Medical English Exercise | Topic: English for Doctors/Patients/Health 1

Whether you're a doctor or a patient, this exercise will make communication easier by teaching you the right medical/health-related vocabulary. Although it's meant for ESL students, it'll be useful to anyone who wants to practice this specialized vocabulary.





QUESTIONS:
(Choose the best response for each one)

1. If pain disappears and then comes back again, it's referred to as "__________________________" pain.
  recurrent
  reclusive
  current

2. We'll have to __________________________ ( = do) some blood tests.
  race
  run
  jog

3. I need you to __________________________.
  take a heavy breath
  make a deep breath
  take a deep breath

4. I __________________________ the patient last week - He seemed very healthy.
  examined
  examination
  exam

5. Your test came back __________________________. You are healthy!
  positive
  increase
  negative

6. If someone is HIV-__________________________, it means that they have the HIV virus.
  neutral
  positive
  negative

7. If you give someone a "clean __________________________", it means that you have determined that the person is completely healthy.
  bill of health
  sheet of health
  paper of health

8. What's another word for "doctor" ?
  shrink
  physician
  physiologist

9. My mother has a __________________________ of needles = She is afraid of needles
  horror
  fear
  panic

10. Hopefully we can __________________________ ( = find out) what's wrong with you.
  name
  deter
  determine

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