Medicină Dentară II

PHYSICIANS AND MEDICAL SPECIALTIES

– TEMA 2

1. Answer the following questions.

1. What is the difference between a diagnostic radiologist and a therapeutic radiologist?
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2. At what stage of a person's life is a congenital anomaly likely to be discovered?

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3. What do the initials GP stand for?

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4. Name four specialists who do not do surgery.

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5. Which specialists commonly work in an operating room?

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6. Which subspecialty deals with the treatment of elderly patients?

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7. What is the difference between obstetrics and gynecology?

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8. Which two specialists may subspecialize in allergies?

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9. Which specialist, working in a laboratory, determines if a tumor is benign or malignant?

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10. Which operation could be performed on a man: a hysterectomy or rhinoplasty?

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2. Complete the sentences which describe patients and their conditions by using the
following nouns: accident, ambulance, biopsy, consent, effort, examination, excess, exercise,
injection, intake, intolerance, overdose, paroxysm, programme, rash, recurrence, surgery,
tendency, vaccination, whisper.
1. He developed an ______________ to penicillin.
2. He suffered from a ______________ of coughing in the night.
3. She went into a coma after an ______________ of heroin.
4. He had to undergo major ______________ on his heart.
5. She took a ______________ of steroid treatment.
6. He had a ______________ of a fever which he had caught in the tropics.
7. There is a ______________ to obesity in her family.
8. The X-ray ______________ showed the presence of a tumor in his colon.
9. She had an ______________ to ease the pain in her leg.
10. She doesn’t take enough ______________ that’s why he’s fat.
11. The injured man was taken away in an ______________
12. She was advised to reduce her ______________ of sugar.
13. The ______________ of the tissue from the growth showed that it was benign.
14. The parents gave their ______________ for their son’s heart to be used in the transplant
operation.
15. She has a sore throat and can only speak in a ______________
16. It took her a lot of ______________ even to walk a short distance.
17. Her body could not cope with an ______________ of blood sugar.
18. He has been an invalid since he had the ______________ six years ago.
19. The ______________ has left a little bump on her left arm.
20. The ______________ has left red marks on his chest and back.