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Chapter 2 - Health Flashcards

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having little strength

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weak

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very weak

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feeble

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weak and easily injured

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frail

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showing good health

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robust

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strong enough to recover from disease or difficulty

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resilient

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strong and firm in the body (physically showing), unlikely to be easily injured

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sturdy

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strong, not easily weakened

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tough

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likely to suffer from, easily affected by

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prone (to) –> accident-prone –> injury-prone

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(not) awake and aware

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unconscious(ness)

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not feel oneself

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feeling unwell = not feeling well

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you’re … when you bring up your food

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sick

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when you have an illness

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ill

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slightly unwell or depressed

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feel somewhat under the weather

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unwell, disconnected or annoyed

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be out of sorts

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when someone’s general condition is not good

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be in bad/poor health

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not very well

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feel poorly

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unwell andl iable to suffer from many illness, usu not seriously, esp over an period of time

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ailling

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feel healthy

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feel fine

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be fit, healthy

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be in good shape

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being in very good health

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be/look in the pink

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feel very well indeed, top fit, feel very happy or proud

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feel on top of the world

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great, unspecified pain

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agony

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continuous, dull pain

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ache

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sudden, sharp pain

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pang

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short and sudden pain

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twinge

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(of pain or illness) strong

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severe

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(of pain) sudden or severe

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sharp

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(of pain) very sharp

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piercing

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said of pain that comes again and again like a pulse

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throbbing

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(of bodyparts) hurting when touched or used

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sore

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very tired, after hard work or an unpleasant or difficult experience

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be/feel/look worn out

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very tired

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look washed out

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slightly ill, tired

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be/feel/look run down

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take a short, quick breaths, with your mouth open, esp after a physical effort

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pant

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breath quickly and with difficulty because pain or surprise

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gasp

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breathe noisily, with a whistling sound in the chest, bcs of an illness

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wheeze

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draw air in through the nose, noisily

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sniff

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be unable to breathe because of something stuck in the windpipe

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choke (on)

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to begin to suffer from an illness, esp a serious one

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fall ill = take ill = be taken ill

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to get a disease or become infected

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catch sth = contract sth = go down with sth

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causing to become ill

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affect sb

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when you’re injured, you are seriouly hurt, usu as result of an accident, fight or physical exercise

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be/get hurt = injured

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injured by some sort of object esp a weapon

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be/get wounded

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to be forced to stay in bed or not being able to work because of an illness

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be laid up with

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to be confied to bed esp permanently because of illness or weakness

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bedridden

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return to original state of health and strength

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recover = get over sth

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gradually getting better

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be on the mend

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gradually recovering from an illness, esp having a lot of rest usu on doctor’s advise

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convalesce –> convalescent

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having passed the most dangerous and critical moment of the illness

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be over the worst

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to live on after a bad illness or accident

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pull through

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de griep

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the flu

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een verkoudheid

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a cold

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zenuwinzinking

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a nervous breakdown

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bloeding

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a(n) haemorrhage

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aanval

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a seizure

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(epileptische) aanval

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a fit

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beroerte

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a stroke

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hartaanval

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heart attack

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kneuzing

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a bruise

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blaar

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a blister

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gezwel

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a growth

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breuk

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a fracture

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longontsteking

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pneumonio

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mazelen

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measles

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windpokken

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chickenpox

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bof, dikoor

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mumps

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rode koorts

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scarlet fever

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kinkhoest

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whooping cough

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keelpijn

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a sore throat

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loopneus

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a runny nose

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blauw oog

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a black eye

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(huid)uitslag

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a rash

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hees

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hoarse

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having a higher temperature than normal

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be hot = be running a temperature

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having/showing a fever

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feverish = fevered

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… a muscle

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strain

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… an ankle or a wrist

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sprain

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snee

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cut

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snee maar dieper

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gash

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schram

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scratch

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inkeping

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nick

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lange dunne (diepe) snee

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slash

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a medical problem or a stat or period of being ill

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illness

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a serious illness that usually lasts a long time

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a disease –> diseased

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a less serious illness

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an ailment

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an illness which causes the body to stop functioning properly (can be mortal)

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a disorder

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an illness caused by a bacteria or virus

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an infection –> infectious –> infect sb

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an uncurable medical problem which you have to live with

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a condition

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physical or mental condition preventing full use of body or mind

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disability –> disabled -> the disabled

