Basic English Vocabulary (ESL&EFL Vocab)
Vocabulary related to Health and Health Problems
Health | The state of being free from diseases. |
| Illness, sickness, or disease | A health problem affecting the body or the mind. |
| Healthcare | The medical care that people of a society are provided. |
| Health problems | Any physical or mental problem that a person suffers from. |
| Fever | A health problem that a person suffers from when their body’s temperature is higher than normal. |
| Stomach ache | It is the pain that people feel in their stomachs (abdomens). |
| Headache | The pain that people in their heads |
| Backache | The pain that people feel in their heads |
| Cold | A health problem that affects the respiratory system. It has many symptoms such as the runny nose, cough, fever… etc. |
| Cough | A health problem that makes people cough “get the air out of their lungs rapidly” |
| Sore muscle | The pain that people feel in their muscles when they are so tired, carry something very heavy, or when they exercise a lot. |
| Sore throat | The pain that people feel in their throats when they have a cold or a cough. |
| Sore eye | The pain that people in their eyes. |
Ways of saying you are sick:
| I have got a sore… | She has got a ..ache | I have got a pain in my… |
| …muscle …eye …throat | ..headache ..backache ..stomach ache | ..leg ..finger ..shoulder |
Other ways of saying I’m sick:
- I’m ill.
- She is very sick.
- I’m on my last legs.
- I feel really rough.
Ways to say you are feeling great.
- I feel great
- I feel good
- I’m OK
- I’m a picture of good health.
Health advice: |
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Types of medicine |
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| People | Definitions |
| Ophthalmologist
| A doctor who studies and treats the diseases of the eye. |
| Dentist
| A person whose job is to take care of people’s teeth. |
| Doctor | A person whose job is to treat people who are sick. |
| Practitioner (GP)
| A doctor who is trained in general medicine and whose job is to treat people in a local community rather than in a hospital. |
| Midwife
| A person, especially a woman, who is trained to help women give birth to babies. |
| Nurse
| A person whose job is to take care of patients and sick people. |
| Patient | A person who is sick or someone who is receiving medical treatment. |
| Specialist
| A person who is specialized at something. |
| Surgeon
| A doctor who is trained to perform the surgery. |
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