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Get the app Medical English for real practice
The English your medical career demands.
Clinical vocabulary and pronunciation, with our own memorization system that brings each term back at the right moment. Designed for physicians.
- Built by a physician
- American pronunciation
- Reviews at the right moment
See it. Hear it. Rate it.
How did it go?
AXIS uses your rating to decide when each card should come back.
01 — HEAR THE DIFFERENCEPronunciation stops
Pronunciation stops
being abstract.
The same phrase in four combinations. Pick a voice and a tempo to hear real AXIS audio.
Take a deep breath./teɪk ə diːp breθ/
MALE VOICETEACHING TEMPO
Basic Medical TermsAnatomical VocabularyInstruments & EquipmentHospital Structure & DepartmentsDoctor–Patient CommunicationRespiratory SystemCardiovascular SystemNervous SystemDigestive SystemRenal & Urinary SystemEndocrine SystemHematologyMusculoskeletal SystemReproductive SystemDermatologySurgical TermsAnesthesiology EssentialsEmergency MedicinePharmacology & DrugsLabs & DiagnosticsNursing & Patient CareRadiology & ImagingClinical CommandsPatient-Reported SymptomsDoctor’s QuestionsConsent & Risk CommunicationPathologyMicrobiology & Infectious DiseasesImmunologyAcademic & Research EnglishMedical Ethics & Professional CommunicationBasic Medical TermsAnatomical VocabularyInstruments & EquipmentHospital Structure & DepartmentsDoctor–Patient CommunicationRespiratory SystemCardiovascular SystemNervous SystemDigestive SystemRenal & Urinary SystemEndocrine SystemHematologyMusculoskeletal SystemReproductive SystemDermatologySurgical TermsAnesthesiology EssentialsEmergency MedicinePharmacology & DrugsLabs & DiagnosticsNursing & Patient CareRadiology & ImagingClinical CommandsPatient-Reported SymptomsDoctor’s QuestionsConsent & Risk CommunicationPathologyMicrobiology & Infectious DiseasesImmunologyAcademic & Research EnglishMedical Ethics & Professional Communication
Medical Ethics & Professional CommunicationAcademic & Research EnglishImmunologyMicrobiology & Infectious DiseasesPathologyConsent & Risk CommunicationDoctor’s QuestionsPatient-Reported SymptomsClinical CommandsRadiology & ImagingNursing & Patient CareLabs & DiagnosticsPharmacology & DrugsEmergency MedicineAnesthesiology EssentialsSurgical TermsDermatologyReproductive SystemMusculoskeletal SystemHematologyEndocrine SystemRenal & Urinary SystemDigestive SystemNervous SystemCardiovascular SystemRespiratory SystemDoctor–Patient CommunicationHospital Structure & DepartmentsInstruments & EquipmentAnatomical VocabularyBasic Medical TermsMedical Ethics & Professional CommunicationAcademic & Research EnglishImmunologyMicrobiology & Infectious DiseasesPathologyConsent & Risk CommunicationDoctor’s QuestionsPatient-Reported SymptomsClinical CommandsRadiology & ImagingNursing & Patient CareLabs & DiagnosticsPharmacology & DrugsEmergency MedicineAnesthesiology EssentialsSurgical TermsDermatologyReproductive SystemMusculoskeletal SystemHematologyEndocrine SystemRenal & Urinary SystemDigestive SystemNervous SystemCardiovascular SystemRespiratory SystemDoctor–Patient CommunicationHospital Structure & DepartmentsInstruments & EquipmentAnatomical VocabularyBasic Medical Terms
02 — CHOOSE YOUR DECKYou choose
You choose
the path.
Finishing a subdeck opens new paths — and the next step is yours.
Patient-Reported Symptoms
How patients describe what they feel
Clinical Commands
Instructions during the physical exam
Consent & Risk Communication
Explaining risk and obtaining consent
Academic & Research English
Papers, conferences and publishing
Nervous System
Neurological structures and function
03 — SPACED REPETITIONToday’s queue
Today’s queue
is not random.
Hits, misses and difficulty adjust when each expression needs to come back.
REVIEW QUEUEJUST UPDATED
- 01CLINICAL EXPRESSIONred blood cellnow
- 02CLINICAL EXPRESSIONheart murmurtomorrow
- 03CLINICAL EXPRESSIONblood pressure4 days
04 — FREQUENTLY ASKEDBefore the
Before the
first card.
Direct answers about what AXIS is, what is inside it and how it feels to use.
01Is AXIS a medical English course?+
Not in the traditional sense. AXIS is a flashcard study experience built for physicians: clinical vocabulary, American pronunciation and spaced repetition in short sessions.
02Who is AXIS designed for?+
For physicians who want to understand and use the English of clinical practice with more confidence — from the basics to the specialties, without being locked into a single track.
03What does a study session look like?+
You see the expression, hear the pronunciation, check the context and rate the difficulty. From that rating, AXIS decides when the card should come back.
04How are reviews scheduled?+
AXIS starts from SM-2 — the spaced repetition algorithm validated since 1987 — with optimizations of our own. Your hits, misses and difficulty rating recalculate when each expression returns. Review follows your memory, not a fixed queue.
05What is inside the decks?+
Thirty-one clinical modules and 99 subdecks, with more than a thousand expressions — each one with audio and its own illustration. The path runs from the fundamentals to the specialties.
06Why does each card offer several audio files?+
Each card combines male and female voices, teaching and natural tempos, and audio for both the term and the explanation — eight options for training listening and pronunciation precisely.
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AXIS is on the App Store. Clinical vocabulary, pronunciation and memorization brought together for physicians — module 1 is free, and its reviews keep going forever.
- Module 1 free
- Audio on every card
- Works offline
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