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illness or bad health; often used in a context or work or insurance; can also be used to refer to a sudden feeling of nausea

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sickness

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the spreading of a disease by people touching each other

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contagion –> contagious

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make sth impure or sb ill by the input of poisonous matter

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contamination –> contaminate

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a small organism that causes an infectious disease

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a virus / bug

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all kinds of viruses

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a germ

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sudden appearance of a dangerous disease, can develop in an epidemic

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an outbreak of

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feeling slightly ill for a short time with digestion problems

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upset –> upset sb/sth

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having a feeling like you’re going to vomit

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nausea –> nauseous –> nauseate –> nauseateing

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iets reinigen

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cleanse sth

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onderzoeken

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examine sb

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genezen

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cure sb (of sth)

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dokterspraktijk

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a surgery

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ziekenzaal

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a ward

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spreekkamer

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a consultation room

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huisdokter

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a general practitioner (GP)

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vroedvrouw

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a midwife

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chirurg

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a surgeon

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apotheker

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a chemist

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hoestdrankje

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a coughing mixture

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zalf

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an ointment

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pleister

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sticking plaster = band-aid

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draagverband

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a sling

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spalk

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a splint

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watten/wattenbolletje

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cotton (wool)

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gipsverband

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a plaster cast

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verband

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a bandage (around a bodypart) can be around dressing to keep it in place

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verband

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a dressing (on a wound)

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any substance used for treating a disease

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a medicine = a drug –> a drugstore

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a drug in the form of a small ball or capsule

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a pill

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flat and roundly shaped pills

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tablets

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chemical product used to cleanse a wound or room or medical instrument, t make sure no microbes are passed on

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a disinfectant

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a substance that kills germs and bacteria, only used for cleansing wounds

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an antiseptic

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a drug that helps to take tension away from sb, making him less nervous or stressed, while at the same time causing sleepiness

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sedate –> a sedative

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a recent type of sedative that takes away tension and anxiety without much dulling the patient’s awareness

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tranquillizer

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a drug that lessens pain

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painkiller

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when you can obtain medical prescription and treatment for free or at reduced cost

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be on the NHS (National Health Service)

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when you pay a lot but most treatments can be covered if you take out good insurance

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go private

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in verwachting zijn

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having a baby = going to have a baby

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zwanger zijn

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(be) pregnant = (be/put)in the family way = (be) expecting

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bevalling

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labour, delivery

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weeën

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contractions

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keizersnede

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a caesarean

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said of a baby that is born dead

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stillborn –> still birth live birth

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the use of contraceptives in order to prevent pregnancy

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birth control or contraception, a contraceptive = contraceptive device

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overlijden

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die / pass away, depart his life, expire / kick the bucket, snuff it

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de overledenen

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the dead / the departed, the late

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zelfmoord

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commit suicide / die by one’s own hand

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jong sterven

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die young / come to an untimely end

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sterven

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dying / far gone, not long for this world / have one foot in the grave

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natuurlijk sterven

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die a natural death meet a violent death / end

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rouwkrans

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a wreath

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begrafenisondernemer

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an undertaker = a mortician

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doodkist

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a coffin = a casket

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lijkwagen

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a hearse

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a (usu religious) ceremony accompanying a burial or a cremation

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a funeral

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person present at a funeral

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a mourner

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a building or a room in a hospital where dead bodies are kept so that they can be examined before the funeral

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a mortuary = a morgue

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a place where dead bodies are prepared for burial or cremation

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a mortuary = a funeral parlour

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(usu ancient) area where dead bodies are buried

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a burial (ground site) –> bury sb

149
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area of land where dead bodies are buried esp one which is not next to a church

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graveyard= cemetery

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area of land around a church where dead bodies are buried

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churchyard

151
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area next to the grave where relatives stand during the burial

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the graveside

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graf

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a grave

153
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large tone structure or undergound room

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tomb

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cremeren

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cremate sb -> cremation –> crematorium = crematory

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assen

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ashes

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urne

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urn

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gedenkteken

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memorial

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testament

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will

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grafsteen

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gravestone tombstone

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a few lines or a poem about a dead person , written on the gravestone

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an epitaph

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report, esp in newspaper, of a person’s death usu with short account of his life and achievements

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an obituary

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feel or show great sadness, esp at sb’s death

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mourn for sb, sb’s death/loss –> be in mourning

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feel very sad at sb’s death

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grieve for qsb –> grief

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