English for doctors and nurses (intermediate) - vocabulary matching 6

💬 Clinical English in practice
Register: Benign is one of the most reassuring words in medicine — it means not cancerous or harmful. Contrast with malignant. Patients respond well when doctors explain: "It's benign — nothing to worry about."

Collocations: Prescription → write/fill/renew a prescription, prescription medication, on prescription. Check-up → routine check-up, annual check-up, go for a check-up.

Pronunciation: Dislocated — DIS-loh-kay-tid. Prescription — pre-SCRIP-shun (the pre- is often swallowed in fast speech: p'SCRIP-shun).

READY TO PRACTICE? LET’S GO!

Complete each of the following sentences with the letter of the correct answer:
a - dislocated
b - numb
c - abnormal
d - prescription
e - itchy
f - inflamed
g - risk
h - benign
i - check-up
j - wheelchair

1. Because of your leg injury, you will have to use a for the next two months.✓

2. This is slightly . = This isn't the way it's supposed to be.✓

3. It seems your toes are . ( = swollen and infected)✓

4. You your shoulder when you fell.✓

5. It's time for your yearly . ( = examination)✓

6. Although there's always some involved in the procedure, in this case it's minimal.✓

7. This is not a malignant tumor. It's .✓

8. My finger is . = I have no feeling in my finger.✓

9. I know the area is , but don't scratch it!✓

10. I will write you a for this medication.✓