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Medical Verbs N2
Medical Verbs - Nursing 2
Term | Definition |
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ASSESS | to evaluate the patient’s condition |
ASSIST | to help |
CURE | to heal, to alleviate |
DETERIORATE | to get worse |
DIAGNOSE | to find out the problem |
DISCHARGE | to release someone from the hospital |
EXAMINE | to check if the patient is healthy |
HOSPITALIZE | to have the patient stay for observation |
INCREASE | the opposite of decrease |
MEASURE | to calculate a value |
NURSE | to take care of someone |
PERFORM | to do |
PRESCRIBE | to authorize the use of a medication |
PREVENT | to stop something from happening |
PROVIDE | to give |
RECOVER | to get better |
SET UP | to arrange |
TAKE OFF | to remove |
TREAT | to use medical methods to cure a patient |