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voc. unit 1: taking a history Flashcards

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The study if events in the past (medical background)

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A history

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Not sharply or clearly felt

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dull

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Antonym Dull

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sharp, stabbing (pain)

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to vibrate or sound with a persistent rhythm

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to pulsate, to throb

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a steady, continuous beat

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a throb

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heartbeat, pulsation of the heart

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pulse

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to beat, move regularly

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to pulsate/ to pulse

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to make better, to relieve, to take away

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to reduce pain

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to be unable to hear anything

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to be deaf

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To be unable to speak

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dumb / mute

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to express pain, unhappiness

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to complain

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to feel pain, to hurt, to be sore/ painful

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to ache

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to examine, test, have / take a look at

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to check

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to trouble, to cause inconvenience, to annoy

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to bother

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the flu

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influenza

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16
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to be unable to empty the bowels frequently enough and effectively

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constipation

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17
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a nagging kind of pain

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a gnawing kind of pain

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antonym gnawing

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stabbing (kind of pain)

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to have an effect on sb. or sth

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to affect

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to send out air from the lungs violently and noisily

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to cough

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shiny , thick substance which forms in the air passage/ mucus

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phlegm

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liquid that forms in the mouth

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spit / spittle /saliva

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liquid and mucus coughed up from the throat or lungs

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sputum

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corpulent, overweight

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obese

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a doctor who is not a specialist in any particular branch of medicine/ treats illnesses generally

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a general practitioner (G.P.)

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a hospital doctor of the most senior rank who can give special advice on certain medical difficulties in addition to that given by the G.P

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a consultant

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a doctor who is an expert in a special branch of medicine

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a specialist

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a doctor who performs surgical operations i.e. surgery

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a surgeon

29
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a senior hospital doctor being trained as a specialist or consultant

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a registrar

30
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indicates whether sb. is married ,single ,divorced

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Marital status

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affecting both the stomach and the intestines (=bowels)

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gastro-intestinal

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waste liquid that collects in the bladder and is passed from the body through the urethra

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urine

33
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eiwitstof

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albumen

34
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abnormally high arterial blood pressure

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hypertension

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tube carrying blood from the heart to all parts of the body

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artery

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tube carrying blood from all parts of the body to the heart

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vein

37
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first part of the small intestine

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duodenal (adj.)/ duodenum

38
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een zweer

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an ulcer

39
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type of ulcer

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a stomach ulcer; a duodenal ulcer

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serious illness with inflammation of one or both lungs, causing difficulty in breathing

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pneumonia

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windpipe

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tracheitis/ trachea

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medical treatment / attention

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management

43
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after making a physical effort

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after exertion

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blocking of a coronary artery (by a clot of blood)

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coronary thrombosis / informal: a coronary, a heart attack

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judgement, evaluation, view to assess

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assessment

46
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hartbeklemming

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angina pectoris

47
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difficulty in breathing

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dyspnoea

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short of breath

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dyspnoeic

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to happen, to exist

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to occur

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synonym ‘to feel off colour’

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to feel, be unwell / to be under the weather

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abnormally high body temperature, usu. as a sign of illness

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fever/ feverish

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synonym ‘the fever should pass

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The fever should abate

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a substance that relieves pain, a painkiller

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an analgesic

54
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feeling of sickness or disgust, often with an urge to vomit

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nausea

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indefinite feeling of uneasiness/ illness, without clear signs of a particular disease

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a malaise

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mental disturbance, caused by illness, accompanied by high fever, restlessness and inconsistent chatter

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delirious /delirium

57
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piles / swollen veins at or near the anus

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haemorrhoids

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? synonyms haemorrhoids

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haematology ; haemoglobin ; haemorrhage ; haematuria ; haemophilia

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Ingewanden, darmen

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Bowels

60
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Dikke darm

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Large bowel (intestine)

61
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Dunne darm

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Small bowel (intestine)

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