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Medicine
 
sick (adj.)   well (adj.)  
health   healthy (adj.)  
symptom   injury  
patient   ill (adj.)  
  She became ill after eating the meal I cooked.
  Many students were sick and could not make it to class.
  I shouldn't have eaten all those sweets! I feel sick.
 

Get well soon!

  
  Are you felling better?  
emergency   first aid  
hospital   emergency room  
intensive care   paramedics  
surgery   operation  
anesthesia      
operate  
  We're going to have to operate on your brain.  
  Daniel was in an bad accident and was taken to a hospital.  
  Her surgery is over. She's now in intensive care.  
  The anesthesia is beginning to wear off.  
Pictorial Vocabulary Guide
  The nurse gave him a shot in the rear-end.  
pain   pleasure  
suffering   agony  
misery   relief  
hurt  
suffer  
relieve  
  Where does it hurt?  
  - It hurts everywhere!  
  You hurt my foot!  
  She is really suffering.  
  This will relieve your suffering.  
  What a relief! It was only a dream.  
medication   drug  
pharmacy   prescription  
relieve  
  Did you take your medication today?  
  The doctor prescribed a pain reliever for me.  
treatment   cure  
injury   antidote  
ointment      
cure  
heal  
treat  
injure  
  The wound has begun to heal.  
  This ointment will help your cut heal.  
  Normally, the body can heal itself.  
 

The doctors are trying to cure me.

  
  Since he injured his head with the chainsaw, he hasn't been the same.
wound   cut  
scratch   scar  
scab   pus  
bruise   blister  
bleed - bled  
  You're lucky you didn't bleed to death.
breath  
breath  
exhale  
inhale  
  Be sure to breath deeply!
  For how long can you hold your breath?