# Medical English Vocabulary: Surgery, Recovery, and Doctor Visits | American English Explained Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-podcast-6598180/medical-english-vocabulary-surgery-recovery-and-doctor-visits-american-english-explained Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-podcast-6598180/medical-english-vocabulary-surgery-recovery-and-doctor-visits-american-english-explained.md Podcast: [Learn English Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-podcast-6598180) Published: 2025-11-17T08:00:37+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/learnenglishpodcast/2300125 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/227135/2300125/learnenglishpodcast/2025_10_30_20_01_16_05a5a2f9-ac33-47c9-8af6-48b9f53914ff.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-english-podcast-6598180/episodes/medical-english-vocabulary-surgery-recovery-and-doctor-visits-american-english-explained Duration seconds: 1180 ## Resource πŸ€• 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 β€” all explained naturally in context through a real-life experience. Learn American English naturally through real stories, real vocabulary, and real conversation β€” not grammar drills. πŸ“Œ Links Podcast website: https://learnenglishpod.com/ Follow us on social Media: https://linktr.ee/learnenglishpod Take lessons with me: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/8531387 πŸ“šAffiliate link for italki: https://www.italki.com/en/i/ref/GBBdbb Affiliate link for Lingq: https://www.lingq.com/?referral=msusc πŸ“ 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) Sh… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-english-podcast-6598180/episodes/medical-english-vocabulary-surgery-recovery-and-doctor-visits-american-english-explained/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-podcast-6598180/medical-english-vocabulary-surgery-recovery-and-doctor-visits-american-english-explained.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.