Medical English

......... can be used to alleviate pain during surgery.

Doctors often say that you should ......... in bed when you have a cold or the flu for a couple of days.

Dentists use an assortment of ..... like mouth mirrors, probes, forceps, brushes, and scalpels in their work.

The movie was too violent; I couldn't ..... it.

The ..... is located on the lower part of a face and is hinged near the ears so that people can talk and chew food.

..... is a part of the body that grows out of a person's head. People often style this part of the body in various ways.

..... are also located inside the mouth. Usually, people have an upper and lower row of these hard bones that are used to bite and grind food.

In some countries, people shake hands when they meet, but in other countries, they ...... This is when a person bends at the waist in a downward, forward motion or lowers his/her head.

..... is an eating disorder that is very dangerous because these people actually starve themselves. They eat very infrequently due to loss of appetite.

..... contain all of the genetic material found on chromosomes.