The aim of this activity is to measure the number of words that you know on this topic. Below is a list of words related to this topic. Some of them are real English words, but some are wrong. Click on the ones that are real, and ignore the wrong ones. Clicking real words will increase your score, but clicking wrong ones will decrease it. When you have finished, click on the 'Check Answer' button. The program will give you feedback and advice on which words you need to learn.
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The real words of the wrong words are shown in blue.
acute
abnormal
ache
acute
allergy
ambulance
anaemia
antebiotics antibiotics
bacteria
benign
biopsy
blood (count/pressure)
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (or CPR)
cast
chemotherapy
critical (condition)
dyhydrated dehydrated
diabetes
diagnose
disabilities
discomfertdiscomfort
disease
dislocated
disorders
dressing
emergency
examinasion examination
external
flu
fracture (bone)
greriatrics geriatrics
germs
gerontology
headache
hospital
illness
immunisation
inflectious infectious
inflamed
intensive (care)
internal
itchy
labortory laboratory
light-headed
maintenance
malignent malignant
medical (procedures)
midwives
moniter monitor
neonatology
nurse
nutrition
obtain
onclology oncology
order
outpatient
pain (killer)
patient
padiatricspediatrics
partial
pharmacy
physician
physiology
postoperative
pronatal prenatal
prepare
prescription
proventative preventive
primary
procedures
progress
prospects
pscychiatricpsychiatric
rapid
registered
rehabilitation
remain
report
response
results (test)
routine
shots (or injections)
siesureseizure
shock
side effect
signs
skin
sore (throat)
sprain
stomach (ache)
supervising
surgery
swollen
symptumssymptoms
temperature
tender
test
therapy
treatment
ultrasound
Match the word to the definition
Fill in the gap with the best word.
When a person has the flu they have a temperature and their body will
ache
.
(Answer: ache )
Many people get a blocked nose and a cough in springtime because of an
allergy
to flowering plants.
(Answer: allergy )
Some
bacteria
are beneficial to humans (for example, those that live in the stomach and aid digestion ), and some are harmful (for example, those that cause disease)
(Answer: allergy )
The removal of (living tissue) for diagnostic evaluation is called a
biopsy.
(Answer: biopsy )
If you displace a body part, particularly a bone from its normal position, then you have
dislocated it.
(Answer: dislocated )
To care for a wound you must replace the
dressing once every day.
(Answer: dressing )
Once you lose your footing it is easy to fall and break your back, your
nose, your head or
fracture your bones.
(Answer: fracture )
If you have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected then you are feeling
itchy .
(Answer: itchy )
Neonatology is the the study of the development and disorders of newborn children.
(Answer: neonatology )
The place that dispenses drugs is called a
pharmacy in some countries and a chemist or drug store in others.
(Answer: pharmacy )
The branch of science concerned with the functioning of organisms and the processes and functions of all or part of an organism is known as
physiology .
(Answer: physiology )
Procedures
are the particular courses or modes of action used to treat a patient.
(Answer: procedures )
A collapse of circulatory function, caused by severe injury, blood loss, or disease, and characterized by pallor, sweating, weak pulse, and very low blood pressure is called
shock.
(Answer: shock )
A
side-effect
is any effect of a drug, chemical, or other medicine that is in addition to its intended effect, especially an effect that is harmful or unpleasant.
.
(Answer: side-effect )
To carry out an examination on (a substance, material, or system) by applying some chemical or physical procedure is known as a
test.
