Vocabulary and Speech Exercises

I. Give English equivalents of the following from the text.

Клініцист; хірург; ускладнення; медикаментозна алергія; найближчі члени родини; смерть; передбачати; знайомий; об’єктивне обстеження; основні показники стану організму; м’язова сила; оцінка; поточний набір симптомів; щоденне оновлення; пульмонолог; у хронологічному порядку; клінічний аналіз крові; патологія; біопсія; помилка; викреслювати.

II. Explain the meaning of the following words and word-combinations.

To chronicle; growth landmark; to give a clue to current disease state; a disease found

in one sex or the other; vaccination; timing of talking; individual medical encounter; summation; entirety of prior health and health care; chief complaint; clinical change; health-care team; clinical pharmacist; sequence of events; radiology examination; pulmonary function testing; corrective paper; initialed by the author.

III. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements to make them true.

1. The medical history is a longitudinal record of what has happened to the patient since adulthood.

2. The obstetric history lists prior surgeries and their outcomes.

3. The social history tells of the patient’s race, religion, workplace and type of occupation.

4. For seniors, charts documenting growth and timing of talking, walking, etc. is included in the medical record.

5. Routine visits by a provider familiar to the patient often take an exhaustive form.

6. Physical examination includes the vital signs, muscle power and examination of the different organ systems, especially ones that might directly be responsible for the symptoms the patient is experiencing.

7. Demographics include information of medical nature exclusively.

8. In the USA all written records must be scribed with pencils in order to easily correct a mistake (in diagnosis, treatment, etc.) with the help of eraser.

IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below.

Your family medical history – also called a … or pedigree – is a record of … and medical conditions affecting your … .

Along with the genetic information that determined your appearance, you inherited … that may cause or increase your … of certain medical conditions. A family medical history can help your … interpret the history of disease in your family and identify patterns that may be relevant to your own health.

A family medical history can’t predict your future health – it only provides … about risk. Other factors, such as your … , weight, exercise routine and exposure to environmental factors, also will raise or lower your risk of developing certain diseases.

If possible, your family medical history should include at least three … . Compile information about your grandparents, … , uncles, aunts, siblings, cousins, children, nieces, nephews and grandchildren. For each person, try to gather the following information: sex; date of birth; ethnicity; diseases or other medical conditions; age when disease was … ; diet, exercise habits, smoking habits or history of weight problems; for deceased relatives, age at the time of … and cause of death.

Ask about the occurrence of the following diseases and medical conditions often associated with genetic risk: … , heart disease, diabetes, dementia, asthma, arthritis, mental illness, high … or high cholesterol, stroke, kidney disease, alcoholism or other… , vision or … loss, learning disabilities, mental retardation.

(Illnesses, genes, medical family tree, information, doctor, diet, family members, risk, substance abuse, death, parents, cancer, diagnosed, generations, hearing, blood pressure)