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CAE - Unit 3: All in one piece

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  • An organ in the body that produces certain chemical substances
    Gland
  • Able to be spread from one person to another
    Contagious
  • Something to be worried about
    A cause for concern
  • The bone below the eye
    Cheekbone
  • A return of an illness after improvement
    Relapse
  • Become unconscious (phrasal verb)
    Black out
  • A mark left on the skin by a wound or burn
    Scar
  • The period spent recovering from illness
    Convalescence
  • Be perfectly fit and well (idiom)
    Right as rain
  • The part of the face below the mouth
    Chin
  • Weakening; causing someone to lose strength or energy
    Debilitating
  • Worry
    Concern
  • Feeling dizzy
    Light-headed
  • Using your left hand to write and do most things
    Left-handed
  • Fall asleep (Phrasal verb)
    Nod off
  • To catch or become infected
    Contract (a disease)
  • To not sleep at all (idiom)
    Don't sleep a wink
  • The part of the human leg between the hip and the knee.
    Thigh
  • Give someone an illness (expression)
    Pass something on to someone
  • Severe and sudden in onset
    Acute
  • To feel slightly ill (idiom)
    Under the weather
  • Unintended secondary results of medication
    Side effects
  • The part of the body where the baby develops before birth
    Womb
  • Easily affected or harmed
    Susceptible
  • Resist an illness (phrasal verb)
    Fight it off
  • Start sweating suddenly (expression)
    Break out in a sweat
  • Joint connecting the leg to the foot
    Ankle
  • The row of bones down the centre of your back that supports your body
    Spine
  • Sleep in order to feel better (phrasal verb)
    Sleep it off
  • One of a pair of organs in the abdomen that produce urine
    Kidney
  • To not be able to breathe because of something in your throat
    Choke
  • Short curved hairs growing on the edges of the eyelids
    Eyelashes
  • Sleepy and lethargic
    Drowsy
  • Recovering (idiom)
    On the mend
  • Continuing for a long time; difficult to cure
    Chronic
  • The back of the leg below the knee
    Claf
  • A strong band of tissue connecting bones
    Ligament
  • To breathe in
    Inhale
  • The back part of the human foot below the ankle.
    Heel
  • Having lost the power of feeling or movement
    Numb
  • Organ that connects the throat to the stomach.
    Foodpipe
  • Any of the five digits at the end of the human foot
    Toes
  • The tube that connects the throat to the lungs.
    Windpipe, Trachea
  • Feeling ill
    Poorly
  • Treatment to recover abilities
    Rehabilitation
  • Joint connecting the forearm and the hand
    Wrist
  • The small round black area in the center of the eye, through which light enters
    Pupil
  • Become conscious (phrasal verb)
    Came round
  • The part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips
    Waist
  • A vital organ in the body that cleans the blood of harmful substances
    Liver
  • To identify an illness after examination
    Diagnose
  • Die (Phrasal verb)
    Pass away
  • A cord of tissue connecting muscle to bone
    Tendon
  • Two spongy organs responsible for respiration
    Lungs
  • A microorganism, especially one that causes disease
    Germs
  • The area at the end of the finger
    Fingertip
  • Entirely undamaged or unharmed (idiom)
    All in one piece
  • To have drops of salty liquid coming out through your skin because you are hot, ill, frightened, or doing exercise
    Sweat
  • To panick (phrasal verb)
    To freak out
  • The connection of the pelvis and upper thigh bone on each side of the body
    Hip
  • The elevated or empty part in the middle of the stomach, made by cutting the umbilical cord
    Belly button
  • The finger you use to point to something
    Index
  • Exhausted (Phrasal verb)
    Burnt Out
  • Material forming structural parts of the body
    Tissue
  • A finger, thumb or toe
    Digit
  • To reduce pain or suffering
    Alleviate
  • Neural "cables" that transport information from the brain to the rest of the body.
    Nerves
  • The front of the leg below the knee
    Shin
  • To breathe out
    Exhale
  • An arm, leg, or wing
    Limb
  • The passage from the back of your mouth to the top of the tubes that go down to your lungs and stomach
    Throat
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