Present simple (p. 23)
Group A: coughs helps panics beats sleeps
wakes counteracts operates regulates
Group B: breathes examines recommends
prescribes relieves suffers controls cures kills
Group C: sneezes reduces catches rises analyses
diagnoses relaxes releases increases
Past tense (p. 24)
Group A: reduced coughed replaced mixed
dressed increased noticed dropped
Group B: diagnosed improved sneezed prescribed
cured sterilised probed
Group C: vaccinated consulted recommended
prevented operated disinfected treated
preceded
Vocabulary in Context
Good advice (p. 25)
1. g) 8. f)
2. k) 9. n)
3. d) 10. b)
4. e) 11. a)
5. l) 12. i)
6. j) 13. c)
7. h) 14. m)
Multiple meanings (p. 26)
1. patient 2. fit 3. focus 4. notice 5. turn 6. light
7. cold 8. focus 9. turn 10. patient 11. notice
12. fit 13. turn 14. fit 15. light 16. focus 17. fit
18. cold 19. light
Odd one out (p. 27)
1. bleeding; the others are words which describe
types of pain
2. liver; you have two of all the others
3. forearm; the others are all joints
4. face; the others are all specifically sense organs
5. patient; the others are all jobs
6. bandage; the others are all instruments
7. supination; the others are all connected to
breathing
8. eyelids; the others are all eye conditions
9. relapse; the others all mean to return to normal
after an illness
10. palm; the others are all parts of the eye
11. vertebral column; the others are all part of the
ear
12. aluminium; the others are all normally found in
the body
13. wound; the others refer principally to damage to
bones
14. metacarpal bone; the others are all in the skull
15. pancreas; the others deal with blood
16. taste; the others are all physical actions
17. hernia; the others relate to the liver
18. diabetes; the others are all part of the skin
Body parts - categories (p. 28)
abdomen - torso knuckle - hand
Achilles tendon - foot lip - head
ankle - leg (or foot) nail - hand (or foot)
buttock - torso navel - torso
calf - leg neck - torso
chest - torso nipple - torso
chin - head nose - head
ear - head palm - hand
elbow - arm rib - torso
eye - head scalp - head
eyebrow - head shoulder - torso (or arm)
eyelash - head sole - foot
eyelid - head temple - head
finger - hand thigh - leg
forearm - arm thumb - hand
forehead - head toe - foot
gum - head tongue - head
hip - torso (or leg) tooth - head
knee - leg wrist - arm (or hand)
Opposites 2 (p. 29)
Exercise 1.
1. front 2. chronic 3. alive 4. deteriorate 5. ill
6. closed 7. minor 8. increase 9. rough
10. malignant
Exercise 2.
1. acute 2. increase 3. improve 4. back 5. rough
6. malignant 7. open 8. dead 9. healthy 10. major
Abbreviations (p. 30)
1. A & E: Accident & Emergency
2. AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
3. BMR: Basal Metabolic Rate
4. CAT: Computerised Axial Tomography
5. CHD: Coronary Heart Disease
6. D & V: Diarrhoea & Vomiting
7. DOA: Dead On Arrival
8. GP: General Practitioner
9. HAV: Hepatitis A Virus
10. HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
11. MI: Motor Neurone Disease
12. OTC: Over The Counter
13. PM: Post Mortem
14. PMA: Progressive Muscular Atrophy
15. PMT: Premenstrual Tension
16. RQ: Respiratory Quotient
17. RSI: Repetitive Strain Injury
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18. SAD: Seasonal Affective Disorder
19. SIDS: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
20. STI: Sexually Transmitted Infection
21. TB: Tuberculosis
22. TBI: Total Body Irradiation
23. UV: Ultraviolet
24. VDH: Valvular Disease of the Heart
25. WHO: World Health Organization
Symptoms & common illnesses 1 (p. 31)
1. influenza 2. rubella 3. coryza 4. varicella
5. rubeola 6. infectious parotitis 7. pertussis
8. allergic rhinitis
Symptoms & common illnesses 2 (p. 32)
Exercise 1.
1. Chickenpox is the same as varicella
2. A cold is the same as coryza
3. The flu is the same as influenza
4. German measles is the same as rubella
5. Hay fever is the same as allergic rhinitis
6. Measles is the same as rubeola
7. Mumps is the same as infectious parotitis
8. Whooping cough is the same as pertussis
Exercise 2.
1. hay fever 2. German measles 3. whooping cough
4. flu 5. mumps 6. chickenpox
Diagnosis (p. 33)
1. epilepsy 2. gangrene 3. cataracts 4. Parkinson's
disease 5. tuberculosis 6. cystic fibrosis 7. cirrhosis
8. diphtheria 9. cerebral palsy 10. gastroenteritis
How it works (p.34)
1. d) 10. h)
2. k) 11. p)
3. g) 12. q)
4. m) 13. c)
5. r) 14. o)
6. a) 15. l)
7. b) 16. j)
8. f) 17. i)
9. n) 18. e)
Instruments and equipment (p. 35)
1. wheelchair 2. scalpel 3. probe 4. forceps
5. curette 6. pipette 7. tourniquet 8. hook
9. drain 10. gag 11. syringe 12. catheter
13. bandage 14. sling 15. stretcher 16. splint
17. stethoscope 18. thermometer
Chemistry (p. 36)
1. Na, sodium, (e) the basic substance in salt
2. Ca, calcium, (p) metallic element which is the
major component of bones and teeth
3. Pb, lead, (l) heavy soft metallic element which is
poisonous in compounds
4. Ti, titanium, (n) light metallic element which
does not corrode
5. Ba, barium, (d) used as a contrast when taking
X-ray photographs of soft tissue
6. Zn, zinc, (s) white metallic trace element
7. Fe, iron, (j) an essential part of the red pigment
in blood cells, found in liver and eggs
8. Co, cobalt, (f) metallic element which is the basis
of a radioactive isotope used to treat cancer
9. Cl, chlorine, (q) powerful greenish gas, used to
sterilise water
10. He, helium, (m) very light gas used in
combination with oxygen, especially to relieve
asthma or sickness caused by decompression
11. S, sulphur, (t) yellow non-metallic element found
in some amino acids
12. Au, gold, (r) soft yellow-coloured precious
metal, used as a compound in various drugs, and
sometimes as a filling for teeth
13. O, oxygen, (h) colourless gas which is present in
air and essential to human life
14. H, hydrogen, (k) gas which combines with
oxygen to form water
15. HCI, hydrochloric acid, (a) acid found in the
gastric juices which helps to break apart the
food
16. N, nitrogen, (o) gas which is the main
component of air and an essential
part of protein
17. HCN, hydrocyanic acid, (b) acid which forms
cyanide
18. C, carbon, (i) one of the common non-metallic
elements which is an essential component of
living matter and organic chemical compounds
19. N2O, nitrous oxide, (g) colourless gas with a
sweet smell, used in combination with other
gases as an anaesthetic in dentistry and surgery
20. C10H14N2, nicotine, (c) main alkaloid substance
found in tobacco
Answer key
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For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Medical Terms (0 7136 7603 5).