Medical English Exercise | Topic: English for Doctors/Patients/Health 5

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. After you see a doctor, you might have to schedule a __________________________ appointment to see how things are progressing.
  follow-up
  follow-through
  fellowship

2. I think this might be the __________________________ of your illness.
  cause
  reasoning
  reason

3. I think this might be the __________________________ behind your illness.
  reasoning
  cause
  reason

4. Do you have any allergies? Yes, I'm __________________________ to Penicillin.
  having an allergy
  allergic
  allergy

5. A person who specializes in a particular field of medicine is called a __________________________.
  surgeon
  special doctor
  specialist

6. My back is __________________________ me! = My back hurts very much!
  killing
  destroying
  paining

7. Does this __________________________?
  hurt
  pain
  painful

8. It's too early to __________________________ a diagnosis.
  express
  tell
  make

9. She is __________________________ = She is taking birth control pills
  on pills
  on the pill
  on a pill

10. I almost __________________________ ( = lost consciousness) from the pain.
  passed forward
  passed out
  passed over

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