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Fever. A higher-than-normal temperature of the body. Usually an indication of
sickness.
Receptionist. The person who schedules appointments and answers the phone
in an office.
Pain. A feeling of discomfort or hurt. An ache is a feeling of pain that stays for a
while but isn t very strong. On the other hand, when you feel numb, you don t
Virus. A very tiny thing that infects living beings. A virus needs to enter a living
feel anything very well or at all.
thing in order to reproduce.
To throw up or to vomit. To have what is in your stomach come out of your
Bacteria. A kind of simple and common living thing that can cause illness.
mouth.
Bacteria is a plural noun; the singular form is bacterium.
Nausea. A feeling of sickness in your stomach. A feeling that you want to
Antibiotic. A type of medicine used to treat diseases caused by bacteria.
vomit. The adjective form of this word is nauseous or nauseated.
Painkiller. A medicine that helps you to not feel pain.
Swollen. Larger than normal.
Surgery. A method of treating an illness that involves cutting open the body in
Rash. A red or itchy area of skin.
some manner. A person who treats patients this way is called a surgeon.
Illness. Another word for sickness. A state of bad health.
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Operation. In the field of medicine and health, this refers to a procedure that Vaccination. An injection given to prevent disease. The thing injected, called
involves surgery. Operation may also be used more generally to refer to any the vaccine, is usually a dead or weakened form of the illness that the vaccine
complex, planned procedure. is meant to prevent.
Unconscious. To be physically and mentally asleep. Not conscious, or awake and
aware.
Prescription. An order for medicine from a doctor. When you receive the
medication itself, you can say the prescription was filled.
Pharmacy. The place where prescriptions are filled by pharmacists, or people
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trained in measuring out and packaging medicines.
Refill. Something given to you to replace the amount that you already used.
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Dosage. The recommended amount that you should take of something, like
medicine. The amount you take at a single point in time is called a dose.
Visa. A stamp, signature, insert, or other official acknowledgement in your
Pill. A very small object that is made of or filled with medicine. You swallow
passport saying that you are allowed into a different country for a specific
pills.
period of time.
Insurance. A financial arrangement between a person and a company through
To expire. To no longer be valid or good.
which the insurance company agrees to help pay for specific expenses, such
as operations and prescriptions, if certain conditions are met. To talk about
To extend. To make something longer. When you want to make the time
whether or not insurance will pay, use the verb cover or the noun coverage.
your visa is good for longer than it originally was, you say you want to
extend your visa.
Allergy. Any reaction that is a combination of sneezing, rashes, difficulty
breathing, watery eyes, coughing, and/or itching due to coming into contact
To renew. When talking about visas and passports, it means to make them
with something.
valid again.
Germ. A very small living being that causes illness. Bacteria and viruses are
Immigration. The act of someone leaving his or her country, traveling to a new
types of germs.
country, and making it his or her new home. Immigration is also a short way
to refer to the department of immigration in the U.S., which keeps track of
Bug. An informal word for a sickness.
immigrants in the country. The official name of this department is the USCIS, or
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Runny nose. The situation where your nose has liquid dripping out of it a lot.
Offense. An action that breaks, or goes against, a rule or law. An offense may
Side effect. An additional, usually bad, effect of a medication or other
break a rule of any organization, not necessarily a law of a country, state, or
treatment.
town.
Injection. The insertion into the body of the contents of a syringe, a needle
Crime. An act that breaks the law and for which there is a punishment. A
attached to a tube filled with something. Also called a shot.
person who commits, or does, a crime is called a criminal.
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Misdemeanor. A less serious crime. Jail. A place where you are locked up and lose your freedom, due to a crime or
alleged crime that you have committed. Another word for jail is prison.
Felony. A serious crime that is worse than a misdemeanor.
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