Nouns
Ambulance, a blood test, a check-up, a diagnosis, hospital, medicine, a patient, a prescription, prevention, a prognosis, a sick note/list, side effects
Diseases
Allergy, asthma, bronchitis [brɔŋ’kaɪtɪs], cancer, cholera, a cold/ a head cold, flu, hay fever, heart attack, hepatitis [ˌhepə’taɪtɪs]
Aches and pains, cuts and bruises
A backache, a black eye, a bruise, a cut, an earache, a headache, an injury, nausea, a pain in…, a runny nose, a sore throat, a stiff neck, a toothache, a wound
Verbs/verbal expressions (accidents, symptoms, complains)
To be allergic to/ to have allergy to, to break one’s arm/ankle etc., to burn one’s hand/finger etc., to cough, to cut one’s finger/toe etc., to fall ill, to feel dizzy, to feel itchy, to feel sick, to have a fever, to have a high temperature, to recover from, to suffer from, to sneeze, to take a pill, to tremble, to twist one’s arm/ankle etc.
Diagnosing, treatment
To call in a doctor, to feel smb’s pulse, to have an X-ray, to take temperature, to make an appointment with a doctor, to make a diagnosis, to prescribe a diet, to relieve pain, to stay in bed, to write out a prescription
Adjectives to describe pain
Acute, burning, chronic, dull, intense /severe/ terrible, mild, moderate, sharp, sudden, throbbing
Phrasal verbs
to come round/to, to fight off (a disease) , to get over (a disease), to go down with/to come down with (a disease) (=to fall ill), to pass out, to throw up
Idioms
as fit as a fiddle, to be back on one’s feet, to be on the mend, to go under the knife, a pain in the neck, under the weather
Doctors
Anesthesiologist, cardiologist, dermatologist, endocrinologist, gastroenterologist, a GP, gynecologist, neurologist, nurse, oncologist, ophthalmologist, otolaryngologist (ENT), pediatrician, psychiatrist, pulmonologist, surgeon, urologist
