B. Vocabulary: Medical terms
Our article ‘Communicating with patients’ on pages 22-23 of
English Now
No 81 contains a lot of medical vocabulary. Check your memory and comprehension with the exercise below. Match each word on the left with its definition or a corresponding measurement or example on the right.
| lungs | |
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| a. 110 pounds |
| blood pressure | |
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| b. 60 beats per minute |
| weight | |
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| c. general condition of the body |
| heart rate | |
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| d. antibiotics |
| knee | |
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| e. joint of the human leg |
| health | |
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| f. routine medical visit |
| medicine | |
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| g. the flu |
| check-up | |
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| h. 120 over 80 |
| illness | |
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| i. organs to breathe with |