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Pain
 feeling in your body when you have been hurt or when you are ill, sick
Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her neck, shoulder, waist, arm, leg, stomach.
Take an aspirin to relieve the pain.

Ache
 continuous pain; feel a continuous pain

I can’t sleep because my head aches too bad.
I have a terrible headache, backache, stomach-ache.

Ill
 suffering from an illness or disease; not feeling well; sick

My elder sister is seriously ill in St John’s hospital.
The children started to feel ill an hour after the meal.

Sick
 physically or mentally ill; wanting to vomit

I feel very sick, I don’t think I can work today.
Be careful with the cake, too much of it can make you sick.

Sore
 painful (and often red) because of infection or because a muscle has been used too much

I have a sore throat, I mustn’t take that cold drink.
She says her stomach is still sore after the operation.
His feet were sore after the bicycle trip.

Illness
 the state of being physically or mentally ill

Our secretary missed a lot of work through illness last month.
Flu can be a serious illness if you aren’t careful enough.

Disease
 serious illness, often caused by infection

Peter’s uncle suffers from a rare blood disease.
A fatty diet increases the risk of heart disease.
The government is planning further health measures to prevent the spread of disease.

Heal
 become healthy again; make something, somebody healthy again, make somebody feel happy again

As I see it will take a long time for your wounds to heal.
This ointment will help to heal your scratches.
The tea you made really healed me.

Cure make somebody or something healthy again after an illness; make an illness go away
He was seriously ill for a long time, but the doctor cured him at last.
Scarlet fever is a serious illness, but it can be cured fairly fast.
Cure medicine or medical treatment that cures an illness; the act of curing or the process of being cured
There is no known cure for this illness but the it can be treated.
I’m afraid you must be taken to hospital for the cure.

Treat
 give medical care or attention to somebody or something; deal with something or somebody

I was treated for flu, but later I was diagnosed with pneumonia.
This illness is usually treated with antibiotics and a strict diet..

Treatment
 (the way or process of) curing an illness or injury or making somebody look and feel good; the way of dealing with something or somebody

Doctors apply various treatments for this illness.
 My sister goes to a wellness centre to receive beauty treatments.

Diagnose
 define what an illness or the cause of a problem is

The blood test is used to diagnose all kinds of diseases.
She was diagnosed (as) (a) diabetic in her early childhood.

Diagnosis
 medical description of an illness or condition

The doctors didn’t share every detail of the diagnosis with the patient’s family.
We had to wait a lot for the exact diagnosis after the examination.

Injury
 harm done to the body, for example in an accident

They were lucky to escape the fight without serious injuries.
There were only minor injuries in the crash.

Injure
 harm somebody or yourself physically, especially in an accident, receive/suffer an injury

He injured his finger when he was cutting the meat.
Nobody was killed in the accident, but two people were seriously injured.

Wound
 an injury to part of the body, especially one in which a hole is made in the skin

He died from the wounds that he had received in the crash.
He was taken to hospital although his wounds didn’t seem too serious.

Cut
 a wound caused by something sharp

He had such a deep cut on his arm that he was taken to hospital.
The victim had several cuts on his chest, still he survived.

Bruise
 a blue, brown or purple mark on the skin after somebody has fallen

He was covered in bruises at the end of the football match.
The man came to the surgery with a huge bruise over his eye.

Scratch rub your skin with your nails, usually because it’s itching; a mark or a small cut or injury made by scratching

The cat continuously scratched itself behind the ear.
She had a long scratch on her arm when she came out of the rose garden.

Infection
 illness caused by bacteria or a virus; the act or process of causing or getting a disease

Wash your hands carefully to decrease the risk of infection.
She almost died from blood infection.

Inflammation
 a condition when a part of the body becomes red, sore and swollen because of infection or injury
My knee was twice the size of the other one due to the inflammation.
You had better not eat fatty food so soon after your stomach inflammation.

Symptom
 a change in your body or mind that shows that you are not healthy

You don’t necessarily need a doctor with symptoms like a headache or sore throat.
Depression can cause physical symptoms, too.

