a British spelling of anaesthetize

verb

to give someone an anaesthetic so they do not feel pain during a medical operation

an American spelling of anaesthetize

verb

to look after someone, especially someone who is ill or someone in an important position

verb

to wrap a bandage around an injured part of your body

verb

to take blood from someone’s body as part of a medical treatment, especially in the past

to save someone’s life when they have almost died

verb

to perform a medical operation to make someone’s blood flow past a blocked or damaged part of their heart rather than through it

verb

to discover a problem or medical condition and stop it from becoming worse

a British spelling of catheterize

verb

to put a catheter into a part of someone’s body

a British spelling of cauterize

verb

to close a cut by using a hot instrument in order to prevent infection or to stop blood flowing out

verb

to clean a cut in your skin

verb

if you close a wound (=injury or cut in your skin), or if it closes, the edges join and the skin becomes healthy again

verb

to keep someone in hospital because they are too ill to leave

verb

to have treatment in order to stop taking drugs or drinking alcohol, or to make someone do this

verb

to cut the body of a dead person or animal into parts in order to examine them

verb

to clean an injury and cover it with a piece of soft cloth called a dressing

verb

to give food or medicine to someone who is ill through a special piece of equipment with a tube that goes into their body

verb

to make a nerve or other part of the body start to become more active

to check the health of someone who has received medical treatment, in order to be certain that it was effective

verb

to take a piece of skin or bone etc from one part of someone’s body and use it to replace or repair a damaged part of their body

verb

to make a part of the body healthy again after an injury

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to make someone healthy again after they have been ill, especially by using methods other than medicine

a British spelling of hospitalize

a British spelling of immunize

verb

to prevent someone from getting a particular illness by putting a substance into their body, especially using a needle

verb

to put something into someone’s body in a medical operation

verb

to cut into the body with a sharp knife

verb

to use radiation on something as a medical treatment, for example in order to destroy cancer cells

verb

to wash an injury using a continuous flow of liquid

verb

to cut an infected part of someone’s skin in order to remove pus (=yellow liquid under the skin)

verb

to perform a lobotomy on someone

verb

to use your hands to move or press part of someone’s body as part of a medical treatment

verb

to press, squeeze, and rub someone’s body in order to reduce pain in their muscles or to make them relax

verb

to control or affect a medical process or condition

to cut into someone’s body for medical reasons

verb

to cut into part of someone’s body for medical reasons

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to examine a part of the body by pressing your fingers on it

to give basic medical treatment to someone who is injured

verb

to examine part of someone’s body by pressing a probe into it

to make someone unconscious by giving them a drug, usually before a medical operation

to make someone unconscious before a medical operation by giving them a drug

verb

to help someone who has been ill or in prison to return to a healthy, independent, and useful life

verb

to put a broken bone back into the correct position

verb

to make an unconscious person start to breathe again

verb

to use a piece of equipment to produce a picture of the inside of a part of your body

verb

to use a piece of equipment to produce a picture of the inside of an object

verb

to test someone to find out if they have a particular illness

if a doctor or nurse scrubs up, they wash their hands and arms thoroughly before doing a medical operation

verb

to cut something during an operation

verb

to give someone a sedative

verb

to put the two ends of a broken bone back into the correct position so that they can grow into one piece again

a British spelling of stabilize

verb

to reach a point where a medical condition is not likely to suddenly become worse, or to make someone reach this point

a British spelling of sterilize

verb

to perform an operation on someone to make them unable to produce children

verb

to join someone’s skin together after it has been cut

to join someone’s skin together after it has been cut

verb

to wrap a piece of cloth tightly round something, especially round a part of your body that has been injured

verb

to apply medicine or clean an injury with a swab

verb

to wrap a part of your body tightly with a special band of cloth because it is injured or weak

verb

to produce a particular result after taking a medical test

the American spelling of tranquillize

a British spelling of tranquillize

verb

to make a person or animal calmer, especially by using a drug

verb

to take a picture of the inside of something using X-rays

to empty someone’s stomach using a piece of medical equipment called a stomach pump

to give someone a drug that makes them unconscious for a medical operation

to make someone feel better