Symptoms

____1) ache ____18) infected

____2) allergy ____19) inflamed

____3) allergic ____20) injury

____4) acute ____21) itch

____5) bedsore ____22) itchy

____6) broken ____23) light-headed

____7) bruise ____24) numb

____8) bruised ____25) sore

____9) deficiency ____26) spasm

____10) deficient ____27) swelling

____11) dehydrated ____28) swollen

____12) discomfort ____29) temperature

____13) dislocated ____30) tender

____14) fever ____31) unconscious

____15) fracture ____32) vomit

____16) fractured ____33) wound

____17) infection ____34) wounded

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 Ache/ Sore/ Pain/ Hurt: Same or Different?

___________1. My head aches.

___________ 2. I went to dance class last week, and I've been aching ever since.

___________ 3. I felt an ache in my back.

___________ 4. Philip’s head began to ache.

___________ 5. I've got a tummy ache.

___________ 6. His feet were aching from standing so long.

___________ 7. I had a sore throat and aching limbs.

___________ 8. My feet were sore with all the walking.

___________ 9. My legs are still sore today.

___________ 10. My eyes feel really sore.

___________ 11. The poor dog's back was covered with sores.

___________ 12. When I woke up, my head was sore.

___________ 13. The patient developed pressure sores on the toes.

___________ 14. She felt a sharp pain in her leg.

___________ 15. Greg was in a lot of pain.

___________ 16. I can feel the pain. Can you?

___________ 17. His head still pains him from time to time where he got that knock.

___________ 18. He felt a sharp pain in his chest.

___________ 19. Two young men were badly hurt in the accident.

___________ 20. My tooth still hurts me.

___________ 21. She fell and hurt her leg quite badly.

___________ 22. My back hurts.

___________ 23. My back is really hurting me today.

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Instruction: In the questions below there are seven mistakes. Can you find them?

a) What’s your name?

b) What age are you?

c) What seem to be the problem?

d) Can you tell me a little bit more about this?

e) Can you tell me when started the vomiting?

f) What about your bowel motions?

g) Have you been in pain?

h) Are you in pain at the moment?

i) Can you tell me when did the pain start?

j) Where do you get the pain?

k) Can you tell me what the pain looks like?

l) Are you aware of anything that might have caused the vomiting and diarrhea?

m) What did you have eat yesterday?

n) What about your waterwork? Are they ok?

o) Your appetite generally okay?

p) When was your last period?

q) Have you had operations?

r) When did you have the operation?

s) Have you had any children?

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Instruction: Match the colloquial words and phrases on the left with the medical term on

the right.

1. calcaneus a) the trots/the runs

2. varicella b) swelling

3. haemorrhoids c) tummy

4. oedema d) back bone

5. vesicle e) shoulder blade

6. suture f) belly button

7. sputum g) heel

8. placenta h) afterbirth

9. menopause i) the change

10. abdomen j) chest bone

11. diarrhea k) stitch

12. umbilicus l) knee-cap

13. sternum m) blister

14. clavicle n) phlegm

15. patella o) chickenpox

16. spine p) piles

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 Case Report

Instruction: Insert the words and phrases into the appropriate blank space. You may use
each item once only.

a) On auscultation i) pulse
b) the year before j) iliac fossa
c) prior to the telephone call k) guarding
d) two weeks previously l) over the period
e) lasting five hours m) abdomen
f) respiratory rate n) A&E
g) The evening before o) On examination
h) 15 years

A 35 year-old woman, Mrs Bentley telephoned (1)_________________ at 3am complaining of

severe vomiting (2)_____________________. She had had very loose motions several times

(3)____________________ and she had had some cramping pains in the central and lower

abdomen. These started about six hours (4) _____________. She did not smoke and was teetotal.

(5)________________ she had some egg mayonnaise sandwiches on the way home from work.

There was no dysuria. Her periods were regular and her last menstrual period was

(6)______________. She had an appendicectomy (7)______________ before. She was nullipara.

(8)_______________________, her temperature was 38.1C. She did not look anaemic. Her

(9)________________ was 101/min and regular. The blood pressure was 110/70. Her

(10)__________________ was 19/min. Her tongue was dry. She had some tenderness in the

centre of her abdomen and in the left (11)_____________________. There was no

(12)________________________. (13)_________________________ of her abdomen, her bowel

sounds were prominent. There was no lymphadenopathy.