VOCABULARY: HEALTHCARE

Disease/sickness/illness Prescription

Disability/mentally challenged Treatment

Disorder Recovery

Heart attack/cardiac arrest Have some rest

Mental health Undergo an operation

Be insane/mentally ill Surgery

Impaired Malpractice

Heart disease Cure/Heal

Fever Prevent

Flu Vaccine

Cough Bandage

Cold Band aid

Backache/earache/stomachache/headache/toothache Stitches

Sore throat Plaster

Sprained ankle Crutch

Diabetes Surgery

Be constipated Antibiotics

Nervous breakdown Painkillers

Food poisoning Drug/medication

Pills

Wound Side effects

Injury To get something checked

Scar

Bruise

Symptom Chemist’s/Drugstore/Pharmacy

Surgeon

Nurse

Patient

Psychiatrist

General practicioner
Fever Overweight/put on weight/lose weight

Feel sick Be in good shape

Feel dizzy Be in poor/good health

Fall ill/get sick (with a disease) Be/keep/get/stay fit

Come down with/Go down with (the flu, a cough) Be active - Be sedentary

Catch a cold Work out

Pass on an illness Do (regular) exercise

Suffer from an illness Put on weight – Lose weight/Shed kilos

Recover from an illness/get over an illness Go on a diet

Die of a natural cause (cancer, stroke, heart attack) Cut out fat

Die from (cold weather, dehydration, an injury) Cut down consumption of

Get well/better Cut down on fats, sweets, chocolate

Be/Feel under the weather Give up smoking

Throw up Junk food

Faint Take up swimming, bodybuilding

Go running, jogging, swimming, cycling

Hit the gym

Life expectancy

Public Healthcare

Medical advances

Welfare/wellness/well-being

Investment in medicine

Expenditure in healthcare

Epidemic

Outbreak

Healthy – unhealthy

Harmful