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Health zohre
Naming health problems and treatments I Recognizing synonyms Recognizing collo
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| addiction (addictions) | NOUN Addiction is the condition of taking harmful drugs and being unable to stop taking them. ■ long-term addiction to nicotine |
| allergy (allergies) | NOUN If you have a particular allergy, you become ill or get a rash when you eat, smell, or touch something that does not normally make people ill. ■ Food allergies can result in an enormous variety of different symptoms. |
| cancer (cancers) | NOUN Cancer is a serious disease in which cells in a person’s body increase rapidly in an uncontrolled way, producing abnormal growths. ■ a cancer research charity |
| stroke (strokes) | NOUN If someone has a stroke, a blood vessel in their brain bursts or becomes blocked, which may k ill them or make them unable to move one side of their body. ■ He had a minor stroke in 1987, which left him partly paralyzed. |
| administer (administers, administering, administered) | VERB If a doctor or nurse administers a drug, they give it to a patient. ■ Paramedics are trained to administer certain drugs. |
| admit (admits, admitting, admitted) | VERB If someone is admitted to hospital they are taken into hospital for treatment and kept there until they are well enough to go home. ■ She was admitted to hospital with a soaring temperature. |
| dehydration | UNCOUNTABLE NOUN You are suffering from dehydration if you lose too much water from your body. ■ Cholera causes severe dehydration. |
| diagnose (diagnoses, diagnosing, diagnosed) | VERB If someone or something is diagnosed as having a particular illness or problem, their illness or problem is identified. ■ Almost a million people are diagnosed with colon cancer each year. |
| disease (diseases) | NOUN A disease is an illness that affects people, animals or plants, for example one which is caused by bacteria or infection. ■ the rapid spread of disease in the |
| infection (infections) | NOUN An infection is a disease caused by germs or bacteria. ■ Ear infections are common in pre-school children. |
| discharge (discharges, discharging, discharged) | VERB When someone is discharged from hospital, they are officially allowed to leave, or told they must leave. ■ He has a broken nose but may be discharged today. |
| obesity | UNCOUNTABLE NOUN Someone suffering from obesity is extremely fat. ■ The excessive consumption of sugar leads to obesity |
| examine (examines, examining, examined) | VERB If a doctor examines you, he or she looks at your body, feels it, or does simple tests in order to check how healthy you are. ■ Another doctor examined her and could still find nothing wrong. |
| screen (screens, screening, screened) | VERB To screen for a disease means to examine people to make sure that they do not have it. ■ Men over 50 are routinely screened for prostate abnormalities. |
| vaccinate (vaccinates, vaccinating, vaccinated) | VERB A vaccine is a harmless form of the germs that cause a particular disease. If a person or animal is vaccinated, they are given a vaccine, usually by injection, to prevent them getting that disease. ■ Dogs must be vaccinated against distemper. |
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