health and sickness

Question 1

a serious disease in which growths of cells, also called cancers, form in the body and kill normal body cells.

Answer 1

cancer

Question 2

a person whose job is to take care of sick or injured people, usually in a hospital

Answer 2

nurse

Question 3

the feeling that everything is spinning around you and that you are not able to balance

Answer 3

dizziness

Question 4

an act of injecting somebody with a drug or other substance

Answer 4

injection

Question 5

a person whose job is to take care of people’s teeth

Answer 5

dentist

Question 6

the process of cutting open a part of a person’s body in order to remove or repair a damaged part

Answer 6

operation

Question 7

a serious disease in which too many white blood cells are produced, causing weakness and sometimes death

Answer 7

leukemia

Question 8

a doctor who is trained in general medicine and who works in the local community, not in a hospital

Answer 8

general practitioner GP

Question 9

a drug that reduces pain

Answer 9

painkillers

Question 10

an infectious disease, especially of children, that causes fever and small red spots that cover the whole body

Answer 10

measles

Question 11

a medical condition in which a person has a temperature that is higher than normal

Answer 11

fever

Question 12

a drug used to reduce pain, fever and inflammation

Answer 12

aspirin

Question 13

a doctor who is trained to perform surgery

Answer 13

surgeon

Question 14

an infectious disease like a very bad cold, that causes fever, pains and weakness

Answer 14

influenza

Question 15

the state of becoming unconscious

Answer 15

faint

Question 16

a doctor who studies and treats heart diseases

Answer 16

cardiologist

Question 17

an area of red spots on a person’s skin, caused by an illness or a reaction to something

Answer 17

rash

Question 18

a substance made of lime, water and sand, that is put on walls and ceilings to give them a smooth hard surface

Answer 18

plaster

Question 19

a serious illness affecting one or both lungs that makes breathing difficult

Answer 19

pneumonia

Question 20

pain caused by difficulty in digesting food

Answer 20

indigestion

Question 21

a strip of cloth used for tying around a part of the body that has been hurt in order to protect or support it

Answer 21

bandage

Question 22

a doctor who studies and treats the diseases of children

Answer 22

paediatrician

Question 23

the feeling that you have when you want to vomit, for example because you are ill/sick or are disgusted by something

Answer 23

nausea

Question 24

an instrument that a doctor uses to listen to somebody’s heart and breathing

Answer 24

stethoscope

Question 25

simple medical treatment that is given to somebody before a doctor comes or before the person can be taken to a hospital

Answer 25

first aid

Question 26

one of two long sticks that you put under your arms to help you walk after you have injured your leg or foot

Answer 26

crutch

Question 27

liquid medicine that you take for a cough

Answer 27

cough syrup

Question 28

a small round solid piece of medicine that you swallow

Answer 28

tablet

Question 29

an official piece of paper on which a doctor writes the type of medicine you should have, and which enables you to get it from a chemist’s shop/drugstore

Answer 29

prescription

Question 30

a plastic or glass tube with a long hollow needle that is used for putting drugs, etc. into a person’s body or for taking a small amount of blood from a person

Answer 30

syringe

Question 31

a smooth substance that you rub on the skin to heal a wound or sore place

Answer 31

ointment

Question 32

a long piece of strong cloth with a pole on each side, used for carrying somebody who is sick or injured and who cannot walk

Answer 32

stretcher

Question 33

a room in a hospital used for medical operations

Answer 33

operating theatre

Question 34

to have a body temperature higher than normal

Answer 34

run a temperature

Question 35

a cognitive, emotional, or physical impairment

Answer 35

mentally disabled

Question 36

casing to immobilize a broken bone

Answer 36

plaster cast

Question 37

pills that contain a drug which helps a person sleep

Answer 37

slepping pills

Question 38

an effect of a medicine that is not intended

Answer 38

side effect

Question 39

perfectly healthy

Answer 39

in perfect health

Question 40

to become ill

Answer 40

fall ill

Question 41

to get an illness that is not very serious

Answer 41

come down with sth

Question 42

to get an illness

Answer 42

contrast a dissease

Question 43

to get better after an illness, injury etc.

Answer 43

make a recovery