Nouns

Unit
There are 20 nouns connected with medicine in the box below. Use them to complete the
sentences - in some cases you will need to make them plural. The first one has been done for
you as an example.

accident allergy ambulance biopsy consent course examination excess

1. He developed an allergy to penicillin.

2. He suffered of coughing in the night.

3. She went into a coma after an of heroin.

4. The patient will need plastic to remove the scars he received in the accident.

5. She took a of steroid treatment.

6. He had a of a fever which he had caught in the tropics.

7. There is a to obesity in her family.

8. From the of the X-ray photographs, it seems that the tumour has not spread.

9. The doctor gave him an to relieve the pain.

10. He doesn't take enough : that's why he's fat.

11. The injured man was taken away in an .

12. She was advised to reduce her of sugar.

13. The of the tissue from the growth showed that it was benign.

14. The parents gave their for their son's heart to be used in the transplant
operation.

15. The doctors seem pleased that she has made such good since her operation.

16. This isa new for heart disease.

17. Her body could not copewith an of blood sugar.

18. Three people were injured in the on the motorway.

19. ismainlygivenagainst cholera, diphtheria, rabies, smallpox, tuberculosis and

20. She had a high temperature and then broke out in a .

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For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Medical Terms (0 7136
 Adjectives 1
Complete the sentences using the adjectives in the box. Use each adjective once only. The first one
has been done for you as an example.

hoarsehygienic
awarecompatibleconfuseddelicate depressed inoperable
inactive inbornincipient infectious regular insanitary lethal
motionless poisonous predisposed safe severe

1. This is a safe painkiller, with no harmful side-effects.

2. Some mushrooms are good to eat and some are .

3. The surgeons are trying to find a donor with a blood group.

4. The surgeon decided that the cancer was .

5. These fumes are if inhaled.

6. The bodyhas an tendency to reject transplanted organs.

7. The tests detected diabetes mellitus.

8. The serum makes the poison .

9. A outbreak of whooping cough occurred during the winter.

10. Old people can easily become if they are moved from their homes.

11. Catatonic patients can sit for hours.

12. Don't touch food with dirty hands: it isn't .

13. All the members of the family are to vascular diseases.

14. She is not of what is happening around her.

15. The bones of a baby's skull are very .

16. Cholera spread rapidly because of the conditions in the town.

17. He was after his exam results.

18. He was advised to make visits to the dentist.

19. This strain of flu is highly .

20. He became after shouting too much.

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For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Medical Terms (0 7136 7603
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 Adjectives
Unit 2
Complete the sentences using the adjectives in the box. Use each adjective once only. The first
one has been done for you as an example.

bedriddencritical
acute inflamed deafdepressed excessiveharmfulinfirm painfulpersistentpremature
latent lethal mobile obsessive
severed subjective tender viable

1. These fumes are lethal if inhaled.

2. The report was of the state of aftercare provision.

3. She had a cough.

4. The psychiatrist gave a opinion on the patient's problem.

5. My grandfather is quite now.

6. The skin has become around the sore.

7. It is important for elderly patients to remain .

8. His foot is so he can hardly walk.

9. A fetus is by about the 28th week of the pregnancy.

10. You have to speak slowly and clearly when you speak to Mr Jones because he's quite .

11. The baby was born five weeks .

12. The patient was passing quantities of urine.

13. He felt chest pains.

14. He is and has to be looked after by a nurse.

15. The children were tested for viral infection.

16. He has an desire to steal small objects.

17. Her shoulders are still where she got sunburnt.

18. Surgeons tried to sew the finger back onto the patient's hand.

19. She was for weeks after the death of her husband.

20. Bright light can be to your eyes.

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For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Medical Terms (0 7136
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Verbs: past tense ~ regular verbs
All the verbs in the box relate to medical matters. Use the past tense forms to complete the
sentences. The first question has been done for you as an example.

adaptaggravatedevelopexaminefaint fractureprolongreact trembleweigh

1. He received a new kidney from his brother.

2. He his back lifting the table.

3. She from her concussion in a few days.

4. It was so hot standing in the sun that he .

5. The doctors decided that her condition surgery.

6. She from poor circulation, which made her feel the cold.

7. She well to her new diet.

8. The embryo quite normally in spite of the mother's illness.

9. His tibia in two places.

10. The patient badly to the penicillin.

11. The nurse the baby on the scales.

12. The treatment her life by three years.

13. Playing football only his knee injury.

14. The doctor the boy's throat.

15. His hands with the cold.

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For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Medical Terms (0 7136 7603
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Unit mixed tenses
All the verbs in the box relate to medical matters. Use them to complete the sentences. You may
have to change the forms of the verbs to fit the grammar of the sentences. (Remember the five
forms of English verbs - for example: take, takes, took, taken, taking.) The first question has
been done for you as anexample.

amputatebitebruiseburncontrolexpel freeze visitheal hurt

1. I am going to visit my brother in hospital.

2. She her disabilities and now leads a normal life.

3. After the accident her pelvis was completely .

4. She has several operations.

5. They my big toe to remove the nail.

6. She her knee on the corner of the table.

7. A thermometer temperature.

8. Air is from the lungs when a person breathes out.

9. His arm is so much he can't write.

10. A minor cut will faster if it is left without a bandage.

11. The girl her hand on a hot frying pan.

12. He his asthma with a bronchodilator.

13. The patient's leg needs to be below the knee.

14. She was by an insect.

15. The doctor asked how the patient was .

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For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Medical Terms (0 7136