to make a diagnosis

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 630: Making a Medical Diagnosis.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 630. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is called “Making a Medical Diagnosis,” when you go to a doctor and he or she tells you what your medical problem is. Let’s get started.

Terrell: Where have you been?

Sally: At the hospital, again. My doctor is putting me through another battery of tests.

Terrell: She still hasn’t been able to zero in on the cause of your pain and make a diagnosis?

Sally: No, she hasn’t. Part of the problem is that my symptoms are intermittent, and they seem to flare up only when I’m not under observation. The symptoms themselves