Health Vocabulary

Activity 1: Complete each definition with the correct form from the box.

Chesty cough – sore throat – runny nose – bad back – travel sick – upset stomach –
high temperature – sprained ankle – broken bone

1.) Some people might feel this when they go on a journey. ...................
2.) If you have this you are warm to the touch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.) You'll need a pack of tissues if you're suffering with this. .................
4.) This is often caused by lifting heavy objects. ...................
5.) This makes it difficult to swallow. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .
6.) You might suffer from this if you eat something bad. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.) This will mean a trip to hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .
8.) You might get one of these if you walk or run on uneven ground. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .
9.) One of the symptoms of a bad cold. ...... .............

Activity 2: Complete the gaps in the following sentences with one of the words from the previous
activity.

A) I my ankle while I was out yesterday and can barely walk today.
B) Could you get me something for a throat from the chemist?
C) I love going on holiday even though I always end up getting travel in the car.
D) I won't be in work today as I've got a really back.
F) I'm feeling a little better today though I've still got a chesty .
G) I've had an stomach after eating in that new restaurant yesterday.
H) The children are OK except for Sam who's got a bit of a cold and a runny .
I) You have a very high . I think I'll call the doctor.
J) The footballer has a leg and will be out until the end of the season.

Activity 3: Put the following words into the right column.

General practitioner – maternity ward – eardrops – pain-killer – rash – pill – dizziness – shivers –
measles – flu – vaccination – physician – midwife – tooth decay – asthma – rheumatism – tablet –
syrup – drugstore – surgeon – waiting room – injection – pill – fever – high temperature – pneumonia
– nosebleed – malaria – dentist – guinea worm – leprosy – dentist

People Places Medicines Symptoms Illnesses

Activity 4: Match items from Column A with those of Column B

Column A Column B
1.) sticks which fit under your arms and are used to walk when your leg or a.) syringe
foot is injured or broken
2.) a medical imaging technique used to produce images of internal organs b.) droplets
3.) a small sharp knife used by doctors during operations to cut skin and c.) X-ray
tissues
4.) a tool which is used for listening to someone’s breathing or heart d.) tongue depressor
5.) a medical equipment for babies who are premature so that they receive e.) outbreak
some treatment
6.) a device used to instill some liquid inside the body of an ill person f.) scalpel
7.) a sudden occurrence of a disease g.) splint
8.) the spray produced when people cough or sneeze, which can spread the h.) MRI (magnetic
diseases resonance imaging)
9.) a tool used during examinations of the throat which helps keep the view i.) crutches
open
10.) a type of radiation used to produce images that help to diagnose j.) stethoscope
diseases
k.) incubator

Answers:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Exercise 5: Choose the best answer from the options given.

1. You shouldn't drive because this medicine 6. _______ from this medication include nausea
might make you feel and depression.

life-threatened Side effects

light-headed Stresses
malignant Spasms

2. The children's _______ is located on the 7. The _______ suggests that your wife is
fourth floor of the hospital. seventeen weeks pregnant.

vein sore
transplant therapy
ward ultrasound

3. Discontinue using this cream immediately if it 8. The patient has asked for some _______ while
makes you feel her family is visiting.
 itchy poison
allergy privacy
sprain scrub up

4. Your blood count is abnormal, so you may 9. The physician will be monitoring your _______
have to make sure it isn't cancerous.

amnesia pharmacist
anaemia laboratory
dementia growth

5. The doctor wrote me a _______ for a new 10. You couldn't have inherited the disease
type of pain reliever. because it is not

prescription feverish
patient allergic
radiation genetic

Exercise 6: Choose the best answer from the options given.

1. He's always __ his head on the low ceilings in 6. She accidentally __ herself while she was
our house. opening a tin of tuna.

 bumping  cut

 spraining  grazed
2. If you eat lots of unhealthy food you might get 7. He got some sort of __ while he was on
__ on your face. holiday.

 grazes  condition

 spots  infection
3. I don't like that new washing powder. It's 8. Scientists are always researching new __
given me a __ against infectious diseases.

 rash  injections

 scab  vaccines
4. He's always got __ on his knees as he often 9. You'll need a __ to buy certain medications.
falls off his bicycle.
 prescription
  scabs  referral
10. The doctor isn't sure what's wrong with him,
so he's sending him for __
 sprains
5. He dropped a heavy box onto his foot and
now he's got a huge __  blood tests

 bruise  lab tests

 gash