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referral

/rɪˈfɜːrəl/

B1CEFR level
35/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Medicine noun

The act of directing a patient to another clinician or service for further assessment or care.

I am writing to make an urgent referral of this patient to your rheumatology clinic.

Topic: Referral & discharge letters in Medical English

Business noun

A candidate recommended for a role by an existing employee.

Referrals converted to hires at three times the rate of cold applicants, so they doubled the bonus.

Topic: Human resources in Business 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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More medicine words: Referral & discharge letters