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Health/Medicine

Choose the correct answer for each exercise.

1 .       Conditions with rapid onset and requiring immediate treatment are 



2 .       Asymptomatic means 



3 .       Something that is nonthreatening or noncancerous is 



4 .       The removal of tissue for the purpose of determining the presence of cancerous cells is a/an 



5 .       Conditions suggesting that a drug should not be used is 



6 .       A health care proxy allows another person to 



7 .       Persons in holistic medicine 



8 .       HMO stands for 



9 .       The injection or transfer of a substance into the body is a/an 



10 .       Inserting a medication or fluid into the vein using a needle or tube is 



11 .       A document that specifies the type of care a person does and does not want to receive when his or her death is likely is a 



12 .       Malignant refers to 



13 .       If you do not receive proper care and feel there is professional negligence on the part of your doctor, you may have a case of 



14 .       Noninvasive procedures are 



15 .       A nurse practitioner  



16 .       Medical treatment that does not require overnight hospital care is 



17 .       If you have a predisposition toward something you 



18 .       The prediction of the course and outcome of a disease or illness is a/an 



19 .       The process of assisting patients to regain a state of health is 



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