Lesson 2-Health problems Flashcards
- addiction (addictions)
əˈdɪkʃən
.
NOUN Addiction is the condition of taking harmful drugs and being unable to stop taking them.
■ long-term addiction to nicotine
.
taking اینجا معنی مصرف می دهد
- allergy (allergies)
ˈælɚdʒi
اَلِرجی
NOUN If you have a particular allergy, you become ill or get a rash when you eat, smell, or touch something that does not normally make people ill.
■ Food allergies can result in an enormous variety of different symptoms.
get a rash
ræʃ
کهیر، جوش
enormous
ɪˈnɔrməs
اینُرمِس
گسترده، عظیم
syptoms
علائم
سیپتِمز
- cancer (cancers)
NOUN Cancer is a serious disease in which cells in a person’s body increase rapidly in an uncontrolled way, producing abnormal growths.
■ a cancer research charity
producing
توليد
abnormal
æbˈnɔrməl
غير نرمال
charity
چِريدی
خیریه
- dehydration
دی هادرِيشِن
.
UNCOUNTABLE NOUN You are suffering from dehydration if you lose too much water from your body.
■ Cholera causes severe dehydration.
suffering
ˈsʌfərɪŋ
سافِرينگ
رنج کشیدن
Cholera
ˈkɑlərə
کالِرا
وبا
severe
سِوي اِر
səˈvɪr
شديد
very bad, or serious enough for you to worry about
- disease (diseases)
dɪˈziz
دیزیز
NOUN A disease is an illness that affects people, animals or plants, for example one which is caused by bacteria or infection.
■ the rapid spread of disease in the ar
- infection (infections)
ɪnˈfɛkʃən
اینفَكشِن
عفونت، سرايت مرض
NOUN An infection is a disease caused by germs or bacteria.
■ Ear infections are common in pre-school children.
spread
sprɛd
سِپرِد
گسترش، شيوع، وسعت
- obesity
چاقی
oʊˈbisət̮i
اُبيسيتي
.
UNCOUNTABLE NOUN Someone suffering from obesity is extremely fat.
■ The excessive consumption of sugar leads to obesity
excessive
ɪkˈsɛsɪv
اِكسِسيو
بیش از اندازه، مفرط
consumption
kənˈsʌmpʃən
كانسِپشِن
مصرف، زوال، مرض سل
leads to
منجر به
- stroke (strokes)
stroʊk
سكته
NOUN If someone has a stroke, a blood vessel in their brain bursts or becomes blocked, which may kill them or make them unable to move one side of their body.
■ He had a minor stroke in 1987, which left him partly paralyzed.
bursts
بِرْست
تركيدن
minor
جزئی
partly
تا حدی
paralyzed
ˈpærəˌlaɪzd
پِرِلايزد
فلج شدن