Lesson 52

Question 1

Asthma

Answer 1

Medical condition in which breathing becomes difficult because air passages have narrowed

Question 2

Past history

Answer 2

Record of medical conditions a person has experienced

Question 3

Disorder

Answer 3

Illness of the body or mind

Question 4

Gastrointestinal disease

Answer 4

Illness of the stomach or digestive passages

Question 5

Bowel

Answer 5

Tube that carries solid waste out of the body

Question 6

Adverse reactions

Answer 6

Unwanted results

Question 7

Stroke

Answer 7

Sudden change in blood supply to the brain causing loss of function of part of the body

Question 8

Condition

Answer 8

Illnesses or physical problems

Question 9

Exceed

Answer 9

Take more than

Question 10

Duration

Answer 10

Length

Question 11

Side effects

Answer 11

Unwanted effects in addition to the intended one

Question 12

Allergic reactions

Answer 12

Conditions affecting skin or breathing because of eating or coming into contact with certain substances

Question 13

Particles

Answer 13

Small pieces

Question 14

Stools

Answer 14

Medical term for excrement (formal) or poo (informal, childish)

Question 15

Symptom

Answer 15

Problem indicating an illness

Question 16

Diagnosed

Answer 16

Identify what illness a patient has

Question 17

Prognosis

Answer 17

How experts expect an illness to develop

Question 18

Ailing

Answer 18

Unwell, sickly

Question 19

Rash

Answer 19

A lot of small red spots on the skin

Question 20

Fever

Answer 20

High temperature

Question 21

Fever pitch

Answer 21

A point of very high intensity

Question 22

Jaudiced

Answer 22

Yellow-looking skin because of a liver problem

Question 23

Scar

Answer 23

Mark left on skin after an injury such as a cut

Question 24

Carry the scars of / be scarred by

Answer 24

Be permanently affected by a negative experience

Question 25

Infect

Answer 25

Pass on an illness

Question 26

Pulse

Answer 26

Regular beating of heart

Question 27

Has his finger on the pulse

Answer 27

Understands how things are changing

Question 28

Low-dose

Answer 28

Measured amount of medicine that is relatively small