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sick list

noun

B2CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

The subset of patients flagged at handover as unstable or needing close overnight review.

There are three on the sick list tonight, all with rising lactates.

Similar: watch list

Topic: Handover & SBAR 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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More medicine words: Handover & SBAR