Health problems

- accident

- addicted (to drugs / alcohol)

- addiction

- allergic (to cats)

-allergy

- appendicitis

- backache

- bedridden

- blister /'blists(r)/

- (high / low) blood pressure

- broken (arm)

- cancer

- casualty

- (have a) cold

- cough

- diabetic

- (physically / mentally) disabled

- earache

- fatality

- feel (a bit) off-colour (informal)

- feel (a bit) under the weather

- feel a bit poorly

- feel dizzy

- feel drowsy

- feel sick /fill 'sik/

- feel terrible

- fever

- feverish

- flu /flu:/

- food poisoning /fu:d poizanirj/

- headache

- heart attack

- hurt

- (critically / seriously / terminally) ill

- illness

- ill with

- injure

- injured

- injury

- insomnia

- (do) not feel very well

- (take an) overdose

- pain (in the legs / back)

- pneumonia

- rash

- runny nose

- sneeze /sni:z/

- (have a) sore throat

- sprained (ankle / wrist)

- (a bee) sting

- stomach-ache

- stroke

- suffer (from illness)

- swollen (tonsils / wrist)

- (a high) temperature

- toothache

- a twisted ankle

- twist (one's) ankle

- upset stomach

- vomit

- wound (noun)

- wounded /'wundid/

Treatment

- (feel) as good as new (informal)

- be better

- be examined

- (medical / dental) check-up

- chemist's /'kemists/

- cough medicine

- cure

- drug /drAg/

- get better /get 'beta(r)/

- get a prescription

- get over (the operation)

- go to bed

- go to hospital

- go to the doctor

- have a scan

- have tests

- have an injection

- make an appointment (to see the doctor)

- make a (good / fast) recovery

- medicine /'medsn/

- (have an) operation

- painkiller

- pharmacy

- pills /pilz/

- sleeping pill

- stimulant

- (have) surgery

- recover (from)

- tablets

- take (one's) blood pressure

- treat /tri:t/

-(have an) X-ray

Healthcare

A & E (BrE Accident and Emergency)

(AmE ER, Emergency Room)

- casualty

- chemist's

- consultant

- dentist

- doctor (GP (BrE General Practitioner)

- healthcare centre

- health clinic

- hospital

- (take) medical leave

- nurse

- patient

- private medicine

- public healthcare

- specialist

- surgeon

- surgery

- ward /word/

Alternative medicine

- acupuncture

- acupuncturist

- aromatherapy

- aromatherapist

- faith healing

- faith healer

- herbal medicine

- herbalist

- homeopathy

- homeopath

- osteopathy

- osteopath

- reflexology

- reflexologist

Lesson N 13

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