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3. | 'The surgery was a ___, but the patient died' is an old medical joke. |
6. | People who are sick would love to have a '___' from their pain and suffering. |
7. | If you start gaining or losing more than one ___ a week, you should see a doctor. |
8. | Paramedics check victims for ___ signs, such as consciousness, pulse, and breathing. |
10. | Cakes are delicious, but some of them ___ into tiny pieces when you put a fork into them. |
11. | If you take a ___ on a ship, make sure you take all your medicine with you.(Especially your seasick medicine.) |
13. | An ___ donor carries a card in his wallet telling doctors that they can harvest vital organs upon his death. |
15. | Studies suggest that patients have better results when surgeons perform ___ in the morning rather than the afternoon. |
17. | Many types of cancer have a nasty habit of ___ing throughout the body. |
19. | ___ is on ___ Island. ___ is one of five boroughs in New York City. The others are Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. |
20. | There is no such thing as '___' surgery. All surgery involves risk and possibly death. |
22. | After surgery, many people require physical ___ to get their muscles working properly again. |
25. | In a ___ world, everyone would be happy, healthy, rich, and beautiful. |
27. | People bring flowers to cemeteries so they can ___ate the tombstone of a loved one. |
28. | People who love to exercise a lot say, 'No ___, no gain.' (These people are crazy!) |
29. | When you visit the doctor, the nurse assistant usually ___s you and measures your height. |
31. | ___ you get 'cured' from cancer, you must continue to see the doctor to make sure it doesn't come back. |
33. | Smokers who get emphysema can ___ breathe. It requires great effort to inhale enough air. |
34. | Heart disease and ___ kill more Americans than all other diseases and accidents combined. |
35. | People ___d to ignore signs of health problems because they don't want to find out that they are actually sick. |
36. | The most deadly disease in the whole ___ is malaria. It kills more than a million a year in Africa. |
37. | Some people who smoke too much can only ___ when they get old. People have to get very close in order to hear them. |
38. | The ___ of a hospital is cleaned and scrubbed daily so that floors and walls are germ-resistant. |