CHECK YOUR ENGLISH FOR MEDICINE 3. TWO-WORD EXPRESSIONS

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH FOR MEDICINE

3. TWO-WORD EXPRESSIONS

Make 15 two-word expressions connected with medicine by combining words from the two lists: A and B. Match each expression with the appropriate phrase. Use each word once. The first one has been done for you as an example.

A		B
allergic		anaesthetic
alanced		attack
bedside		clock
biological		death
bone		diet
brain		intervention
clinical		manner
digestive		marrow
general		practitioner
general		reaction
heart		surgery
malignant		system
plastic		tooth
primary		trial
surgical		tumour

1	A condition in which the heart has a reduced blood supply because one of the arteries becomes blocked by a blood clot, causing myocardial ischaemia and myocardial infarction heart attack	9	An effect produced by a substance to which a person has an allergy, such as sneezing or a skin rash. ____________________________________________
2	A substance given to make someone lose consciousness so that a major surgical operation can be carried out ____________________________________________	10	A trial carried out in a medical laboratory on a person or on tissue from a person. ____________________________________________
3	Soft tissue in cancellous bone. ____________________________________________	11	A tumour which is cancerous and can grow again or spread into other parts of the body, even if removed surgically. ____________________________________________
4	The treatment of disease or other condition by surgery. ____________________________________________	12	A doctor who provides first-line medical care for all types of illness to people who live locally, refers them to hospital if necessary and encourages health promotion. ____________________________________________
5	Any one of the first twenty teeth which develop in children between about six months and two-and-a-half years of age, and are replaced by the permanent teeth at around the age of six. ____________________________________________	13	The rhythm of daily activities and bodily processes such as eating, defecating or sleeping, frequently controlled by hormones, which repeats every twenty-four hours. ____________________________________________
6	Surgery to repair damaged or malformed parts of the body. ____________________________________________	14	The set of organs such as the stomach, liver and pancreas which are associated with the digestion of food. ____________________________________________
7	A condition in which the nerves in the brain stem have died, and the person can be certified as dead, although the heart may not have stopped beating. ____________________________________________	15	A diet that provides all the nutrients needed in the correct proportions. ____________________________________________
8	The way in which a doctor behaves towards a patient, especially a patient who is in bed. ____________________________________________

ANSWER KEY

1	heart attack
2	general anaesthetic
3	bone marrow
4	surgical intervention
5	primary tooth
6	plastic surgery
7	brain death
8	bedside manner
9	allergic reaction
10	clinical trial
11	malignant tumour
12	general practitioner
13	biological clock
14	digestive system
15	balanced diet