Medicine 1.5 Flashcards
flu
[флу]
influenza (formal)
People who have the flu should not visit hospital patients.
a common infectious illness that causes fever and headache
fracture (noun)
fractured (adj)
[фракчюр]
Your wrist is fracturedand needs a cast.
broken or cracked bone
germ
Flowers are not allowed in the ward to avoid the risk
of germs being brought in.
a micro-organism, especially one that causes disease
genetic
The disease is part genetic and part environmental.
a medical condition or physical feature that is passed on in the family
heart attack
People who smoke are at greater risk of having a heart attack.
instance in which blood stops pumping through the heart
immune system
You can’t have visitors because your immune system is low.
the parts of the body that fight diseases, infections, and viruses