Temperature
 the measurement of how hot your body is

have a temperature – when your temperature is higher than normal due to illness
I feel so weak, I think I have a temperature.
She had such a high temperature that she was immediately taken to hospital.

Fever
 a medical condition in which someone has a temperature that is higher than normal; a particular type of disease with high temperature

Did you take aspirin to reduce the fever?
Our daughter has been diagnosed with scarlet fever.

Cold
 illness affecting the nose and/or throat, making you cough and/or sneeze

I think I caught a cold on the ice rink yesterday.
She can’t come to school, she’s in bed with a cold.

Flu
 a very bad cold, an infectious disease with fever, pains and weakness

Please don’t visit us this week, the whole family has the flu.
If you’re not careful enough and you don’t take antibiotics, you may even die from the flu.

Vomit
 discharge stomach contents through the mouth

There must have been something wrong with the food as both children vomited shortly after the meal.
I’m afraid I’m pregnant; I vomit after getting up every morning.

Medicine
 a substance that you drink or swallow so as to cure an illness

You look so pale. Haven’t you taken your medicine this morning?
The doctor prescribed three kinds of medicine for me.

Antibiotics
 medicine that kills bacteria and cures infections

My mum’s throat infection went away after she started the antibiotics.
Hot tea won’t be enough to cure your flu, I think you also need antibiotics.

pain killer
 kind of medicine that takes away some or all of the discomfort of an illness or injury

I had such a horrible headache last night that I took two pain killers.
She says she doesn’t think it’s a good idea to take pain killers too often.

Blood pressure
 the rate at which blood flows through the body

Drink some coffee if you feel your blood pressure is too low.
High blood pressure increases the risk of having a heart attack.

Pulse
 the regular beat of blood as it is sent around the body

The doctor started the examination with taking my pulse and blood pressure.
He has such a weak pulse that it’s hard to feel.

X-ray
 a photograph of a somebody’s bones and organs

They took x-rays of my knee to make sure it wasn’t broken.
The doctor says that the x-ray has proved his suspicion of cancer, but I don’t believe him.

Patient
 a person staying in a hospital or medical facility

The doctor examined the patient very carefully but he didn’t find any disorder.
There were so many patients in the doctor’s surgery that I didn’t wait and I went home.

Surgery
 a place where a doctor or dentist sees patients; medical treatment of injuries or diseases involving cutting open somebody’s body

I wanted to see a doctor but the surgery was closed.
I hope they can cure me with medicine and I don’t need undergo surgery.

Operation
 cutting open a part of somebody’s body in order to remove or cure a part

The operation was successful but the patient died.
The doctor says I can hardly escape an operation.

Operate on somebody (for something) cut open a part of somebody’s body in order to remove or cure a part
He soon recovered after he was operated on for appendicitis.
The doctor ordered to take my brother to hospital and they will operate on him tomorrow.
Operating theatre a room in a hospital used for medical operations
The patient died on the way to the operating theatre.
She felt nervous as she looked round the operating theatre.

Chemist’s (shop)
 a shop where medicine is sold

The doctor suggested to go to the chemist’s for the medicine straight from the surgery.
This syrup is also sold in the supermarket, so you don’t need to go to the chemist’s.

Prescription
 an official piece of paper filled out by a doctor with which you can get medicine from a chemist’s shop

Unfortunately, the doctor forgot to sign the prescription and so the chemist refused to give me the medicine. 
Keep this prescription even though you don’t need the medicine now; you may need it later. 

Medical Specialists List
Allergist: treats food and environmental allergiesAnaesthesiologist: provides pain prevention during surgeryCardiologist: heart specialistDentist: tooth specialistDermatologist: skin specialistGynecologist: specializes in women’s needsMidwife: helps women deliver babiesNeurologist: brain specialistOncologist: tumour specialistOphthalmologist: deals with eye diseasesPediatrician: treats babies and childrenPhysical therapist: specializes in the body’s movementPsychiatrist: mental health specialistRadiologist: specializes in imaging tests (x-ray, etc.)