verb phrase · neutral
follow medical advice
UK/ˈfɒləʊ ˈmɛdɪkəl ədˈvaɪs/US/ˈfɑːloʊ ˈmɛdɪkəl ædˈvaɪs/follow MED·i·cal ad·VICE
to act on recommendations given by healthcare professionals
Examples
“If symptoms persist, always follow medical advice rather than searching online.”
“Patients who follow medical advice usually recover faster.”
“She decided to follow medical advice and rest for two weeks.”
Band 8 sentence
“Patients who promptly follow medical advice generally recover faster and avoid complications.”
Collocations
- follow medical advice carefully
- follow the doctor's advice
Word family
Common mistakes
follow doctors advice→follow the doctor's advice
follow advices→follow advice
Say it for a higher band
5listen to doctor→6follow the doctor's advice→7+follow medical advice
Synonyms
obey doctor's orders
Easily confused
obey doctor's orders
“He obeyed the doctor's orders and rested for two weeks.”
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