diseases

Pneumonia ((njuːmoʊniə)  is a serious disease which affects your lungs and makes it difficult for you
to breathe.

Smallpox (smɔːlpɒks  ) is a serious infectious disease that causes spots which leave deepmarks on the

skin.

Appendicitis (əpendɪsaɪtɪs) is an illness in which a person's appendix is infected and painful.

Bronchitis (brɒŋkaɪtɪs ) is an illness like a very badcough, in which your bronchial tubes

become sore and infected.

Chicken pox (ˈtʃɪkɪnˌpɒks ) a highly communicable viral disease most commonly affecting children,

characterized by slight fever and the eruption of a rash

Diabetes( ˌdaɪəˈbiːtɪs)  any of various disorders, esp diabetes mellitus, characterized by excretion of an

abnormally large amount of urine

Hepatitis( ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtɪs) inflammation of the liver, characterized by fever, jaundice, and weakness

hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C

Influenza( ˌɪnflʊˈɛnzə) a highly contagious and often epidemicviral disease characterized by fever,

prostration, muscular aches and pains, and inflammation of the respiratory passages

Leukemia( leukaemia) is a disease of the blood in which the body produces too many white blood cells.

Measles ( ˈmiːzəlz) 1. a highly contagious viral disease common in children, characterized

by fever, profuse nasal discharge of mucus, conjunctivitis, and a rash of small red spotsspreading from
the forehead down to the limbs

. Technical names: morbilli, rubeola See also German measles

2. a disease of cattle, sheep, and pigs, caused by infestation with tapeworm larvae

Specialists
Pediatrician (ˌpiːdɪəˈtrɪʃən) a specialist in pediatrics
Psychiatrist (saɪkaɪətrɪst) A psychiatrist is a doctor who treats people suffering from
mental illness.
Geriatrician( ˌdʒɛrɪəˈtrɪʃən) a physician who specializes in geriatricmedicine

Optometrist (ɒpˈtɒmɪtrɪst  )noun a person who is qualified to examine the eyes

and prescribe and supply spectacles and contact lenses
Psychoanalyst( saɪkoʊænəlɪst  ) A psychoanalyst is someone who treats people who
have mental problems using psychoanalysis.
 Symptoms
Belch ( bɛltʃ  )verb 1. (usually intr) to expel wind from the stomach noisily through the mouth;
eructate
2. to expel or be expelled forcefully from inside smoke belching from factory chimneys
3. to say (curses, insults, etc) violently or bitterly noun
4. an act of belching; eructation
Heartburn ˈhɑːtˌbɜːn  ) noun a burning sensation beneath the breastbone caused by irritation of
the oesophagus, as from regurgitation of the contents of the stomach. Technical
names: cardialgia, pyrosis

Itch (ɪtʃ  ) noun 1. an irritation or tickling sensation of the skin causing a desire to scratch

2. a restless desire
3. any skin disorder, such as scabies, characterized by intense itching
verb
4. (intransitive) to feel or produce an irritating or tickling sensation
5. (intransitive) to have a restless desire (to do something)
6. not standard to scratch (the skin)
7. itching palm
8. have itchy feet

Jaundice (ˈdʒɔːndɪs  ) noun 1. Also called: icterus yellowing of the skin and whites of

the eyes due to the abnormal presence of bile pigments in the blood, as in hepatitis
2. a mental state of bitterness, jealousy, and illhumour resulting in distorted judgment
verb
3. to distort (the judgment, etc) adversely
jealousy had jaundiced his mind
4. to affect with or as if with jaundice
Neuralgia (njʊˈrældʒɪə  )
noun
severe spasmodic pain caused by damage to or malfunctioning of a nerveand
often following the course of the nerve

Pus pʌs  )
noun
the yellow or greenish fluid product
of inflammation, composed largely of deadleucocytes, exuded plasma, and liquefiedtissue cells
Rash (ræʃ  )
adjective
1. acting without due consideration or thought; impetuous
2. characterized by or resulting from excessive haste or impetuosity
a rash word

Queasy ˈkwiːzɪ  )
adjective -sier or -siest
1. having the feeling that one is about to vomit; nauseous
2. feeling or causing uneasiness
a queasy conscience