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Word List: At the doctor - list 1
- treatment, treatments
(noun) - Definition:
- medical care for an illness or injury
- Example:
- A treatment or cure is applied after a medical problem has already started.
- treat [triːt]
(verb) - Definition:
- to apply medical care to someone
- Example:
- They treated me for malaria.
- check-up, check-ups
(noun) - Definition:
- when a doctor checks a person's condition thoroughly
- Example:
- The check-up showed that everything was alright.
- surgery, surgeries [ˈsɜːdʒəri]
(noun) - Definition:
- a doctor's consulting room
- Example:
- I dropped in at the surgery as I was passing to pick up my prescription.
- Synonym(s):doctor's office (AE)
- waiting room, waiting rooms
(noun) - Definition:
- a room in a surgery for people to wait for their doctor to see them
- Example:
- Around ten people were sitting in the waiting room.
- surgery hour, surgery hours
(noun) - Definition:
- the time in which the surgery is open for people to come and see the doctor
- Example:
- Surgery hours are every weekday from 8 till 12.
- Synonym(s):office hours (AE)
- patient, patients
(noun) - Definition:
- a person who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person
- Example:
- The doctor has many regular patients.
- feel, felt, felt [fiːl]
(irregular verb) - Definition:
- to become aware of something through the skin; to experience an emotion
- Example:
- You can feel a heartbeat if you put your fingers on your breast.
- well [wɛl]
(adjective) - Definition:
- in good health
- Example:
- I had been sick, but now I'm well.
- be well
(Chunk) - Example:
- After some months of sickness I'm finally well again.
- be not well
(Chunk) - Example:
- I had to throw up yesterday and I'm still not well today.
- Synonym(s):be unwell
- feel good
(Chunk) - Example:
- I feel so good after a hot bubblebath.
- Synonym(s):feel well
- bad [bæd]
(adjective) - Definition:
- not good; not in good health
- Example:
- I feel so bad because I forgot our date.
- Antonym(s):good
Word List: At the doctor - list 2
- hurt, hurt, hurt [hɜːt]
(irregular verb) - Definition:
- to cause physical pain and/or injury; to cause (somebody) emotional pain
- Example:
- Does your leg still hurt?
- Synonym(s):ache
- toothache, toothaches [ˈtuθˌe(ɪ)k]
(noun) - Definition:
- a pain or ache in a tooth
- Example:
- He went to the dentist because he had a really bad toothache.
- headache, headaches [ˈhɛde(ɪ)k]
(noun) - Definition:
- a pain in the head
- Example:
- The noise caused a bad headache.
- backache, backaches [ˈbæke(ɪ)k]
(noun) - Definition:
- any pain in the back
- Example:
- The old man could barely walk because of his backache.
- earache, earaches [ˈijɹe(i)k]
(noun) - Definition:
- a pain in the middle or inner ear
- Example:
- The little girl is suffering from earache.
- stomachache, stomachaches [ˈstʌməke(ɪ)k]
(noun) - Definition:
- a pain in the abdomen, often caused by indigestion, usually being lower than the stomach and related to the intestines
- Example:
- She's complaining about a bad stomachache.
- examine
(verb) - Definition:
- to check the health or condition of someone
- Example:
- The doctor examined the patient.
- take off
(phrasal verb) - Definition:
- to remove one's clothing
- Example:
- He took off his shoes.
- Antonym(s):put on
- turn around
(phrasal verb) - Definition:
- to physically rotate horizontally 180 or 360 degrees
- Example:
- Turn around so I can see the back of your new dress.
- lie, lay, laid [laɪ̯]
(irregular verb) - Definition:
- to be in a horizontal position
- Example:
- The patients usually lie on the divan bed during the check-up.
- lie down
(phrasal verb) - Definition:
- to assume a horizontal position
- Example:
- Lie down on the bed until you feel better.
- Antonym(s):get up, stand up
- stand up, stood up, stood up
(phrasal verb) - Definition:
- to rise from a lying or sitting position
- Example:
- Stand up, then sit down again.
Word List: At the doctor - list 3
- tender [ˈtɛn.də(ɹ)]
(adjective) - Definition:
- sensitive or painful to touch
- Example:
- Be careful, that area is tender.
- tender spot
(Chunk) - Example:
- Due to a rash I've got some tender spots on my arms.
- test, tests [tɛst]
(noun) - Definition:
- a session in which something is examined under a certain condition
- Example:
- The woman received the results of her HIV test.
- blood test, blood tests
(noun) - Definition:
- a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
- Example:
- The treatment requires a preliminary blood test.
- injection, injections [ɪnˈʤɛktʃən]
(noun) - Definition:
- something pushed or pumped intravenously or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle into someone's body
- Example:
- She's really afraid of injections.
- vaccination [ˌvæk.sɪˈneɪ.ʃən]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- the administration of antigenic material (a vaccine) to produce immunity to a disease
- Example:
- Vaccination is generally considered to be the most effective and cost-effective method of preventing infectious diseases.
- prescription, prescriptions
(noun) - Definition:
- a written order, as by a physician, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention
- Example:
- The surgeon wrote a prescription for a pain killer and physical therapy.
- prescribe [pɹəˈskɹaɪb]
(verb) - Definition:
- to order a drug or medical device for use by a particular patient
- Example:
- The doctor prescribed John a set of pills.
- chemist's, chemists'
(noun) - Definition:
- a place where prescription drugs are dispensed
- Example:
- Sue needs to go to the chemist's to get her medicine.
- Synonym(s):pharmacy, drugstore (AE)
- chemist, chemists [ˈkɛmɪst]
(noun) - Definition:
- a person who works at a place where prescription drugs are dispensed
- Example:
- The chemist couldn't find the medicine the man was asking for.
- Synonym(s):pharmacist
- pill, pills [pɪl]
(noun) - Definition:
- a small portion of a drug or drugs to be taken orally, usually of roughly cylindrical shape, often coated to prolong dissolution or ease swallowing
- Example:
- Take two pills every hour.
- Synonym(s):tablet
- drug, drugs [dɹʌɡ]
(noun) - Definition:
- a substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose; a substance, often addictive, which affects the central nervous system
- Example:
- Aspirin is a drug that reduces pain, acts against inflammation and lowers body temperature.
- poison, poisons [ˈpɔɪz(ə)n]
(noun) - Definition:
- a substance that is very harmful or lethal to a living organism
- Example:
- We used a poison to kill the weeds.
- poisonous
(adjective) - Definition:
- containing sufficient poison to be dangerous
- Example:
- Certain mushrooms are not edible because they are poisonous.
- Synonym(s):toxic
Word List: At the dentist
- dentist, dentists
(noun) - Definition:
- a medical doctor who specialises in treating teeth
- Example:
- Because of a toothache he urgently needs to go to the dentist.
- dentist's assistant, dentist's assistants
(noun) - Definition:
- a medical assistant who works at a dentist's office
- Example:
- Four female dentist's assistants work at this dentist.
- open [ˈəʊ.pən]
(verb) - Definition:
- to make something accessible
- Example:
- Turn the doorknob to open the door.
- Antonym(s):close, shut
- open one's mouth
(Chunk) - Example:
- Please open your mouth so I can check your teeth.
- drill [dɹɪɫ]
(verb) - Definition:
- to create a hole in teeth by removing material with a special tool
- Example:
- The dentist unfortunately had to drill because of too many caries.
- fill [fɪl]
(verb) - Definition:
- to treat a tooth by adding a dental filling to it
- Example:
- I'm sorry but the hole in your tooth needs to be filled.
Source: http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/vocabulary/people/health-care/at-the-doctor/
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