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Healthcare

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Learn 10 Essential Verbs Related to Healthcare 

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Treat

VERB - Basic

To give medical care to help with a condition.

Doctors treat patients with antibiotics to fight bacterial infections.

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Prevent

VERB - Basic

To stop something, such as an illness, from occurring.

Washing hands regularly can prevent the transmission of germs.

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Examine

VERB - Intermediate

To inspect someone to check their health.

Physicians examine a patient’s lungs by listening with a stethoscope.

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Screen

VERB - Intermediate

To check or test for a condition before it’s noticeable.

Doctors screen patients to detect heart disease early.

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Operate

VERB - Intermediate

To perform surgery on a patient.

Surgeons operate in sterile rooms to avoid infection during surgery.

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Detect

VERB - Intermediate

To discover or find something that’s not obvious.

Blood tests can detect early signs of diabetes in patients.

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Monitor

VERB - Intermediate

To watch and check the progress of something.

Nurses monitor patients’ heart rates during recovery.

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Diagnose

VERB - Advanced

To identify a health problem based on symptoms or tests.

Specialists diagnose rare diseases with genetic testing.

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Prescribe

VERB - Advanced

To recommend a specific medicine or treatment.

Doctors prescribe painkillers to ease discomfort after surgery.

Icon of a hand holding a syringe, depicting the verb to administer, for healthcare-related vocabulary lesson.

Administer

VERB - Advanced

To provide or apply something, like a drug.

Nurses administer vaccines to protect kids from measles.

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Healthcare

Healthcare

10-Question Definitions Quiz

1. What word means “To check or test for a condition before it’s noticeable”?

2. What word means “To identify a health problem based on symptoms or tests”?

3. What word means “To discover or find something that’s not obvious”?

4. What word means “To recommend a specific medicine or treatment”?

5. What word means “To stop something, such as an illness, from occurring”?

6. What word means “To provide or apply something, like a drug”?

7. What word means “To give medical care to help with a condition”?

8. What word means “To watch and check the progress of something”?

9. What word means “To perform surgery on a patient”?

10. What word means “To inspect someone to check their health”?