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open-ended question

noun/ˈəʊpən ˈendɪd ˈkwestʃən/

B2CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

A question phrased so that the patient cannot answer with a simple yes or no and is encouraged to describe things freely.

I try to start every consultation with an open-ended question such as 'Tell me more about that' before narrowing things down.

Topic: Clinical consultation in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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