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risks and benefits

noun

A2CEFR level
10/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

The potential harms and advantages of a proposed treatment, which must be explained so the patient can decide.

Let me talk you through the risks and benefits of the procedure so you can weigh things up for yourself.

Similar: pros and cons

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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