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1. Health, Illness and Disease Vocabulary
2. Illness Expressions
3. Common Illnesses and Diseases in English
4. Medicine, Medical Equipments and Tools
5. Medical Specialists List
6. What to say at the doctor?
7. Doctor’s Questions and Answers to Patient
8. Patient Symptoms
9. At the dentist’s
10. At the chemist’s

Health, Illness and Disease Vocabulary

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.

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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. 

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Illness expressions

• feel ill, sick
• have a temperature
• have a pain in your back, chest, waist, arm, shoulder
• have a headache
• feel weak
• feel dizzy
• suffer from stomach cramps
• have a black eye
• have a swollen, sprained ankle, wrist, foot
• have a lump
• have a broken leg
• have a fracture
• burn, cut a finger
• sprain an ankle
• be allergic to antibiotics
• produce an allergic reaction
• come down with a cold
• be in bed with a cold
• have a heart attack, stroke
• suffer from asthma, malnutrition, diabetes
• fight cancer, depression, addiction, alcoholism
• (go to) see a doctor
• examine a patient
• take, feel your pulse
• take, measure your temperature
• diagnose an illness, disease
• diagnose a condition, disorder
• prescribe medicine
• make up a prescription
• take someone to hospital
• undergo an examination, operation
• dress a wound
• a bandaged arm, leg
• put on a plaster
• give an injection
• have a blood test
• prevent the spread of disease
• enhance, build immunity to a disease

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Common Illnesses and Diseases in English

• flu
• cold
• diarrhoea
• pneumonia
• mumps
• measles
• chickenpox
• scarlet fever
• tonsillitis
• bronchitis
• indigestion
• ulcer
• appendicitis
• hepatitis
• heart attack
• heart disease
• stroke
• arthritis
• asthma
• lung cancer
• diabetes
• amnesia
• nervous breakdown

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Medicine, Medical Equipments and Tools

• • pill
  • tablet
  • capsule
  • syrup
  • ointment
  • cream
  • eye drops
  • injection
  • tranquilizer
  • pain-killer
  • antiseptic
  • antifebrile
  • dressing
  • bandage
  • cast
  • brace
  • gauze
  • plaster
  • elastic tape
  • thermometer
  • stethoscope
  • syringe, forceps, scissors, oxygen mask, test tube, vial, IV bag, blood pressure monitor, crutches, wheelchair

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Medical Specialists List

Nurse: doctor’s assistant
Allergist: treats food and environmental allergies
Anaesthesiologist: provides pain prevention during surgery
Cardiologist: heart specialist
Dentist: tooth specialist
Dermatologist: skin specialist
Gynecologist: specializes in women’s needs
Midwife: helps women deliver babies
Neurologist: brain specialist
Oncologist: tumour specialist
Ophthalmologist: deals with eye diseases
Pediatrician: treats babies and children
Physical therapist: specializes in the body’s movement
Psychiatrist: mental health specialist
Radiologist: specializes in imaging tests (x-ray, etc.)

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What to say at the doctor?

Going to Doctor

• I think you should see a doctor.
• You look very pale. Shall I call the ambulance?
• I’m ill. I don’t feel well. I need a doctor. I must see a doctor.
• Doctor Bulb’s surgery hours are from 9 to 12 every morning.
• Where do I find the GP’s office? (general practitioner – a doctor who is trained in general medicine working in the local community)
• What are the consulting hours of the ENT (ear, nose and throat) specialist?
• Do I have to make an appointment?

Doctor’s Questions and Answers to Patient

• What’s the matter? Where’s the pain? What do you complain of?
• Have you taken your temperature?
• For how long have you been feeling ill?
• Take your clothes off. I’ll examine you. Let me take your pulse, please.
• I’ll measure your blood pressure.
• Your blood pressure is rather high. Your blood pressure is too low.
• Let me sound your back. Take a deep breath. I’ll check your lungs.
• Can I have a look? Where does it hurt?
• Does it hurt here? Breath out slowly.
• Show me your tongue. Poke out your tongue.
• Have you got any other symptoms?
• What infectious diseases have you had?
• What have you eaten/drunk?
• Have you been injured?
• Don’t worry. There’s no serious problem.
• I don’t think it’s too serious.
• You’ve got to be vaccinated against tetanus.
• You must stay in bed and take this medicine three times a day, after meals.
• I’ll dress the wound and put a plaster on your arm.
• You must follow a diet, you need to rest and you shouldn’t worry.
• Your test results have come in. The blood test came back negative.
• The biopsy shows a tumour.
• You should consult a specialist.
• We’ll know more in a few days.
• It would be better if you went to hospital.
• I think you’ll have to stay in hospital for a week.
• Hopefully, there won’t be any complications.
• I don’t think you need chemotherapy.
• I’ll give you a prescription. Take this medicine three times a day / after meals / an hour before lunch.
• You’ll soon be well again.
• Come back next week if you don’t feel better.

