Topic: Health Flashcards

1
Q

get over

A

cease or diminish

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2
Q

come down (with)

A

catch (an illness)

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3
Q

clog up

A

obstruct

tắc nghẽn

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4
Q

fight off

A

defend against

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5
Q

throw up

A

to vomit

nôn

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6
Q

dose up (on/with)

A

medicate

chữa

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7
Q

let up

A

recuperate

hồi phục, khỏe lại

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8
Q

lay down

A

make someone weak

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9
Q

diabetes

A

abnormally high glucose levels in blood

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10
Q

tuberculosis

A

contagious lung infection

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11
Q

smallpox

A

contagious viral infection characterised by fever and pustules that form scabs

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12
Q

AIDS

A

disease of blood system transmitted through blood or sexual contact

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13
Q

cancer

A

malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal cell division

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14
Q

stroke

A

when an artery in the brain is blocked

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15
Q

diarrhea

A

intestinal infection where you pass many very loose stools

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16
Q

arthritis

A

inflammation of joints

17
Q

asthma

A

inflammation disease of the airways making it difficult to breath

18
Q

bronchitis

A

an inflammation of the lungs

19
Q

to be under the weather

A
20
Q

a bag of bones

A
21
Q

to have a spare tyre

A
22
Q

fit as a fiddle

A
23
Q

kick the habit

A
24
Q

living on borrowed time

A
25
Q

meet your maker

A
26
Q

go under the knife

A
27
Q

weak at the knees

A
28
Q

ill at ease

A
29
Q

on the mend

A
30
Q

a dose off one’s medicine

A
31
Q

to black out

A