MEDICAL EXPRESSIONS

MEDICAL EXPRESSIONS

Fill in all the gaps with the words given, then press "Check" to check your answers.

temperature -- under the weather -- hypochondriac -- plaster -- sore -- diagnosis -- injections
prescription -- check-up -- an appointment -- runny -- side-effects -- blood pressure -- specialist
tests -- GP -- cold -- pills -- cast -- symptoms -- health centre -- pulse


1.Last week I wasn't feeling very well so I made to see my local (family doctor) at the local .

2. "Ok, nurse, what are the patient's ?" "Well, he's got a throat and a nose. I think it's just a .

3. It's important to have a every year, especially once you get older.

4. The doctor took my , my (only 50 beats per minute) and my (38 degrees). He made his and gave me a for some antibiotics.

5. You should always read the instructions to medicine very carefully in case there are any .

6. If the doctor isn't sure what's wrong with you, he may send you to a or arrange for you to have some more (like X-rays).

7. He's been to the doctor's every day this week and there's nothing wrong with him- what a .

8. "I'm going to India next week, doctor. Do I need any ?" "Yes, you need one for tetanus. And you also need to take for malaria".

9. When I broke my leg, the doctor put it in plaster. The was really itchy and of course I couldn't reach it to scratch it.

10. I've cut my finger- have you got a ?

11. "What's wrong?" "Oh, I'm feeling a bit ."