C1 Outcomes - Unit 10 - Vocabulary - Operations

She had to ........ surgery to remove the lump in her leg.

• undergo

• suffer

I have to .... for at least 12 hours before the operation, with no food at all.

• starve

• fast

She had to have an operation to .... metal rods to hold the bones together.

• insert

• graft

The bite ..... up horribly until it was the size of a grape!

• swelled

• expanded

The headaches became worse, so he had to have a .... to see what was wrong.

• transplant

• scan

After the car accident, Stephen had to ..... in a long rehabilitation programme.

• take part

• take place

The cut was so deep I had to have .... to close the wound.

• stitches

• a skin graft

When I crashed into the tree, I .... my arm in two places, and it took months for it to heal.

• broke

• severed

I suffered ...... burns because I'd had to fight my way out through the fire.

The hospital doctors recommended a steady supply of liquids and painkillers, so I was put on a ............