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Patient Symptoms 

• I’ve got a high temperature.
• I feel really rough. I’m shattered/exhausted.
• Could you check my blood pressure? I’ve got high blood pressure.
• There’s a sharp pain here. I’ve got a pain in my limbs.
• I feel dizzy. I’ve got a kidney problem. I’ve lost weight.
• I always feel bad after meals. I’ve got a stomach ache.
• I’ve got a splitting headache. I often have nosebleeds.
• I have diarrhoea. I’ve lost my appetite.
• I’ve got circulation problems. I sweat all night.
• My ears are buzzing. I’ve got an upset stomach.
• I’ve sprained my wrist/ankle. My hand/foot is badly swollen.
• I think I’ve pulled a muscle in my leg/arm.
• I’ve had scarlet fever, mumps, the measles.
• Is it something serious? Is this a common problem at my age?
• When will the tests results come in? Are you going to run more tests?
• Do I have to be operated on? Will I need surgery?
• How long do I have to stay in hospital?
• I hope there won’t be any complications.
• Could you prescribe some medicine for me?
• How often should I take this medicine?
• Shall I come back next week if I don’t get better?

At the dentist’s

• I’ve got a pain in my back teeth and my gum is bleeding.
• I’ve lost a filling. My denture’s broken.
• Does the tooth have to be extracted or can you replace the filling?

At the chemist’s

• Would you make up this prescription for me?
• Shake well before use. Not to be taken orally.
• Can I get a packet of vitamin tablets?

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EXERCISES

1. Give the four forms of the verbs:

Hurt, rise, cure, fall, keep, cut, drop, feel, break, cup, die, lose, gargle, put,
swell, strip, squint, heal, scald.

2. Give derivatives, word combinations and expressions:

Sleep, nerve, cough, examine, ill, operate, treat, prescribe, consult, aid, health,
swell, blood, stammer, eyesight, prevent, care, amputate, vaccinate, inject, medical,
sprain.

3. Give Russian equivalents of the following:

• Sick-leave, examination, recovery, headache, to sneeze, consulting-room, chemist,
  remedy, to sprain, to fait, amputation, ward, to limp, splinter, injection, swelling,
  cancer, hot water bottle, epidemic, health-resort, stretcher, cripple. 

• To have a bad cough; to consult a doctor; to see one’s tongue; to take one’s
  temperature; to have pain in the chest; to feel one’s pulse; to die of TB; to suffer from
  sleeplessness; to be treated for pneumonia; to take pills for a headache; to be nervous;
  curable disease; to make up a prescription; in a sling, to dress s wound, to undergo an
  operation; swollen fingers; to be laid up in a hospital; a coated tongue; to be run down;
  medical equipment; disease prevention; to gargle one’s throat; to have an X-ray taken;
  medicine for external (internal) use; to take a deep breath; to affect one’s eyesight, to
  go on crutches; to have a good effect on one’s health; to feel giddy.

What’s the trouble? What’s the doctor’s diagnosis? Take a table spoonful three times a
day. You don’t look at all well. Must I keep him in bed? I am so-so. What are directions
for use? This treatment did me (a world of) good. The doctor receives patients in the
morning. The tooth is not good any more. Strip to waist. I have liver trouble. My nose is
all clogged up. Hold your breath.

