Health Flashcards
Spread by germs
infectious
Spread by bodily contact
contagious
State of suffering or death caused by having no food.
starvation
Physical weakness and bad health caused by lack of food.
malnutrition
Includes all of the things that are done to help a sick or injured person, e.g. surgery/counselling/medication.
treatment
Substance which is drunk or swallowed as part of medical treatment.
medicine
Pass a disease from another person.
transmit
Get a disease from another person.
contract
Outbreak of disease that spreads through one or more communities.
epidemic
An epidemic which spreads throughout the world.
pandemic
Suddenly very serious.
acute
Applying current medical knowledge can stop/reduce the incidence of the disease.
preventable
The process of immunise
immunisation
The state of immunise
immunity
Someone having immunity is…
immune
An infection that can spread (adj.)
infectious
An infection already existent (the problem, adj.)
infected
Prevention used to control (adj.)
preventative
Prevention possible to control (adj.)
preventable
Treatment for a disease that is possible to cure
treatable
Treatment is not possible to provide with medical help
untreated
infortunio, desgracia
misfortune
mala gestión
mismanagement
mala praxis
misconduct
diagnóstico erróneo
misdiagnosis
desinformación, información errónea
misinformation
distorsión, tergiversación
misrepresentation
