Explanations given to the patient by the anesthetist prior to surgery often______ anxiety and_______ the need for analgesics.
A) intensify...counteract
B) parallel assume
C) explore...prepare
D) relieve...reduce
E) ignore...preclude

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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 him analgesics (meaning 'drugs which produce insensitivity to pain'). So, D is the answer.

Explanations Given to the Patient by the Anesthetist Prior to Surgery