Medical English Vocabulary: Surgery, Recovery, and Doctor Visits | American English Explained

🤕 Do you know how to talk about surgery, medical appointments, and recovery in English?

This episode of the Learn English Podcast teaches essential medical English vocabulary through a real personal story. The host shares her experience with back surgery while explaining the real words and phrases Americans use when talking about health, injuries, and medical care.

Designed for intermediate English learners (B1–B2), this episode covers medical vocabulary including herniated disc, MRI, pre-op appointment, consent form, general anesthesia, local anesthesia, numbness, shooting pain, restrictions, and cleared — all explained naturally in context through a real-life experience.

Learn American English naturally through real stories, real vocabulary, and real conversation — not grammar drills.

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📝 Vocabulary list:

1) Deal with – To manage or handle a difficult situation.

2) Recap – A short summary of what has already been said or done.

3) Ruptured – Broken or torn open suddenly.

4) Numbness – The lack of feeling or sensation in part of the body.

5) MRI – A medical scan that uses magnets and radio waves to make pictures of the inside of the body.

6) Restrictions – Rules that say you cannot do certain things.

7) Cleared – Officially approved or told by a doctor that it’s safe to do something again.

8) Invasive – Describing a medical procedure that involves cutting into the body.

9) Put under – A phrasal verb meaning to make someone sleep with anesthesia during surgery.

10) Shooting pain – A sudden, sharp pain that travels quickly through part of the body.

11) According to plan – When something happens the way it was supposed or expected to.

12) Take time off – To stop working for a period of time.