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Week 1

Abdomen, abdominal

The lower part of the body, containing the stomach, bowels and other organs. Cambridge Dictionary: abdomen Allergy

An allergy is a reaction of the body to a particular food or substance. Ambulance

A van or large car used to transport patients. Anaemia

Anaemia is an illness where the number of red blood cells or the amount of haemoglobin is too low. Analyse

To examine in detail in order to discover meaning and essential features. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Analyse

Aspirin

Aspirin is an everyday painkiller for aches and pains such as headache, toothache and period pain. NHS: aspirin Backache

A pain anywhere in the back. NHS: Back pain

Depression

A medical condition in which a person feels very sad and anxious and often has physical symptoms such as being unable to sleep. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Depression Diagnosis

Discovering or identifying the exact cause of an illness or a problem. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Diagnosis Diarrhoea

An illness in which the body’s solid waste is more liquid than usual and comes out of the body more often. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Diarrhoea Dispense

To provide medicines - a chemist’s shop or pharmacy is sometimes called a dispensing chemist. Divorced

Officially separated from one’s husband or wife. Dizziness

If you feel dizzy, you feel that you are losing your balance and are about to fall. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Dizzy Evaluate

To decide whether something was good or bad, useful or a waste of time. Fatigue

A feeling of constant tiredness.

Framework

A set of ideas or methods Gender

Gender, or sex, is the name we give ourselves (for example female). Geriatrician

Geriatric medicine is concerned health and illness in older adults. NHS: Geriatric medicine Headache

A pain you feel inside your head. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Headache Immunisation

Protecting a person or animal from an infectious disease by putting a substance into the body that makes it produce antibodies. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Immunisation Marital status

Whether you are single, married, etc. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Marital status Medication

Medicine that is used to treat and cure illness. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Medication Mentor

A person who gives a younger or less experienced person help and advice. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Mentor

Motivation

Enthusiasm for doing something. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Motivation Next of kin

The person who is your closest relative. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Next of kin Numbness

If a part of your body is numb, you cannot feel anything there. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Numb Palpitations

Heart palpitations are heartbeats that suddenly become more noticeable. NHS: Heart palpitations Paramedic

In the UK, paramedics are usually the senior member of a two-person ambulance crew. NHS: Paramedics Pharmacist

Pharmacists are experts in medicines and their use. NHS: Pharmacist Pharmacy

A pharmacy or clinic is a service providing medicines. Porter

Hospital porters transport patients around the hospital, to the ambulance, and also do many other important everyday jobs.

Prescription, prescribe

A prescription is a written list of medicines given to a patient by the doctor. The patient can get these medicines from the pharmacy. Psychiatrist

A doctor who studies and treat mental illnesses. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Psychiatrist Rash

An area of red spots on the skin. NHS Direct: Skin rash tool Reception

The part of a hospital patients go to first, to tell the receptionist about their illness. Receptionist

The person who works in the hospital reception. Reflect

To reflect means to think carefully about something, especially something that affects you. Register, registration

When you first go to hospital or the clinic, you will need to give your name and other details. This is called registration. Specialise, specialist

In healthcare, to specialise is to concentrate on one type of illness, or a part of the body, or a type of patient.

Supervise

If you supervise an activity or a person, you make sure that the activity is done correctly or that the person is doing a task or behaving correctly. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Supervise Surgeon

General surgeons employ a wide range of knowledge and skills to perform surgery, often in emergency situations. NHS: General surgery Surgery

The treatment of injuries or diseases in people or animals by cutting open the body and removing or repairing the damaged part. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Surgery Symptoms

The signs of illness. For example, a high temperature is a symptom of fever. Toothache

A pain in one or more teeth. Unwell

Ill and sick are two words for unwell. Vomiting

Being sick. Week 2

Agony

Very bad pain.

