Medical English for patients
This is the practical half of medical English: what a patient actually says and hears in a consultation. Several are commonly mis-stressed, and nausea varies between a z and sh sound in the middle. Practise before your appointment rather than during it.
Accent
15 words · intermediate · your accent and voice are remembered across the site. More options on the settings page.
The words
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WH words
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Keep practising
Browse every practice list, hear two accents back to back on Compare, or test your ear with the listening quiz.