New E File Upp-Int 1C - Health and illnesses
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 to have a nosebleed | to have blood running from sy's nose |
| blood | the red liquid which is in your body |
| blood pressure | the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels |
| to pinch | to press tightly between the thumb and a finger |
| blister | bubble-like swelling on your skin when you burn it |
| antiseptic cream | a cream that prevents a wound from getting worse |
| to cough; to have a cough | when air leaves your throat suddenly and noisily, e.g. when you have a cold |
| rash | red marks that appear on the skin |
| to be sick; to throw up; to vomit | when food comes back from your stomach |
| to sneeze | when air leaves your nose and mouth suddenly and noisily, e.g. when you have a cold |
| to swell (swelled, swollen) | when a part of your body becomes larger than normal because of an injury |
| unconscious | breathing but not being able to hear or feel anything |
| to have a sore throat | it hurts when you talk or swallow |
| to swallow | to make food / drink go down your throat into your stomach |
| diarrhoea | having to go to the toilet much more often than normally |
| to faint | to suddenly become unconscious because of the heat, hunger or a shock |
| to feel dizzy | to feel that everything is spinning round |
| (the) flu | an illness like a very bad cold, with a high temperature, pains and weakness |
| have an allergy to; to be allergic to | to react badly when you eat, touch or breathe in sg |
| asthma | breathing difficulties |
| heart attack | when the heart suddenly stops working normally |
| stroke | a sudden serious illnes when a blood vessel of the brain breaks or becomes blocked |
| paralyzed | unable to move |
| food poisoning | when you eat bad food and it makes you sick |
| to twist / to sprain | to injure a joint in your body, esp. your wrist or ankle with a bad movement |
| bruise | a mark that appears on the skin after you fall |
| bandage | a strip of cloth used for covering a part of the body which has been injured |
| to have an injection | when a drug is put into your body through a needle |
| medicine | you take this to get better when you are ill |
| antibiotics | medicine taken to reduce or kill harmful bacteria in the body |
| painkiller | medicine taken to make you feel better if you have a pain |
| specialist | a doctor who specialises in one area of medicine; an expert |
| GP | General Practitioner; a general doctor |
| to have an X-ray | to have a part of your body examined with a machine to see if anything is broken |
| to have stitches | when a doctor sews the edges of a wound together |
| wound | an open injury on your body, e.g. a cut or a hole made by a weapon |
| to choke | being unable to breathe |
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