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1 Teacher Toolkit Download Thanks for using the Teacher Toolkit - here are your search results. Have you tried using the Toolkit to audit your school's curriculum? Or to help plan your lessons? Find out more at english.com/blog/tag/the-global-scale-of-english About : The Global Scale of English () is a standardised granular scale which measures English language proficiency. The Teacher Toolkit gives you fast access to learning objectives, grammar and vocabulary to help you plan lessons that are at the right level for your students. Search settings Vocabulary Search Query: - Audience: Adult Learners level: : - : Medicine and medical treatment Search results Vocabulary admit Medicine and medical treatment verb 65 B2 (59-66) to be taken into hospital because you are ill consultant Medicine and medical treatment noun 65 B2 (59-66) a hospital doctor of the highest rank who knows a lot about a particular area of medicine a cancer specialist a heart specialist an eye specialist cast Medicine and medical treatment noun 65 B2 (59-66) a plaster cast lens Medicine and medical treatment noun 65 B2 (59-66) a piece of glass or plastic that makes things look clearer, closer, etc. for example in a pair of glasses or a camera scan Medicine and medical treatment verb 65 B2 (59-66) Created from the English.com//teacher-toolkit Learning Objectives Pearson Education Ltd 2016 Page 1 of 6

2 if a machine scans something, it produces a picture of what is inside it institution Medicine and medical treatment noun 65 B2 (59-66) a place where people are sent to be looked after, for example old people or children with no parents examine Medicine and medical treatment verb 65 B2 (59-66) to look at something carefully in order to find out more about it examine sth for sth examine sth closely examine sth carefully nursing home Medicine and medical treatment noun 65 B2 (59-66) a small hospital for people who are too old or ill to take care of themselves take it easy Medicine and medical treatment phrase 65 B2 (59-66) to relax and not do very much therapist Medicine and medical treatment noun 65 B2 (59-66) a psychotherapist medication Medicine and medical treatment noun 66 B2 (59-66) drugs given to people who are ill medication for sth take medication give sb medication scanner Medicine and medical treatment noun 66 B2 (59-66) a machine that passes electronic waves through something in order to produce a picture of what is inside it vaccine Medicine and medical treatment noun 66 B2 (59-66) a substance used to protect people from a disease. A vaccine contains a weak form of the virus that causes the disease. a flu vaccine an AIDS vaccine develop a vaccine act Medicine and medical treatment verb 66 B2 (59-66) to have a particular use or effect Created from the English.com//teacher-toolkit Learning Objectives Pearson Education Ltd 2016 Page 2 of 6

3 medical Medicine and medical treatment noun 66 B2 (59-66) an examination by a doctor to see if you are healthy porter Medicine and medical treatment noun 66 B2 (59-66) someone whose job is to move people and equipment in a hospital scan Medicine and medical treatment noun 66 B2 (59-66) a medical test in which a machine produces a picture of the inside of your body counselling Medicine and medical treatment noun 66 B2 (59-66) advice and support given to someone with problems debt counselling group counselling bereavement counselling psychiatric Medicine and medical treatment adjective 66 B2 (59-66) relating to the treatment of mental illness a psychiatric disorder analyst Medicine and medical treatment noun 66 B2 (59-66) a psychoanalyst apply Medicine and medical treatment verb 66 B2 (59-66) to put something such as paint or cream onto a surface nutrition Medicine and medical treatment noun 66 B2 (59-66) the kind of food you eat and the way it affects your health good nutrition poor nutrition on prescription Medicine and medical treatment phrase 67 B2+ (67-75) only with a written order from a doctor side effect Medicine and medical treatment noun 67 B2+ (67-75) an additional effect that a drug has on your body as well as treating illness or pain a serious side effect a harmful side effect an adverse side effect waiting room Medicine and medical treatment noun 67 B2+ (67-75) Created from the English.com//teacher-toolkit Learning Objectives Pearson Education Ltd 2016 Page 3 of 6

4 a room for people to wait in, for example to see a doctor give sb the kiss of life Medicine and medical treatment phrase 67 B2+ (67-75) to breathe air into someone s lungs in order to make them start breathing again health centre Medicine and medical treatment noun 67 B2+ (67-75) a place where there are several doctors and nurses, where you can go for medical treatment crown Medicine and medical treatment noun 67 B2+ (67-75) a cover that is fixed over a damaged tooth property Medicine and medical treatment noun 67 B2+ (67-75) a natural quality that something has physical properties chemical properties magnetic properties donor Medicine and medical treatment noun 67 B2+ (67-75) someone who gives some of their blood or part of their body to help a person who is ill an organ donor a suitable donor a sperm donor internally Medicine and medical treatment adverb 67 B2+ (67-75) by swallowing X-ray Medicine and medical treatment noun 67 B2+ (67-75) a beam of radiation that can go through solid objects and is used for photographing the inside of the body clinical Medicine and medical treatment adjective 68 B2+ (67-75) relating to medical tests or the treatment of people who are sick clinical trials clinical experience clinical medicine deliver Medicine and medical treatment verb 68 B2+ (67-75) Created from the English.com//teacher-toolkit Learning Objectives Pearson Education Ltd 2016 Page 4 of 6

5 to help a woman give birth to her baby GP Medicine and medical treatment noun 68 B2+ (67-75) a doctor who treats all kinds of patients when they first become ill, and sends them to special doctors in hospitals if they have a serious illness pin Medicine and medical treatment noun 68 B2+ (67-75) a thin piece of metal used to fasten things together, especially broken bones psychology Medicine and medical treatment noun 68 B2+ (67-75) the study of the way people s minds work social psychology educational psychology relieve Medicine and medical treatment verb 68 B2+ (67-75) to reduce pain, suffering, a bad feeling etc relieve the pressure on sb/sth relieve the symptoms relieve pain rescue Medicine and medical treatment noun 68 B2+ (67-75) when someone is saved from harm or danger come to sb s rescue a rescue worker a rescue team monitor Medicine and medical treatment noun 68 B2+ (67-75) a piece of equipment that measures and shows the level, speed etc of something emergency services Medicine and medical treatment noun 68 B2+ (67-75) official organizations, for example the police, that deal with crimes, fires, or helping people who are badly hurt. X-ray Medicine and medical treatment verb 68 B2+ (67-75) to take a photograph of the inside of someone's body using a beam of radiation that can go through solid objects application Medicine and medical treatment noun 68 B2+ (67-75) Created from the English.com//teacher-toolkit Learning Objectives Pearson Education Ltd 2016 Page 5 of 6

6 when you put something such as paint or cream onto a surface family planning Medicine and medical treatment noun 68 B2+ (67-75) the practice of controlling how many children you have, by using contraception painkiller Medicine and medical treatment noun 68 B2+ (67-75) a medicine that reduces pain sister Medicine and medical treatment noun 68 B2+ (67-75) a nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward bandage Medicine and medical treatment noun 69 B2+ (67-75) a long piece of cloth that you tie around a wound or injury cosmetic Medicine and medical treatment adjective 69 B2+ (67-75) intended to make your skin or body more beautiful insulin Medicine and medical treatment noun 69 B2+ (67-75) a substance that controls the level of sugar in your blood nurse Medicine and medical treatment verb 69 B2+ (67-75) to look after someone who is ill or injured nurse sb back to health Created from the English.com//teacher-toolkit Learning Objectives Pearson Education Ltd 2016 Page 6 of 6

acute severe; very serious, strong, and important * Fritz was in the hospital for two weeks because he had an acute infection.

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