10. health and illness

Question 1

blood vessel

Answer 1

your blood vessels are the tubes (veins and arteries)
which carry blood around your body
blood vessels in his brain had been damaged

Question 2

donor

Answer 2

a donor is someone who gives some of their blood or part of their body to be used for medical operations. A blood donor gives blood, and an organ donor gives something such as a kidney or a liver
Collocates: a blood donor | an organ donor |
a donor card

Question 3

drip

Answer 3

goteo. A drip is a tube that feeds medicine directly into
someone’s body

Question 4

drop

Answer 4

drops are medicine that you drop into your eyes, ears, or
nose
I bought some eye drops because my eyes were really
sore | try these ear drops if the pain hasn’t gone away
yet | the doctor gave her nose drops to take three times
a day

Question 5

excruciating

Answer 5

extremely painful

Question 6

filling

Answer 6

empaste. if you have a filling in a tooth, a dentist has put a small
amount of metal or plastic in it to protect it from breaking
or rotting
I went to the dentist to have a filling | she never had
a filling until she was in her 30s | when he opened his
mouth, you could see he had several fillings

Question 7

graft

Answer 7

injerto. a graft is a piece of healthy skin or bone that is put onto
a damaged area of someone’s body so that it will grow
there and repair it
Collocates: a skin/bone graft

Question 8

mercifully ( adv)

Answer 8

mercifully /ˈmɜː(r)sɪf(ə)li/ Adverb
mercy is forgiving someone or treating them gently
instead of punishing or hurting them. Someone who is
merciful shows mercy to someone. You use mercifully to
say you are glad that a situation is not as bad as it might
have been, or that someone has treated you gently
instead of punishing or hurting you. Compasión

Question 9

undergo

Answer 9

someterse a, sufrir

Question 9

relapse / rilaps/

Answer 9

a relapse is when someone who has slightly recovered
from a serious illness becomes seriously ill again. Recaída

Question 10

remission

Answer 10

remisión. if a patient with a serious disease is in remission, or if the
disease is in remission, the disease stops developing for
a while and the patient recovers slightly

Question 11

bout

Answer 11

episodio.he suffered recurrent bouts of depression and anxiety |
I’m just recovering from a bout of flu | her education was
interrupted by frequent bouts of illness

Question 12

scarring

Answer 12

scarring is visible damage to the skin that remains after a
wound has healed. Cicatriz

Question 13

swell

Answer 13

get bigger. Hincharse. my knee swelled up straight away | my ankles swell
when I’m on a plane | I could feel my foot starting to swell

Question 14

clench

Answer 14

tensar, contraer,apretar

Question 15

clutch/ clach/

Answer 15

if you clutch something, you hold on to it very firmly. Aferrar
because you do not want to lose it. If you clutch at
something, you suddenly take hold of it. Aferrar . Clucth purse ( bolso de mano)

Question 16

dwell on /duel/

Answer 16

I’ll often dwell on things, and that makes me feel a bit down

Question 17

prescribe

Answer 17

if a doctor prescribes you a particular medicine or
treatment, he or she says that you should have that
medicine or treatment. A prescription is the piece
of paper from the doctor that tells the chemist what
medicines to give you
Collocates: prescribe someone something

Question 18

lump

Answer 18

a mass under the skin, sometimes a sign of serious illness (bulto)

Question 19

doctor’s surgery

Answer 19

a place where the doctor visits you

Question 20

A&E

Answer 20

the room or department in a hospital where people go if they are injured or suddenly become ill

Question 21

undergo

Answer 21

to go through an experience ( sufrir)

Question 22

joint

Answer 22

a place in the body where two bones come together

Question 23

swell up

Answer 23

a part of your body becomes bigger because of an illness or injury

Question 24

anaesthetic

Answer 24

a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations

Question 25

scan

Answer 25

to direct x-rays or other energy at (a body or body part) in order to produce an image

Question 26

rod

Answer 26

a thin straight piece or bar of material, such as metal or wood

Question 27

fast

Answer 27

to abstain from food.

Question 28

stitches

Answer 28

puntos

Question 29

drip

Answer 29

administration of blood, plasma, saline, or sugar solutions, usually intravenously, a drop at a time

Question 30

toy with

Answer 30

to consider an idea

Question 31

get round to

Answer 31

encontrar tiempo para hacer algo. to manage to (do something)
start (after planning to do sth for a long time)

Question 32

numb

Answer 32

without feeling ( entumecido) unable to feel

Question 33

dose up

Answer 33

to give medicine to

Question 34

clamp

Answer 34

sujetar con una abrazadera

Question 35

sore

Answer 35

a feeling of pain or discomfort

Question 36

aftercare

Answer 36

after medical treatment ( cuidados post-tratamiento)

Question 37

drill

Answer 37

taladro

Question 38

underpin

Answer 38

respaldar

Question 39

walkout

Answer 39

huelga

Question 40

turnover

Answer 40

facturación

Question 41

mix-up

Answer 41

confusión

Question 42

breakthrough

Answer 42

major progress or advance

Question 43

breach

Answer 43

to break it ( a rule, agreement, contract).

Question 44

upbringing

Answer 44

crianza. He’d a very strict upbringing