Health And Medicines + Text

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an injury appearing as an area of discoloured skin on the body, caused by a blow or impact rupturing underlying blood vessels.

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Bruise

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an area of redness and spots on a person’s skin, appearing especially as a result of illness

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Rash

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a swelling under the skin, especially one caused by injury or disease

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Lump

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an abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

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Swelling

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expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound

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Cough

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suffering pain from one’s throat

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Sore throat

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a small bubble on the skin filled with serum and caused by friction, burning, or other damage

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Blister

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having or involving a sensation of spinning around and losing one’s balance

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Dizzy / dizziness

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shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited

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Shiver / shivery

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lose consciousness for a short time because of a temporarily insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain.

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To faint

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affected with a condition in which there is difficulty in emptying the bowels, usually associated with hardened faeces.

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Constipated

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an uncomfortable sensation on the skin that causes a desire to scratch.

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Itch

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suffer pain

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To hurt - my leg hurts

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influenza

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Flu

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an infectious disease causing a mild fever and a rash of itchy inflamed pimples which turn to blisters and then loose scabs. It is caused by the herpes zoster virus and mainly affects children. Also called varicella

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Chickenpox

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a contagious and infectious viral disease causing swelling of the parotid salivary glands in the face, and a risk of sterility in adult males.

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Mumps

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wrench or twist the ligaments of (an ankle, wrist, or other joint) violently so as to cause pain and swelling but not dislocation

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To sprain

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A smooth oily substance that is rubbed on the skin for medicinal purposes or as a cosmetic.

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Ointment

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A strip of woven material used to bind up a wound or to protect an injured part of the body

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Bandage

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1. [mass noun] a soft mixture of sand and cement and sometimes lime with water, for spreading on walls, ceilings, or other structures, to form a smooth hard surface when dried.
   ■ also plaster of Paris a hard white substance made by the addition of water to powdered and partly dehydrated gypsum, used for holding broken bones in place and making sculptures and casts.

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Plaster

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make or become rigid

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Stiffen / stiffness

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a knife with a small, sharp, sometimes detachable blade, as used by a surgeon.

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Scalpel

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extremely useful; indispensable

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Invaluable

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Ate certo ponto

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In some extent

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having similar tastes or opinions

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Like-minded people

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number of things, typically of the same kind, growing or fastened together

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A bunch of

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happening or produced every two weeks

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Fortnightly

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by a particular interpretation of a statement or situation

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In a sense

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feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration

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Dismissive