Accident and emergency - (N) A department in a hospital to treat urgent cases., Ache - (N) A pain that is often at a low level but is constant, often in a joint, Allergy - (N) A reaction to something that causes a rash or other symptoms, e.g. peanut allergy, Antibiotics - (N) A type of medicine that is used to treat infections by bacteria, Appointment - The specific time and place of a meeting between people, e.g. with a doctor., Bacteria - Very small organisms that can cause illnesses, Bed rest - To stay in bed until better., Better - To have stopped being ill, to have recovered., Casualty Casualty - A department in a hospital to treat urgent cases., Chemist Chemist - A place, or shop, where medicines are kept, prepared and sold, Cold - An illness of the nose and throat that is caused by a virus., Consulting room - The room where a doctor meets with patients in private., Cough - To empty the lungs of air quickly and often noisily., Cure - To make a person better when they have an illness., Cut - Damage to the skin, often not deep or serious. Usually with a sharp object., Dehydrated - To not have enough water in the body., Diagnosis - To look at the patient’s symptoms and decide what is wrong with them, Disease - Something that causes a person’s health to be bad., Doctor - A person trained to treat ill people., Emergency room (ER) - A department in a hospital to treat urgent cases., Examine - The process of studying a patient to see what is wrong., Fever - To have a high temperature., Flu - A viral disease that causes a high temperature., Food poisoning - An infection in the stomach from eating food that was not properly prepared (often not cooked enough)., General Practitioner (GP) - A doctor that works in a surgery in the local community and not a hospital. Is not a specialist in one area but can treat all illnesses., Headache - A pain in the head, Health - The concept of how a person’s body is., Health center - A building where GPs and nurses work., Hospital - A place where patients go when they are too ill to stay at home so they can have 24 hour a day care., House call - When a doctor visits patients in their home rather than them going to see the doctor in the surgery., Ill - To have a disease or health problem., Illness - Something that causes a person’s health to be bad., Infection - When the body is being attacked by a bacteria, fungus or virus, Joint - Where two bones join and there is movement, e.g. elbow, knee, wrist., Medicine - Something to make an ill person better.,

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