- 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
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- 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
Free Time and Culture