4. Translate into English rapidly (in case you cannot, review the list of words again)

1. насморк, пломба, кашлять, лекарство, больница,
   аптека, знобит, пациент, нервный, приемная врача,
   регистратура, лихорадит, приступ кашля,
   охрипнуть, электропроцедуры, заика, хромать,
   болеутоляющие средства, амбулаторный больной,
   быть переутомленным, первая помощь, грелка,
   горчичник.
2. Осматривать больного, сделать компресс, позвать
   врача, пломбировать зуб, удалить зуб, порезать
   палец, сломать ногу, испытывать боль в спине,
   получать больничный лист, подвергнуться
   операции, вызвать скорую помощь, вылечится от
   воспаления легких, проверить пульс, прописать
   микстуру от кашля, быть здоровым, страдать от
   бессонницы, следовать указаниям врача,
   испытывать головокружение, лихорадит, сделать
   рентген, принимать лечебные ванны, измерять
   температуру, находиться под наблюдением врача,
   оказывать первую помощь, сделать анализы,
   отрицательно сказываться на здоровье, приходить
   в себя
3. Ты больна? Ты выглядишь совсем плохо. У меня
   сильно болит голова. У вас грипп. Вам следует
   полежать в постели. У нее температура 38,8°. Она
   болела корью? Осложнений после болезни не было. Я
   хорошо себя чувствую. Грипп заразен. Как здоровье
   вашего брата? У него болит горло. Какой диагноз?
   Это лекарство мне совсем не помогло. Как
   принимать лекарство? Дайте мне что-нибудь от боли
   в желудке. На что вы жалуетесь? Когда вы заболели?
   В какие часы принимает врач? Вам не больно
   глотать? У меня заложен нос. Доктор прописал мне
   микстуру. Дышите глубже. Не дышите.

5. Choose the right word:

Ill-sick

The nurse mixed the medicine with a tea spoon and gave it to the … man who sat up in
bad to take it.
When people are … and have temperature of over 39 degrees we say they are in high fever.
When I go on board of a ship or a boat, 1 feel . . .
He was suddenly taken …

To treat-to cure

After scarlet fever complications developed, and they had to be … for a month before
the patient was completely…
The open air life on a farm … him of his disease.
The doctor said that if I followed his instructions, I should soon be … of the disease.

Illness-disease

What did Mr. White die of? Did he suffer from any chronic… or complications after a
serious…?
The .., was catching, and the doctor said he would put me on the sick-list.
The grippe, scarlet fever and measles are catching…
His … prevented him from going to school together with his friends.

Cure-heal

Fresh air, sunshine, good food may …a patient of tuberculosis by … his lungs. After
a fortnight of slight fever, the wound … and he recovered. The doctor applied a medicine
which soon…the deep cut in my arm.

Ache-pain-hurt

As Joe coming home a sudden… in his heart made him stop and lean against the wall of
a house. Wet weather often makes old people feel an … in their bones. He fell down the
stairs and … his leg. This heavy suit-case makes my arms… Did you … yourself?

6. Fill in the blanks with the words given in brackets

A. » To tell the truth, I thought you might give me something to stop the …
I hate and fear pain!» said Flair truthfully. “The … that 1 have given you stop
pain», said the Doctor. “Take it at once when you feel the attack coming on».
He met he gentle irony in Flair’s eyes, and added seriously, “Miss Caldecott, you may
have a serious…» “Well, that would be the end of me, I expect!» said Flair
lightly. “Good-bye, Doctor, and thank you!”

She went out of the … and through the wide hall and into the street, hardly thinking
of what he had told her, because she was absorbed by other thoughts.

Flair had her prescription… on the way home, and then went round by way of the market
(consulting-room, pain, illness, prescription, made up).

7. Complete the sentences:

1. If you have a toothache you consult a…
2. If something has got into your eye you go to see an …
3. If you have a sore throat you consult a …
4. If you have a heart attack you call a …
5. If you catch the grippe you are attended by a …
6. If your nerves are out of order you consult a …
7. If your little sister or brother has a high temperature you send for a …

8. Find an adjective in list B to fit each noun in list A

1. a person, temperature, throat, chill, cold, headache, heart, pulse, disease, illness,
   cheek, health, eyesight, equipment, blood-pressure, disease, bath, use, tongue.
2. catching, quick, chronic, sick, sore, normal, weak, bad, slight, perfect, infectious,
   high, mud, medical, external, poor, splitting, swollen, and internal.

9. Arrange the following words and expressions in four columns: at a dentist’s, at a
surgeon’s, at an oculist’s at a throat specialist’s.

A cut, eye-glasses, to feel pain in swallowing, a coated tongue, to have a tooth
extracted, cross-eyed, to undergo an operation, to break a leg, to be hoarse, to put in a
cast, a filling, to squint, a metal crown, to apply a dressing, a toothache, short/ near
sighted, to gargle one’s throat, to stop a tooth, to amputate, to get a splinter, to
sprain an ankle.

