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Medical Science - Verbs Related to Operation and Examination

Here you will learn some English verbs related to operation and examination, such as "stitch", "palpate", and "catheterize".

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to surgically remove an organ from someone's body and put it in someone else's body

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to carefully cut apart the body or one of its parts to display internal structures for scientific examination or instruction

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to insert a living tissue or an artificial object into the body via medical procedure

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to incise
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to make decorative cuts or markings into the surface of a material by using a sharp-pointed or sharp-edged tool

Ex: The ancient incised detailed hieroglyphics onto stone tablets .
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to cut open a part of the body in order to repair or remove a damaged organ

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to reject
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to show an immune response and not accept a new organ in the body

Ex: The doctors closely monitor patients for signs of the immune system starting reject the new organ .
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to surgically remove a body part, such as a limb or organ, often due to injury, disease, or medical necessity

Ex: Surgeons may choose amputate a tumor-affected breast as part of breast cancer treatment .
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to find out the cause of a problem or disease that a person has by examining the symptoms

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to look at something or someone carefully to find potential issues

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to expose something to radiation or light

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to examine the body by feeling with hands for abnormalities or structures during a medical examination

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to scan
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(of a medical device) to take a picture of a body part often using X-rays for detailed examinations by a specialist

Ex: The scanned the patient 's chest to check for any abnormalities in the lungs .
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to screen
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to examine and test a person in order to check if they are sick or not

Ex: The screened customers for symptoms of COVID-19 before allowing them to enter the pharmacy .
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to stitch
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to join the edges of a wound together by a thread and needle

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to put a thin tube into the body for medical reasons, like draining fluids or doing tests

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