referralnoun [ C or U ]
uk/rɪˈfɜː.rəl/us/rɪˈfɝː.əl/the act of directing someone to a different place or person for information, help, or action, often to a person or group with more knowledge or power:
The doctor gave him a referral to (= arranged for him to see) the consultant.
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Medical treatment: treating & caring for people
- attention
- bedside manner
- bring
- care
- care for sb
- clinic
- domiciliary
- eye
- first-line treatment
- keep your/an eye on sth/sb idiom
- mind
- minister
- minister to sb
- modality
- nurse
- patch sb/sth up
- section
- set sb up
- soothe
- tend
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Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way