on Thursday.
   graph
   schedule
   time

9. Is it a sharp pain or a __________________________?

   dull
   dull one
   dulled one

10. I don't have __________________________ in my right index finger.

   a feeling
   any feelings
   any feeling

1. After you see a doctor, you might have to schedule a __________________________

appointment to see how things are progressing.
   follow-up
   follow-through
   fellowship

2. I think this might be the __________________________ of your illness.

   cause
   reasoning
   reason

3. I think this might be the __________________________ behind your illness.

   reasoning
   cause
   reason

4. Do you have any allergies? Yes, I'm __________________________ to Penicillin.

   having an allergy
   allergic
   allergy

5. A person who specializes in a particular field of medicine is called a

__________________________.
   surgeon
   special doctor
   specialist

6. My back is __________________________ me! = My back hurts very much!

   killing
   destroying
   paining

7. Does this __________________________?

   hurt
   pain
   painful

8. It's too early to __________________________ a diagnosis.

   express
   tell
   make

9. She is __________________________ = She is taking birth control pills

   on pills
   on the pill
   on a pill

10. I almost __________________________ ( = lost consciousness) from the pain.

   passed forward
   passed out
   passed over