Health

Question 1

addiction
/əˈdɪkʃn/ - n

addict - /ˈædɪkt/ - n

addicted - /əˈdɪktɪd/ - adj

Answer 1

[addiction - n] the condition of being addicted to something
Nghiện
Example:
- cocaine addiction
- addiction to something He is now fighting his addiction to alcohol.

[addict] - a person who is unable to stop taking harmful drugs, a person who is very interested in something and spends a lot of their free time on it
Example:
- a heroin/drug/nicotine addict
- a video game addict

[addicted - adj] - addicted (to something) unable to stop taking harmful drugs, or using or doing something as a habit

Example:

• to become addicted to drugs
• He’s addicted to computer games.

Question 2

allergy

/ˈælədʒi/ - n

allergic

/əˈlɜːdʒɪk/ - adj

Answer 2

[n] allergy (to something) a medical condition that causes you to react badly or feel ill/sick when you eat or touch a particular substance
I have an allergy to animal hair.

[adj] allergic (to something) having an allergy to something
I like cats but unfortunately I’m allergic to them.

Question 3

cancer

Answer 3

Example:

• Most skin cancers are completely curable (/ˈkjʊərəbl/).
• Smokers face an increased risk of developing lung cancer.
• Violence is a cancer in our society.

Question 4

dehydration

/ˌdiːhaɪˈdreɪʃn/ - n

dehydrate - /ˌdiːhaɪˈdreɪt/ - v

Answer 4

the condition of having lost too much water from your body
Sự mất nước
Example:
- to suffer from dehydration

[v] - dehydrate something to remove the water from something
Example:
- his body temperature was high, and he had become dehydrated

Question 5

disease
/dɪˈziːz/ - n
diseases

Answer 5

• heart/liver/kidney, etc. disease

- health measures to prevent the spread of disease

Question 6

spread

/spred/ - v

Answer 6

lây lan, mở rộng, lan tràn

Example:

• to spread a cloth on a table
• The bird spread its wings.
• Papers had been spread out on the desk.

[n] - the spread of disease

Question 7

infection

/ɪnˈfekʃn/ - n

Answer 7

the act or process of causing or getting a disease
nhiễm trùng

Example:

• to increase the risk of infection
• an ear/throat, etc. infection
• to spread an infection

Question 8

obesity

/əʊˈbiːsəti/ - n

Answer 8

the quality or fact of being very fat, in a way that is not healthy
Béo phì, chứng béo phì, bệnh béo phì
Example
- Obesity can increase the risk of heart disease.

Question 9

stroke

/strəʊk/ - n

Answer 9

a sudden serious illness when a blood vessel /ˈvesl/ (= tube) in the brain bursts /bɜːst/ (nỗ, vỡ) or is blocked, which can cause death or the loss of the ability to move or to speak clearly
Tai biến
Example
- to have/suffer a stroke
- The stroke left him partly paralysed.

Question 10

administer

/ədˈmɪnɪstə(r)/ - v

Answer 10

to give or to provide something, especially in a formal way, to give drugs, medicine, etc. to somebody

Trông nom
Example:
- The teacher has the authority to administer punishment.
- A taxi driver administered first aid (/ˌfɜːst ˈeɪd/ - sơ cứu) to the victims.
- Police believe his wife could not have administered the poison.

Question 11

admit

/ədˈmɪt/ - v

Answer 11

to agree, often unwillingly, that something is true
chấp nhận, nhập viện

Example:

• he is admitted to hospital
• It was a stupid thing to do, I admit.
• admit to something: Don’t be afraid to admit to your mistakes.
• admit to doing: something She admits to being strict with her children.
• admit something: He admitted all his mistakes.

Question 12

diagnose

/ˈdaɪəɡnəʊz/ - v

phát âm gần giống từ diet

Answer 12

to say exactly what an illness or the cause of a problem is
Chuẩn đoán
Example:

• diagnose (something) The test is used to diagnose a variety of diseases.
• diagnose something as something The illness was diagnosed as cancer.
• diagnose somebody with something He has recently been diagnosed with angina.
• diagnose somebody (as) something He was diagnosed (as) a diabetic when he was 64.
• diagnose somebody + adj./noun He was diagnosed (a) diabetic.

Question 13

discharge

/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/ - v

Answer 13

discharge somebody (from something) to give somebody official permission to leave a place or job; to make somebody leave a job

bãi chức, xuất viện
Example:
- Patients were being discharged from the hospital too early.
- She had discharged herself against medical advice.

Question 14

examine

/ɪɡˈzæmɪn/ - v

Answer 14

= inspect
kiểm tra, xem xét, thẩm định

Example:

• examine something: These ideas will be examined in more detail in Chapter 10.
• It is necessary to examine how the proposals can be carried out (carry out = execute).

Question 15

screen - v

Answer 15

to screen for a disease means to examine people to make sure that they do not have it.
kiểm tra, xem xét, thẩm định.. = examine, inspect
Example:
- Men over 50 are routinely screened for cancer.