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Injury
Healthcare Vocabulary in English
Injury: an act that damages or hurts (cedera)
wound: an injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or
Susana Linden other impact (luka)
bruise: an injury appearing as an area of discolored skin on
the body, caused by a blow or impact rupturing underlying
blood vessels.
cut: make an opening, incision, or wound in (something)
with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Symptoms Injury
• Rash: an area of irritated or swollen skin laceration: a deep cut or tear in skin or flesh
• Bruise: graze(tergores), abrasion (goresan), contusion (luka
• Lump: memar), lesion (luka); trauma
• Spots:
• A black eye: used to describe bruising around the eye due
to an injury

Symptoms What do doctors do?

• I have got a cold / a cough/ a sore throat/ a temperature/ • They take your temperature, listen to your chest, look in
a stomach ache/ chest pains/ earache/ a pain in my side/ your ears, examine you, take your blood pressure, ask
a rash on my chest/ spots/ a bruise on my leg/ a black you some questions, weigh and measure you before
eye/ a lump on my arm/ indigestion/ diarrhoea/ painful sending you to the hospital for further tests.
joints/ blisters/ sunburn/ fever
• I feel sick/ dizzy/ breathless/ shivery/ faint.
• I am depressed/ constipated/ tired all the time
• I have lost my appetite/ voice
• I cannot sleep

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what does the doctor or nurse use the

following things for?
• thermometer • shot/jab = injection • Doctor, GP, general practitioner, medical practitioner: a
• scales • infusion medical doctor who treats acute and chronic illnesses and
• tape measure provides preventive care and health education to patients
• pressure measuring • Physician: A medical practitioner, medical doctor, or
simply doctor is a professional who practises medicine
• X-ray
• Pediatrician: physicians that provide care for infants,
• blood test children, teenagers, and young adults
• examination

What is the diagnosis Treatment

• you have got flu • what does the doctor prescribe?
• chickenpox: (varicella) (cacar air) is a highly contagious • prescribe: advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or
infection caused by the varicella zoster virus. treatment) for someone, especially in writing.
• mumps: (parotitis/ gondongan) is a contagious infection Take one tablet/ capsule/ teaspoonful three times a day
caused by the paramyxovirus virus. after/ before meals / last thing at night/ before bed.
• you have broken your wrist and sprained or dislocated
your ankle.
• he died of lung cancer/ a heart attack/ a brain
haemorrhage

Disease/ disorder Sources of vitamin

• Mental Disease or psychiatric disorder: is a behavioral or
mental pattern that causes significant distress or Most vitamins we need are available in sufficient quantities
impairment of personal functioning in vegetables and fruits. To give some example, we need
• Physical disease/ disorder (in contrast to a mental about 50mg of vitamin C per day, and we can get it readily
disorder) from citrus fruits, tomatoes and green vegetables. vitamin A
(800mcg per day) is also available mainly from green
• Chronic Disease: A disease that persists for a long time.
vegetables.
A chronic disease is one lasting 3 months or more (the
U.S. National Center for Health Statistics)
• Terminal disease: an incurable disease that cannot be
treated and is expected to result in the death of the
patient.

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Sources of vitamin medical supplies and equipment

Some vitamins, however, can only be found in sufficient • ambulance • glasses
quantities in animal products. for example, vitamin B12, of • first aid kits • sunglasses
which we need about 2mcg per day for healty red blood • rubber gloves • thermometer
cells, is usually obtained from liver, sardines and eggs. The
15mg of niacin we need is most readily obtained from lean • surgical mask • pippette
meats and fish. • face mask • syringe
• saline bag • scalpel
• blood bag • sci
• bandage • walker
• tape • wheelchair

Sources of vitamin complete the following table

noun adjective verb
Vitamin D is unusual in that it is usually produced by our
own bodies after receiving sunlight on our skin. The growth breathless

and development of bones and teeth relies partly on us faint

having 10mcg of vitamin D per day. shivery

dislocated

ache

treatment -

swollen

Match the disease with their symptoms complete the following table
A. swollen glands in front of ear, earache or pain on noun adjective verb
1. flu eating
breathlessness breathless breathe
2. pneumonia B. burning pain in abdomen, pain or nausea after
3. rheumatism eating faint faint faint

C. rash starting on body, slightly raised temperature shiver shivery shiver

4. chickenpox
D. dry cough, high fever, chest pain, rapid breathing dislocation dislocated dislocate
5. mumps
E. headache, aching muscles, fever, cough,
6. an ulcer sneezing
ache ache ache

F. swollen, painful joints, stiffness, limited treatment - treat

movement. swell swollen swell

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Answer questions
True : if the statement is true
Read the following advice about False: if the statement is false
preventing tetanus. Not given: if the information is not given in the passage.

Tetanus Injection True / false / not given

All wounds carry a risk of infection. Dirty wounds in 1. Tetanus can kill you.
particular carry a risk of tetanus infection. The bacteria that
cause tetanus are present in the soil and in animal faeces. 2. Household pets should be given tetanus injections.
If they get into a wound they multiply very reapidly. Tetanus
is a serious, potentially fatal condition. It can cause muscle 3. A single tetanus injection provides permanent protection.
spasms and leads to lockjaw. It can be prevented by a 4. Children have a higher risk than adults of getting tetanus.
tetanus injection.

Tetanus injection scientist

Have regular tetanus injections. A booster is recommended 1. geneticist 1. astronomer
every five years. Always check that you are covered after 2. molecular biologist 2. cytologist
any injury where the skin is broken. 3. botanist 3. epidemiologist
4. agronomist 4. ethologist
Be particularly sure that children have regular tetanus
injections. They are more prone to falling over and getting
dirt in a wound than adults.

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scientist Heart attack

a) studies soil and crops
1. geneticist Which of the following is not a sign of a heart attack?
2. molecular b) studies the artificial manipulation of the a) pain in the centre of the chest
biologist make-up of living things b) indigestion
3. botanist c) studies of plant life c) breathing difficulties
4. agronomist d) studies the structure and function of d) fast or weak and irregular pulse rate
the organic molecules associated with
living organisms.

science Complete the sentence below with words

taken from the reading passage. Use no
1. astronomer a) studies animal behaviour
more than three words
2. cytologist b) studies stars, planets and galaxies
3. epidemiologist c) scientists who study diseases within
4. ethologist populations of people 1. If you think someone has had a heart attack, try to get ...
d) studies the microscopic appearance 2. After calling an ambulance, check the casualty's ...
of cells, for the diagnosis of
abnormalities and malignancies etc.

Heart attack Answer questions

What causes a heart attack? True : if the statement is true
a) too much blood getting to the heart muscle. False: if the statement is false
b) not enough blood getting to the heart muscle Not given: if the information is not given in the passage.
c) an artery in the heart
d) an obstructed heart muscle.

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True / false / not given

1. Avoid moving the casualty more than necessary.
2. Sitting in a semi-recumbent position strains the heart.
3. Lossening clothing aroung the neck reduces the
casualty's blood pressure.

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