This lesson is to introduce words connected to health, healthcare, and medicine.
Before you start, discuss these questions with your partner:
- Is health care in your country provided by the government, or do individuals have to pay for it?
- Would you prefer to pay for health care through higher taxes, or by taking out health insurance? Why?
Take some time to look up the definitions of these words. Then open the exercise.
| Word | Part of speech | Word | Part of speech |
| oncologist | noun | patient | noun |
| diagnostic | adjective | mortality | noun |
| ethical | adjective | suffer | verb |
| eyesight | noun | drug | noun |
| prescription | noun | treatment | noun |
| specialist | noun | cancer | noun |