10. Give synonyms or synonymous phrases:

to hurt, to have a tooth pulled out, an eye-specialist, a children’s doctor, to faint,
to go to a doctor, to be unwell, a sick person, to get well, to recover consciousness. Use
them in sentences.

11. Give the opposite to:

medicine for internal use; far- sighted, to take off a compress, to undress a wound,
the temperature rises, to feel well, to be out of bed, to come to oneself. Use them in
sentences.

12. Complete the sentences:

• On Saturday I went out without my warm coat on and now…
• The doctor took the patient’s temperature and said…
• I can hardly breath because …
• When she came home she complained of a headache and her mother…
• The patient said that…
• It hurts me when I swallow because …
• The best remedy for it is …
• When I have a splitting headache…
• This medicine will work wonders if…
• If you follow the doctor’s instructions you’ll …
• You must give up smoking…
• She looks very thin…
• She looks the picture of health…
• She is losing weight…

13. Fill in the blanks with suitable words:

• The doctor… his patient very carefully and … some medicine.
• I can hardly turn my head because of…
• The flu usually begins with…
• There is nothing serious the matter with you, it’s just…
• You look rather … today.
• It … me when I swallow.
• Let me feel your pulse…
• 1 don’t like this sound of your…
• Do you feel any … over there?
• He has been ill with… for a week already.
• If you want… you must follow the doctor’s advice.
• Will you go to … and have … made?
• … the throat three times a day.
• This …is very good for a cough.
• I am feeling…
• You have all the … of the grippe.
• If you are … to colds you should take a good care of yourself.
• She caught …when we were skiing.
• Your forehead is hot, let me take…
• My sister was ill with… when she was a child.

14. Insert prepositions or postverbal adverbs wherever necessary.

• What are you complaining…?
• The best remedy … a headache is fresh air.
• Will you go … the chemist’s and have this prescription made up, please?
• The doctor has given him a sick-leave because he has a very bad complication… his
  heart… quinsy.
• The weather has been nasty lately and many people have fallen ill… the flu.
• She is ill… quinsy… a bad form.
• You’d better take a tablet of analgine… your headache.
• She says she is subject… coughs.

VOCABULARY

Health

health

to be/ to keep in good health

to ask after smb’s health

healthy

How are you?

How do you feel?

You look the very picture of health

to be taken ill

to fall ill with the grippe (measles etc)

Consulting a Doctor

doctor

a district / visiting doctor

to consult / to see, to go to a doctor

to send for / to call a doctor

consulting — room

ambulance

to call / to telephone for an ambulance

patient

to see a patient

What is the matter with you?

What is the trouble?

What is your complaint?

medical aid

first aid

to give first aid

consulting hours

(poly-)clinic

Patient’s Complaints

Something is wrong with my ear (eye, etc)

hurt (hurt)

He (hurt) his leg when he fell

downstairs

pain

to have/to feel a pain

to have pains

headache

to have a headache

slight headache

bad headache

toothache

earache

stomach — ache

sore

I have a sore throat (finger, leg, etc)

temperature

high / low / normal temperature

The temperature falls (drops, goes down)

rises (goes up)

to cut one’s finger

to break a leg (an arm etc)

to be wounded

symptom

to feel / to be giddy

sweat

to catch a chill

to be hoarse

ache

splitting headache

to be run down

sick

to be / feel sick

to suffer from sleeplessness(headache, etc)

appetite

1 have lost my appetite

to be nervous

weak / bad heart

heart attack

cold

to catch a slight cold

to catch a slight cold

to catch a bad cold

cough

slight / bad cough

sneeze

fever

to feel feverish

faint

to lose consciousness

to recover consciousness

to come to oneself

heart trouble

lung trouble

kidney trouble

liver trouble

injure

sprain

swell (swelled, swollen)

swollen cheek (arm, leg, etc)

swelling

scald

splinter

to get a splinter into one’s finger

to be badly wounded

Examining a patient

examine

to examine a patient

examination

to listen to one’s heart

to see one’s tongue

to feel one’s pulse

The pulse may be quick (slow, weak)

to sound one’s chest (lungs)

to breathe

to diagnose

diagnoses

slight / serious disease

curable / incurable disease

catching disease

to die of a disease

complications

to strip to the waist

the tongue is coated

to hold one’s breath

to take a deep breath

Medical Advice and Medical Treatment

to treat smb for some disease

treatment

sick-leave/sick-list

to keep one’s bed

to stay in bed

to keep smb in bed

to give smth for the flue (one’s cough, headache)

to prescribe

prescription

instructions/directions

What are the instructions for use (the medicine)?

