English for doctors and nurses (intermediate) - vocabulary matching 3

💬 Clinical English in practice
Register: Acute means sudden and severe — contrast with chronic (long-lasting). You'll hear "acute care unit" vs. "long-term care." Wing in a hospital context means a section of the building: "the east wing," "the maternity wing."

Collocations: Infectious → infectious disease, infectious ward, highly infectious. Diagnosis → make/confirm/reach a diagnosis, differential diagnosis.

Pronunciation: Atypical — ay-TIP-ih-kul. Diagnosis — die-ag-NOH-sis (plural: diagnoses — die-ag-NOH-seez).

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Complete each of the following sentences with the letter of the correct answer:
a - diagnosis
b - infectious
c - treatment
d - assistant
e - atypical
f - prepare
g - assist
h - rapid
i - acute
j - wing (n.)

1. Dr. Jones work in another ( = part) of this hospital.✓

2. Mr. Roberts will ( = help) you.✓

3. I'm afraid that you have a case of ( = serious) bronchitis.✓

4. My ( = the person that helps me) will explain the procedure.✓

5. She received a wrong from her old doctor. = Her old doctor failed to identify her condition correctly.✓

6. This disease is . = This disease can spread to other people.✓

7. The nurse will you ( = get you ready) for the operation.✓

8. ( = fast) breathing is one of the side effects of this medicine.✓

9. He has gone into . = He has begun to take medicine, etc.✓

10. These are symptoms. = These symptoms are not normal.✓