Health, Illness and Disease Vocabulary

Question 1

pain

Answer 1

bolesť

Question 2

ache

Answer 2

bolenie

Question 3

illness

Answer 3

choroba

Question 4

sick

Answer 4

chorý

Question 5

sore

Answer 5

boľavý

Question 6

disease

Answer 6

choroba
- serious illness, often caused by infection

eg. Peter’s uncle suffers from a rare blood disease.

Question 7

heal

Answer 7

uzdraviť

• become healthy again; make something, somebody healthy again, make somebody feel happy again
  eg. As I see it will take a long time for your wounds to heal.

Question 8

cure / medicine

Answer 8

liek

-eg. He was seriously ill for a long time, but the doctor cured him at last.
eg.There is no known cure for this illness but the it can be treated.

Question 9

treatment

Answer 9

liečba
- (the way or process of) curing an illness or injury or making somebody look and feel good; the way of dealing with something or somebody

eg. Doctors apply various treatments for this illness.

Question 10

diagnose

Answer 10

diagnostikovať
- define what an illness or the cause of a problem is

eg. The blood test is used to diagnose all kinds of diseases.

Question 11

injury

Answer 11

zranenie / úraz

Question 12

wound

Answer 12

rana
- injury to part of the body, especially one in which a hole is made in the skin

eg. He was taken to hospital although his wounds didn’t seem too serious.

Question 13

cut

Answer 13

rezať
- a wound caused by something sharp

eg. He had such a deep cut on his arm that he was taken to hospital.

Question 14

bruise

Answer 14

modrina
- a blue, brown or purple mark on the skin after somebody has fallen

eg. He was covered in bruises at the end of the football match.

Question 15

scratch

Answer 15

škrabanec
- rub your skin with your nails, usually because it’s itching; a mark or a small cut or injury made by scratching

eg. The cat continuously scratched itself behind the ear.