HEALTH

HEALTH – VOCABULARY

Look at the following table and complete it with the words / expressions below.

ILLNESSES	TREATMENT	MINOR INJURIES	PLACES	PEOPLE	ADJECTIVES	VERBS
				surgery
					unhealthy
		prescribe
	heal			healthy
					waiting room

             patient                   ear ache              painful               check-up                      pill                        hospital                  cure

flu        nurse                          fit                      ill                             headache                               feel / be sick                       doctor

cancer                  operation                                   dentist                        bruise                            infection                           plaster

bandage                                 cut                                       specialist                            cold                                     graze             treat

vomit                              injure                                cough                           injection                              dose (of medicine)

take medicine                                     pain-killer                                        burn                         surgeon                   pain            catch

virus                        wound                                  sunburn                          heart attack                          heart disease             ward

stomach ache                          toothache                    tranquilizer                      infectious disease             operating theatre

Doctor, I’m not feeling well…                                         

Mr Silverstone is an hypochondriac,                                  

this means that he thinks that he is                                   

always sick. Find eighteen illnesses                                     

or conditions that Mr Silverstone

thought he had in the past three

months.