MEDICAL

VOCABULARY
Match the definitions with the words

1. boil a) when the skin goes blue and yellow

2. lump b) when a part of your body makes you want to

scratch it
3. rash c) twisted part of your body
4. scab d) infected swelling with liquid inside it
5. spot e) red mark on the skin (much smaller than a

boil)
6. swelling f) allergic reaction which makes your skin go

red
7. bruise g) deep cut
8. bump h) like a graze but more painful
9. cut i) swelling
10. gash j) dry skin that forms over a cut
11. graze k) when something sharp breaks your skin and

you bleed
12. itch l) slight cut – not enough to bleed much
13. scratch m) an irritation or infection that makes the skin

rise
14. sprain n) when you hit yourself and get a slight

swelling

Put your answers here:

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MEDICAL VOCABULARY KEY

1. d) boil infected swelling with liquid inside it

2. i) lump swelling
3. f) rash allergic reaction which makes your skin go red
4. j) scab dry skin that forms over a cut
5. e) spot red mark on the skin (much smaller than a boil)
6. m) swelling an irritation or infection that makes the skin rise
7. a) bruise when the skin goes blue and yellow
8. n) bump when you hit yourself and get a slight swelling
9. k) cut when something sharp breaks your skin and you bleed
10. g) gash deep cut
11. l) graze slight cut – not enough to bleed much
12. b) itch when a part of your body makes you want to scratch it
13. h) scratch like a graze but more painful
14. c) sprain twisted part of your body