Allergic

To suffer from an allergy. This is when the body reacts badly to something such as a food. Antibiotics

Antibiotics are used to treat or prevent some types of bacterial infection. They work by killing bacteria or preventing them from spreading. NHS: Antibiotics Bandage

A piece of material used to put on injuries, in order to protect or treat them. Better

When your health is better, it means you are getting well Blood pressure

Blood pressure is a measure of the force that your heart uses to pump blood around your body. NHS: What is blood pressure? Capsules

A capsule is a very small tube containing powdered or liquid medicine, which you swallow. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Capsule Celsius

A measure of temperature. Your normal body temperature is about 37 degrees Celsius. Cough

A short loud sound from the throat. Coughing may be a symptom of many illnesses from a cold to much more serious problems. Distressing pain

Distressing means upsetting. Dull pain

Dull pain is not extreme pain, but can be distressing because it is felt in a wider part of the body. Excruciating pain

Excruciating pain is very serious pain. Fahrenheit

A measure of temperature, used in some countries instead of Celsius. The normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees Farenheit. Fever

A medical condition in which the body temperature is higher than usual and the heart beats very fast. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Fever Frequency

How often something happens. For example, you may be told to take pills at a frequency of three every day. Herbal Remedies

Treatments created from herbs to improve a very wide range of problems. Holistic

Treating the whole person rather than just the symptoms. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Holistic

Injection

If you have an injection, a doctor or nurse puts a medicine into your body using a device with a needle called a syringe. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Injection Intense pain

Intense means very strong. Journal

A written record of what you have done each day, including your thoughts and feelings Location

Where something is. Minor pain

A small amount of pain. Nausea

A feeling of sickness. NHS: Feeling sick Relieve the pain

When you do something to reduce pain such as swallow a pain-killer, it is described as pain relief. Paracetamol

A painkiller taken to reduce the pain from illness and injury. NHS: Paracetamol for adults Participate

To take part in or become involved in an activity. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Participate Persist

If something undesirable persists, it continues to exist. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Persist Practitioner

A person who works in a profession, especially medicine or law. A GP is a General Practitioner, a doctor who treats many illnesses. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Practitioner Respiratory

Relating to breathing. NHS: Respiratory medicine Sensation

A general feeling caused by something that happens to you. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Sensation Severity

The severity of a pain or illness is the amount or seriousness. Slight pain

A small amount of pain. Sling

A device for supporting a broken or damaged arm in which the arm is held in front of the body in a piece of cloth that is tied around the neck. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Sling Stitches

A short piece of thread, etc. that doctors use to sew the edges of a wound together. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Stitches

Tablet

A medicinal pill or capsule. Thermometer

A tool for measuring temperature. Type

A group of people or things which share the same characteristics. Unbearable pain

Unbearable means something that is so bad it feels impossible to continue. Worse

When pain is worse, it means more serious than before. Week 3

Assistance

Help. Auxiliary

An auxiliary nurse is also known as a healthcare assistant. Certificates

An official document that you receive when you have completed a course of study or training. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Certificate

Childcare

Taking care of children, and the facilities which help parents to do so. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Childcare

Classify

To arrange something in groups. For example, the books in the library are classified according to subject. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Classify Classmates

The students you are in class with. Clinic

A building or part of a hospital where people can go for special medical treatment or advice. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Clinic Comprehension

The ability to understand something. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Comprehension Diabetes

A lifelong illness that causes a person’s blood sugar level to become too high. NHS: Diabetes Discharge

To discharge somebody from hospital means to tell them that they are well enough to leave. Endocrinology

The type of medicine that looks at the hormones and endocrine glands. NHS: Endocrinology and diabetes

Faint

To suddenly become unconscious for a short time, usually falling down. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Faint GP

GP stands for General Practitioner, a doctor who does not specialise in any particular area of medicine, but who has a medical practice in which he or she treats all types of illness. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: GP Housekeeping

Housekeeping is looking after a home, and usually includes the laundry and the cleaning. Influence

To have an effect on the way that somebody behaves or thinks, especially by giving them an example to follow. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: influence Inspection

Looking at something closely. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Inspection Insulin

A hormone made in the pancreas that helps the body use sugar for energy. NHS: About insulin

