# Doctors & Medicine Advanced

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- CEFR: C1 (Advanced)
- Theme: Health & Body
- Words: 20
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Doctors and hospitals vocabulary for medicine as a process, including a referral, a biopsy, a consultation and physiotherapy, alongside the dosage and sterile…

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## Word list

* **referral** /rɪˈfɜrəl/: When your family doctor sends you on to a hospital specialist for further care. — “My GP wrote me a **referral** to a skin clinic.”
* **paramedic** /ˌpɛrəˈmɛdɪk/: A trained worker who gives emergency care at the scene and in the ambulance. — “A **paramedic** reached the crash site within four minutes.”
* **consultation** /ˌkɑnsəlˈteɪʃən/: A booked meeting in which a doctor listens to your problem and advises you. — “The first **consultation** costs sixty pounds and lasts half an hour.”
* **fertility** /fərˈtɪləti/: The ability of a person or animal to produce babies or young. — “Smoking can reduce **fertility** in both men and women.”
* **biopsy** /ˈbaɪɑpsi/: The removal of a small piece of body tissue so that it can be tested. — “The doctors ordered a **biopsy** to rule out cancer.”
* **screening** /ˈskrinɪŋ/: Testing healthy people in order to find a disease early, before any signs appear. — “The **screening** programme invites everyone over sixty for a test.”
* **physiotherapy**: Treatment of injury with exercises and massage rather than with drugs. — “After the operation she needed **physiotherapy** twice a week.”
* **admit** /ədˈmɪt/: To take someone into hospital so that they can stay there and be treated. — “She was **admitted** to hospital with severe chest pain.”
* **anaesthetist** /əˈnɛsθɛtɪst/: A doctor who gives patients drugs to make them unconscious or numb before an operation. — “The **anaesthetist** explained the risks before the surgery began.”
* **geriatric** /ˌdʒɛriˈætrɪk/: Relating to the medical care of old people. — “She works in the **geriatric** ward, caring for elderly patients.”
* **dosage** /ˈdoʊsədʒ/: The exact amount of a drug to take and how often to take it. — “Check the **dosage** carefully before giving it to a child.”
* **antibiotic** /ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk/: A drug that kills bacteria and clears infections, but is useless against a virus. — “An **antibiotic** won't touch a cold, because that's a virus.”
* **antiseptic** /ˌæntəˈsɛptɪk/: A liquid or cream put on a cut to kill germs and stop infection. — “Dab some **antiseptic** on the cut before you cover it.”
* **ointment** /ˈɔɪntmənt/: A thick, greasy cream you rub into the skin to soothe or heal it. — “The pharmacist recommended an **ointment** for the dry patches.”
* **anaesthetic** /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/: A drug that stops you feeling pain during an operation. — “They gave her a local **anaesthetic** before stitching the cut.”
* **sterile** /ˈstɛrəl/: Completely clean and free from germs. — “The nurse opened a **sterile** dressing from its sealed pack.”
* **laxative** /ˈlæksətɪv/: A medicine taken to help you empty your bowels when that is difficult. — “The doctor suggested a mild **laxative** for a few days.”
* **administer** /ədˈmɪnəstər/: To give someone a drug or treatment directly, for example as an injection. — “Only a trained nurse may **administer** this drug.”
* **topical** /ˈtɑpəkəl/: Describing medicine that is applied directly onto the skin rather than swallowed. — “The doctor prescribed a **topical** cream for the rash.”
* **generic** /dʒəˈnɛrɪk/: Describing a medicine sold without a brand name, containing the same ingredients as the branded version. — “The pharmacy offered a cheaper **generic** version of the drug.”

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