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# Doctor

## Verb + doctor

* see the doctor
* call the doctor
* consult your doctor
* **doctors refer you to specialists**
* doctors prescribe medicines
* doctors examine you

## Exercise

### Verb + doctor

1. Ramon has a very high temperature. Maybe we should ***call*** the doctor?
2. The doctor ***prescribed*** some antibiotics for my throat infection.
3. I'd like to make an appointment to ***see*** Dr Venters today, if possible?
4. If you have any kind of heart condition, you should ***consult*** your doctor before flying to New Zealand.
5. The doctor has ***referred*** me to an ear specialist at the Royal Infirmary.
6. The doctor ***examined*** the old woman carefully for signs of injury before she was lifted into the ambulance.

## Notes

1. Doctors work ***at surgeries*** or ***in clinics***.
2. The doctor you normally see is your ***GP*** (***General Practitioner***).