Unit 1 What is Medicine?

What does 'administer' mean?

• To apply something to an individual

• To study something in detail

• To identify a disease

• To restore health

What is 'analysis'?

• The action of looking carefully at something

• A type of medicine

• A type of disease

• A surgical procedure

What does 'microbiology' study?

• The human anatomy

• The history of diseases

• Very small organisms

• Medical treatments

What does 'diagnose' mean?

• Identify the nature of a disease

• Restore health

• Prescribe a treatment

• Perform a surgery

What is a 'patient'?

• A type of disease

• A specialist doctor

• A surgical procedure

• A person receiving medical treatment

What does 'prescribe' mean?

• Authorize the use of a treatment

• Perform an analysis

• Study anatomy

• Identify symptoms

What is 'pathology'?

• The study of the causes and effects of diseases

• A surgical procedure

• The action of healing

• A type of medicine

What does 'tratar' mean?

• To give medical attention to someone

• To study anatomy

• To prescribe a medication

• To perform an analysis

What is a 'practitioner'?

• Someone who is actively involved in a profession

• A medical procedure

• A detailed analysis

• A type of disease

What does 'functioning' mean?

• To work correctly

• To study anatomy

• To identify symptoms

• To prescribe a treatment