Interpret

To interpret is to decide that something has a particular meaning. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Interpret

Laces

Laces are the material, cord or string used to fasten shoes. Lancet

A small knife with two cutting edges and a sharp point that a doctor uses when cutting the skin. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Lancet Meter

A tool for measuring. People with diabetes use a blood sugar meter to test themselves. diabetes.co.uk: Blood glucose meter guide Modals

A modal verb is used with another verb to express an idea such as possibility that is not expressed by the main verb. The modal verbs in English are “can,” “could,” “may,” “might,” “must,” “ought,” “shall,” “should,” “will,” and “would.” Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Modal verb Needle

In healthcare, a needle is a very thin, hollow, pointed piece of metal that is connected to a syringe and used to take blood from the body or to put drugs or medicine in. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Needle Overview

A simple summary of a topic showing all the ideas it contains.

Participle

A word formed from a verb, ending in -ing(= the present participle) or ed, -en, etc. (= the past participle). Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Participle

Scrambled

Mixed up. Stressful

If a situation or experience is stressful, it causes the person involved to feel stress, worry or anxiety. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Stressful Synthesise

To combine separate ideas, beliefs, styles, etc. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Synthesise Test strip

Diabetes patients use test strips in blood glucose meters to tell them the level of sugar in their blood. diabetes.co.uk: Diabetes test strips Transcript

A written or printed copy of words that have been spoken. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Transcript Ventilation

To ventilate a house well, you should open windows and doors and allow fresh air to go round. Wheelchair

A mobile chair used by those who are unable to walk.

Week 4

Administrator

A person whose job involves helping to organise and supervise the way that an organisation or institution functions. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Administrator Bacteria

The simplest and smallest forms of life. Bacteria exist in large numbers in air, water and soil, and also in living and dead creatures and plants, and are often a cause of disease. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Bacteria Biomedical

Biomedical is the word used to describe something that uses biological science in medical developments. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Biomedical Cardiovascular

Relating to the heart and blood vessels. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Cardiovascular Charity

A charity is an organisation which raises money in order to help people who are sick, very poor, or who have a disability. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Charity Contagious

A contagious disease spreads by people touching each other. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Contagious Contamination

Making a substance or place dirty by adding something that is dangerous or carries disease. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Contamination

Dispose of

If you dispose of something that you no longer want or need, you throw it away. Collins Learner’s Dictionary: Dispose

Dosage

An amount of something, usually a medicine or a drug, that is taken regularly over a particular period of time. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Dosage Effective (ness)

If something is effective, it works. For example an effective medicine is one that improves the patient’s health. Effluent

Waste, including human waste and other dirty water and materials. Epidemic

The appearance of a particular disease in a large number of people at the same time. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Epidemic Flu

The symptoms of flu include fever, chills, headaches and aching muscles, as well as a cough and sore throat. NHS: Facts about flu Genre

Genre-specific vocabulary means words that are used in a particular environment or setting (in this case, healthcare). Harmful

When something is harmful, this means that it can hurt you or make your illness worse. Healthcare

The word used to describe all the things we do to help patients get better, live healthily and avoid illness.

Hygiene

Hygiene means how much people keep themselves or their environment clean, especially to prevent disease. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Hygiene Impact

The effect something has. For example, when people in a community reduce smoking, it has a good impact on health. Palliative care

A palliative treatment is a drug or medical treatment that reduces pain without curing the cause of the pain. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Palliative Pharmacology

The study of medicines and drugs and how they are used. Rubbish

Rubbish is anything that people throw out because they no longer need or want it. Sanitation

The equipment and systems that keep places clean, especially by removing human waste. Oxford Learner’s Dictionary: Sanitation

Sickness

Sickness is a general word, meaning illness or disease. Sneeze

When you have a cold, you often sneeze a lot. Typically

Typically means usually. Viral infections

A virus is an extremely small piece of organic material that causes disease in humans, animals, and plants. Viral infections are the illnesses caused by spreading these viruses. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Virus...