Medical English Exercise | Topic: English for Doctors/Patients/Health 7

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.

Choose the best response to complete each of the sentences below.

1. Is "pulse" the same as "heart rate"?
  yes
  no
  only in Australia

2. You're a little __________________________. You have to lose about 10 pounds.
  heavy-set
  overweight
  really fat

3. There's not much I can tell you until we get __________________________ (from the lab).
  your tests over
  your tests have returned
  your tests back

4. Depression is often caused by a chemical deficiency or __________________________ ( = improper proportion of several chemical elements).
  imbalance
  balance
  unbalance

5. It hurts when I __________________________ ( = urinate).
  pay
  peel
  pee

6. Don't worry, it's only a __________________________ cut. It's not serious.
  major
  minor
  minority

7. Cough, fever, and bruises are examples of minor __________________________ that people commonly suffer.
  ailments
  sicknesses
  illnesses

8. I feel cold. = I have the __________________________.
  chill
  chills
  chilies

9. If your nose or sinuses become congested, or __________________________, a decongestant medicine may help you.
  stuck
  stuffed
  stuffy

10. The doctor game me some __________________________ of the antibiotic.
  no-charge examples
  free examples
  free samples


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