to follow the doctor’s instructions

to take smth for one’s cough (headache, etc)

to take a spoonful of smth

compress

diet, to be on/ to keep /a diet

to operate, to be operated on

nurse

bandage

to fill/ to stop a tooth

filling/ stopping

to pull out a tooth

to do (a world of) good

to do harm

electrical treatment

to have an analysis taken

blood test

to have a blood test taken

to be X-rayed

to have an X-ray taken

blood pressure

to have high (low, normal) blood pressure

to take one’s blood-pressure

inject, injection ( of some medicine)

to gargle one’s throat ( with medicine)

to perform an operation

to be laid up in a hospital

to undergo an operation, amputation

to dress a wound

to wash (to clean, to bandage) a wound

sling, in a sling

to heal

to be under a doctor’s care

The treatment does not agree with me

health-resort

medical baths

to cure smb of some disease

recover, recovery

rest-home, sanatorium

At the Chemist’s Medicines

chemist

chemist’s shop

to make up a prescription

mixture

pills / tablets

powders

drops

ointment

iodine

cotton

(eye) glasses

cups, to cup

thermometer

remedy

pain – killer

plaster

mustard plaster

valerian drops

hot-water bottle / bag

mineral water

Names of Specialists

physician

surgeon

throat-specialist

eye — specialist = oculist

nerve – specialist

dentist

children’s doctor

specialist for children’s diseases

professor

Names of Diseases

Illness

The flu (e)

influenza= the grippe

Measles

Pneumonia

Inflammation of the lungs

Scarlet fever

Tuberculosis

Quinsy

Abscess

Apoplexy

Appendicitis

Asthma

Bleeding

Blood poisoning

Bronchitis

Boil

Cancer

Cholera

Concussion of the brain

Constipation

Mumps

Plague

Rheumatism

Sun-stroke

Typhus

Typhoid fever

Whooping- cough

Chicken-pox

Cramp

Small-pox

A heart attack

An attack of cough

Dysentery

Body Defects

bad / poor (good)eyesight

long -/ far – sighted

short-/ near — sighted

blind

deaf

dumb

deaf and dumb

lame

cross-eyed

cripple

limp

crutches

stammer, stammerer

to squint

concern for

disease prevention

accommodation card

to go through

reception-office

my nose is all clogged up to be confined to bed

patient’s file, case history

in-patient, out-patient

fit of coughing

ward

to relieve pain

to affect one’s health

to have a good (bad) effect on one’s health

medicine for internal (external) use

antiseptic

anesthetic

laxative

rash

to put in a cast

stretcher

burn

blister

chilblain

vaccinate, vaccination

false tooth, crown

Synonyms and Words Usual Confused by Russian Learners

ILL-SICK

To be ill means to be in bad health, to be unwell.

The sick man means one who is ill.

The word ill is never used before a noun.

PAIN-ACHE

Pain: refers to suffering of mind or body: It is sharp and sudden.

Ache: is generally used only in physical sense: It means a continuous pain.

ILLNESS-DISEASE

Illness: the state of being ill.

Disease: refers to a particular kind of illness with special symptoms and name.

CURE-HEAL-TREAT

Cure: means to bring back to health

Heal: means to make healthy after wounds of any kind

Treat: means to make care of with medicines. It refers to the process of curing.

Упражнения на косвенную речь в английском языке

При необходимости повторите правила образования косвенной речи (согласование времен).

Для максимально эффективного усвоение языка выполняйте упражнения вслух устно.

Упражнение 1. Переведите предложения с прямой речью в косвенную (простые примеры)

Прочитайте предложение с прямой речью и постройте вслух предложение с косвенной. Для проверки вашего ответа нажмите на предложение с прямой речью и вы увидите ответ.

Пример: Tom: «I am doing my homework right now». → Tom said (that) he was doing his homework right now.

Упражнение 2. Переведите предложения с прямой речью в косвенную (простые примеры)

Упражнение 3. Согласование времен в вопросительных предложениях, повелительных и исключениях (средние и сложные примеры)

Переведите предложения с прямой речью в косвенную.

Пример: Tom: «I am doing my homework right now». → Tom said (that) he was doing his homework right now.

Упражнение 4. Переведите на английский язык

Переведите предложения с косвенной речью с русского на английский.

Пример: Она сказала она может ездить на том велосипеде. -> She said (that) she could ride that bike.

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