TEAS Reading Comprehension Practice Test 3

If an anesthetist (the physician who administers chloroform) gives some explanations to the patient before the surgery, it will not be with a view to “intensify” his anxiety, but to “relieve” his anxiety. If this is so, there will be less need to give himanalgesics (meaning drugs which produce insensitivity to pain). So, “ignore; preclude” is the answer.