| to prescribe | prescription | to treat |
| treatment | surgeon | surgery |
| surgery hours | to perform | general practitioner/GP |
| physician | in vain | directions |
| to bear/to endure | to operate on | to recover |
| recovery | to tempt | temptation |
| to resist | resistance | irresistible |
| whether/if | pharmacy | medicine/drug |
| behandelen | recept | voorschrijven |
| spreekkamer | chirurg | behandeling |
| huisarts | uitvoeren/verrichten | spreekuur |
| aanwijzingen/instructies | tevergeefs | arts |
| herstellen | opereren | verdragen/uithouden |
| verleiding | in de verleiding brengen | herstel |
| onweerstaanbaar | weerstand | weerstaan |
| medicijn | apotheek | of |