Vocabulary Revision Units 1-7

Depression may result from nicotine _____.

• departure

• withdrawal

• exodus

• negation

Tinged sputum might be taken as a/an _____ symptom of possible lung cancer.

• buzz

• hysterical

• panic

• alarm

How do you explain the alarmingly high rate of falsely positive tests _____ lung cancer?

• about

• in

• for

• within

To establish an accurate cancer diagnosis, physicians need to _____ an appropriate examination and biopsy.

• commemorate

• conclude

• compromise

• conduct

Delivering bad news about therapeutic _____ is particularly hard.

• frustration

• opposition

• argument

• failure

75% of internal medicine residents _____ burnout.

• report

• resort

• incline

• tend

Minor angina usually _____ with rest.

• removes

• concludes

• converts

• resolves

High-quality CPR provides about 35–50% blood _____ to the heart and brain.

• stream

• flow

• current

• discharge

They agreed to _____ human transplants until more research had been done.

• discontinue

• compromise

• expire

• refrain