Unit 53: Medical language

Question 1

low-dose

Answer 1

measured amount of medicine that is relatively small

Question 2

asthma

Answer 2

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

Question 3

past history

Answer 3

record of medical conditions a person has experienced

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

stools/excrement

Answer 6

poo

Question 7

disorientation

Answer 7

not knowing where you are

Question 8

symptom

symptomatic >< asymptomatic (adj)

Answer 8

problem indicating an illness

Question 9

a rash of

Answer 9

a number of similar things happening at the same time

Question 10

fever

election fever

Answer 10

great excitement

Question 11

jaundiced

Answer 11

1) yellow-looking skin because of a liver problem
2) unenthusiastic or sceptical because of previous bad experiences

Question 12

carry the scars of|be scarred by

Answer 12

be permanently affected by a negative experience

Question 13

infect sb (with sth)

She infected the children with her enthusiasm for music.

Answer 13

pass on to

Question 14

have/keep your finger on the pulse (of sth)

That journalist has his finger on the pulse of public opinion.

Answer 14

understand how things are changing