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Vocabulary - Illnesses and accidents

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  • an act of injecting somebody with a drug or other substance
    injection
  • pain in the back part of your mouth and the passages inside your neck
    sore throat
  • an illness that makes you cough (action of making air come out of your throat with a short sound) a lot
    cough
  • a case made of plaster of Paris that covers a broken bone and protects it
    plaster cast
  • a long piece of soft cloth that you tie around an injured part of the body
    bandage
  • when a doctor cuts someone's body to remove or repair part of it
    operation
  • a dark area on your skin where you have been hurt
    bruise
  • a type of radiation that can pass through objects that are not transparent and make it possible to see inside or through them
    X-ray
  • pain in the organ inside your body where food is digested
    stomach ache
  • the measurement of how hot somebody's body is
    temperature
  • an unpleasant event, especially in a vehicle, that happens unexpectedly and causes injury or damage
    accident
  • a common illness which makes you sneeze and makes your nose produce liquid
    cold
  • an injury to a joint in your body, especially your wrist or ankle, caused by suddenly twisting it
    sprain
  • an injury, especially one that is made by a knife or a bullet
    wound
  • a piece of material that can be stuck to the skin to protect a small wound or cut (Band-Aid)
    plaster
  • an illness like a very bad cold, that makes you hot and feel weak
    flu
  • pain inside your head
    headache
  • a wound caused by something sharp
    cut
  • pain in your ear
    earache
  • something that is done to cure an illness or injury
    treatment
  • the state of being physically or mentally ill or sick
    illness
  • a small, round object containing medicine that you swallow
    tablet
  • a substance used to cure an illness or injury
    medicine
  • a small, hard piece of medicine that you swallow
    pill
  • a change in your body or mind that shows that you are not healthy
    symptoms