Medical English for doctors, nurses and medical students
You already know the medicine — it's the English words that are missing. Every card gives you the term, its pronunciation and a clinical example: what goes in the chart and what the patient actually says. Reviews come back right before you'd forget. Free to start.
Who it is for
Anyone who already knows the medicine and needs the English for it.
Nurses and paramedics
Ward vocabulary, handover phrases and the words patients actually use for their symptoms.
Doctors
Diagnoses, procedures and drug groups, plus the difference between chart language and conversation.
Medical students
Anatomy, physiology and clinical terms, grouped the way a course introduces them.
Working abroad
Vocabulary for language requirements and interviews when you move your practice to an English-speaking country.
Clinical areas covered
77 categories, from body parts to hospital paperwork. Every term comes with a translation, pronunciation and an example sentence from a clinical context.
Anatomy and body structure
6 categoriesBasic body parts · Internal organs · Head, neck, ENT and eye · Vessels and airways
Symptoms and complaints
8 categoriesNeurological symptoms · Respiratory symptoms · Skin symptoms · Pain and its characteristics
Diseases and conditions
9 categoriesCardiovascular diseases · Respiratory diseases · Oncology and haematology · Infection, allergy and immunology
Examination and clinical reasoning
7 categoriesHistory and complaints · Examining the patient · Diagnostic reasoning · Risks, criteria and decisions
Tests and diagnostics
6 categoriesBasic lab values · Microbiology and cultures · Imaging and instrumental diagnostics · Monitoring and vital signs
Procedures and interventions
7 categoriesSurgery and perioperative care · Emergency procedures and resuscitation · Wound and skin care · Catheters, stomas and drains
Drugs and prescribing
6 categoriesDrug classes · Pain relief, anaesthesia and sedation · Antibiotics and anti-infectives · Medication safety
Emergency and intensive care
4 categoriesKey emergencies · Ambulance and prehospital care · Urgency and red flags · Intensive care
Hospital, staff and paperwork
7 categoriesThe hospital environment · Medical staff and roles · Records and forms · Handover and clinical alerts
Talking with the patient
5 categoriesQuestions for the patient · Explanations and patient education · Consent and shared decisions · Support and empathy
Specialties and life stages
6 categoriesPregnancy and birth · Newborns and child health · Ophthalmology · Mental health
Prevention, rehab and data
5 categoriesPrevention and screening · Function and rehabilitation · Infection control basics · Research, statistics and test accuracy
Plus an “All medical words” set that holds the whole vocabulary in a single list.
Recall the word at the bedside, not after the shift
Learning a list is not the same as recalling the right word at the right moment. The app brings a word back just before you would forget it: a minute of review, and the word stays with you for years.
- You hear the pronunciation from the first card — so you are understood the first time.
- Every word comes with a clinical example: how the patient says it and how it goes into the notes.
- An image instead of a translation — the word surfaces on its own, with no detour through your own language.
- Five minutes in the break room count: the app keeps track of what you owe today.
Common questions about medical English
onemoreword teaches general English vocabulary. onemoreword Medical covers clinical language only: anatomy, symptoms, diagnoses, procedures, drugs and talking to patients. Two separate apps, each with its own content, its own progress and its own subscription.
It helps. The app teaches the English, not the medicine: it assumes you already know what a term means in your own language, and gives you the English equivalent, the pronunciation and an example from a clinical context.
Clinical language, not general English: anatomy and symptoms, conditions and diagnostics, procedures, drugs, emergency care, hospital paperwork and patient conversation — the full list of categories is further up this page. The gap between chart language and patient language is covered too: the notes say dyspnoea, the patient says shortness of breath, and you need both.
Through spaced repetition. A card comes back right before the term would slip: a correct answer stretches the interval, a wrong one returns the word in the next session. Every card carries pronunciation and an example, so the term sticks together with its sound and its context.
The app does not train you for any specific exam format. It covers the vocabulary people actually stumble on: ward terms, the names of procedures and the phrases used with patients. That is a solid base before OET, IELTS or a clinic interview, but not a replacement for exam prep.
No. The stores treat these as two different apps, so the subscriptions are independent: Premium in one does not unlock the other. Premium for the medical app is bought separately.
Yes — the medical app has a free browser extension: the same cards and the same repetition schedule right in a tab. Progress in the extension and in the app is kept separately, which makes the extension handy for short sessions at a computer. More about the extension
Build the clinical vocabulary before you need it
Install the app, pick a topic — from anatomy to talking with patients — and the first cards go into rotation today.