Health problems – English vocabulary
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33 English words with meanings: ailing, excrement, fever, feverish, fight off… Study them with flashcards, quizzes and AI speaking practice on OpenQuiz.
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- ailing /'eɪlɪŋ/ (adjective) — weak, unhealthy, or not working well
Example:The company is ailing after several years of losses.
Synonyms: weak, unhealthy, failing - excrement /'ɛkskrɪmənt/ (noun) — solid waste passed from the body
Example:The doctor tested the excrement for signs of disease.
Synonyms: feces, stool, waste - fever /'fi:vər/ (noun) — a body temperature that is higher than normal
Example:She had a fever all night.
Synonyms: high temperature, pyrexia, temperature - feverish /'fi:vərɪʃ/ (adjective) — feeling as if you have a fever
Example:He felt feverish all morning.
Synonyms: hot, fevered, ill - fight off /faɪt ɔ:f/ (phrase) — to stop an illness or attack from affecting you
Example:She fought off the flu.
Synonyms: resisted, warded off, repelled - gastrointestinal disease /,ɡæstroʊ,ɪn'tɛstɪnəl dɪ'zi:z/ (noun) — an illness that affects the stomach or intestines
Example:He was treated for a gastrointestinal disease.
Synonyms: digestive disorder, stomach illness, intestinal disease - get over /ɡet 'oʊvər/ (phrase) — to recover from an illness, shock, or disappointment
Example:It took him weeks to get over the flu.
Synonyms: recover from, overcome, bounce back from - go down with /ɡoʊ daʊn wɪð/ (phrase) — to become ill with something
Example:Several students went down with the stomach bug.
Synonyms: fell ill with, caught, became ill with - health insurance /hɛlθ ɪn'ʃʊrəns/ (phrase) — Money that helps pay for medical care and treatment.
Example:Her job includes health insurance.
Synonyms: medical cover, health coverage, insurance - healthcare plan /'helθkeər plæn/ (noun) — a plan that helps pay for medical care
Example:The company offers a healthcare plan.
Synonyms: health insurance, medical plan - hurt (n. and v.) /hɜ:rt/ (verb) — an injury or unpleasant feeling; to cause such an injury
Example:He hurt his knee, and now it hurts to walk.
Synonyms: injury, pain, ache - infect /ɪn'fɛkt/ (verb) — to pass germs into a person, animal, or wound
Example:A dirty cut can infect quickly.
Synonyms: contaminate, spread to, infect with - insulin /'ɪnsjʊlɪn/ (noun) — a hormone that helps sugar enter body cells
Example:Insulin helps control blood sugar.
Synonyms: blood sugar hormone - jaundiced /'dʒɔ:ndɪst/ (adjective) — having yellow skin or eyes because of illness
Example:His jaundiced eyes worried the nurse.
Synonyms: yellowed, icteric, yellow - metabolism /,metə'bɒlɪzəm/ (noun) — the process in your body that turns food into energy
Example:Exercise can help speed up your metabolism.
Synonyms: metabolic rate, energy use, body chemistry - mumps /mʌmps/ (noun) — A contagious illness that causes swelling of the glands near the jaw.
Example:She had mumps when she was a child.
Synonyms: parotitis - nagging ache /'næɡɪŋ eɪk/ (phrase) — a pain that keeps bothering you for a long time
Example:She had a nagging ache in her shoulder.
Synonyms: persistent pain, constant ache, ongoing pain - nausea /'nɔ:ziə/ (noun) — a feeling that you may vomit
Example:The smell made her feel nausea.
Synonyms: sickness, queasiness, vomiting feeling - nauseous /'nɔ:ʃəs/ (adjective) — feeling that you may vomit
Example:The smell made me feel nauseous.
Synonyms: sick, queasy, sick to my stomach - obese /oʊ'bi:s/ (adjective) — Very fat because of too much body weight
Example:The doctor warned him that he was obese.
Synonyms: very overweight, extremely fat - off-colour /,ɒf'kʌlə/ (adjective) — slightly unwell or not looking healthy
Example:She looked a bit off-colour after lunch.
Synonyms: slightly unwell, under the weather, not well - on the mend /ɒn ðə mɛnd/ (phrase) — getting better after an illness or injury
Example:He is on the mend after his surgery.
Synonyms: recovering, getting better, improving - outbreak /'aʊtbreɪk/ (noun) — a sudden start of something bad, especially a disease
Example:The outbreak spread quickly through the city.
Synonyms: eruption, flare-up, epidemic - over the worst /,əʊvə ðə wɜ:st/ (phrase) — past the most dangerous or difficult part of an illness
Example:The patient is over the worst now.
Synonyms: past the danger, out of danger, through the worst - pain /peɪn/ (noun) — an unpleasant feeling in the body caused by injury or illness
Example:She felt a sharp pain in her leg.
Synonyms: ache, soreness, hurt - poo /pu:/ (noun) — solid waste from the body
Example:The baby needs a clean poo after eating.
Synonyms: feces, stool, poop - poorly /'pɔ:li/ (adverb) — unwell or slightly ill
Example:He has been poorly all week.
Synonyms: ill, unwell, sick - pulse /pʌls/ (noun) — the regular beating of the heart felt in an artery
Example:The nurse checked his pulse.
Synonyms: heartbeat, pulse rate - rash /ræʃ/ (noun) — an area of red, irritated skin
Example:She had a red rash on her arm.
Synonyms: eruption, skin irritation - scar /skɑ:r/ (noun) — a mark left on skin after a wound heals
Example:He has a scar on his knee.
Synonyms: mark, blemish
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