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| Common English vocabulary- Jobs - related to Medicine |
In this article, you're going to learn the following:
- doctor meaning
- Surgeon meaning
- Dentist meaning
- Vet meaning
- oculist meaning
- optician meaning
- pharmacist/chemist meaning
- Nurse meaning
- paramedic meaning
In this video,you'll listen to the pronunciation of each word of common English vocabulary- jobs- related to Medicine.
doctor meaning:
Doctor /ˈdɑːktər/
doctor meaning
a person who has been trained in medical science, whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured
Example:
You'd better see
a doctor about
that cough.
Surgeon meaning
Surgeon /ˈsɜːrdʒən/
Surgeon
a doctor who is trained to perform surgery (= medical operations that involve cutting open a person’s body)
Example(s):
a brain/heart
surgeon.
doctor meaning:
Doctor /ˈdɑːktər/
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| doctor meaning |
a person who has been trained in medical science, whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured
Example:
You'd better see
a doctor about
that cough.
Surgeon meaning
Surgeon /ˈsɜːrdʒən/
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| Surgeon |
a doctor who is trained to perform surgery (= medical operations that involve cutting open a person’s body)
Example(s):
a brain/heart
surgeon.
Dentist meaning
Dentist /ˈdentɪst/
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| dentist meaning |
a person whose job is to take care of people’s teeth
Example(s):
to
see/visit/consult your dentist
Vet meaning
Vet /vet/
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| vet |
a person who has been trained in the science of animal medicine, whose job is to treat animals who are sick or injured
Example:
We had to take the dog to the local
vet.
oculist meaning
oculist /ˈɑːkjəlɪst/
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| oculist |
a doctor who examines and treats people’s eyes
Example(s):
My eyes hurt me. I need to see an
oculist.
optician meaning
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| optician |
optician /ɑːpˈtɪʃn/
a person whose job is to examine people’s eyes and to recommend and sell glasses
Example:
I need to change my glasses. I need
to see an optician.
pharmacist/chemist meaning
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pharmacist/chemist meaning |
a person whose job is to prepare medicines and sell or give them to the public in a shop or in a hospital
Example:
We had to wait for the pharmacist
to make up her prescription.
Nurse meaning
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Nurse meaning |
Nurse /nɜːrs/
a person whose job is to take care of sick or injured people, usually in a hospital
Example:
a qualified/trained nurse
paramedic meaning
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| paramedic |
paramedic /ˌpærəˈmedɪk/
a person whose job is to help people who are sick or injured, but who is not a doctor or a nurse
Example:
Paramedics treated the injured at
the roadside.