voc. unit 1: taking a history

Question 1

The study if events in the past (medical background)

Answer 1

A history

Question 2

Not sharply or clearly felt

Answer 2

dull

Question 3

Antonym Dull

Answer 3

sharp, stabbing (pain)

Question 4

to vibrate or sound with a persistent rhythm

Answer 4

to pulsate, to throb

Question 5

a steady, continuous beat

Answer 5

a throb

Question 6

heartbeat, pulsation of the heart

Answer 6

pulse

Question 7

to beat, move regularly

Answer 7

to pulsate/ to pulse

Question 8

to make better, to relieve, to take away

Answer 8

to reduce pain

Question 9

to be unable to hear anything

Answer 9

to be deaf

Question 10

To be unable to speak

Answer 10

dumb / mute

Question 11

to express pain, unhappiness

Answer 11

to complain

Question 12

to feel pain, to hurt, to be sore/ painful

Answer 12

to ache

Question 13

to examine, test, have / take a look at

Answer 13

to check

Question 14

to trouble, to cause inconvenience, to annoy

Answer 14

to bother

Question 15

the flu

Answer 15

influenza

Question 16

to be unable to empty the bowels frequently enough and effectively

Answer 16

constipation

Question 17

a nagging kind of pain

Answer 17

a gnawing kind of pain

Question 18

antonym gnawing

Answer 18

stabbing (kind of pain)

Question 19

to have an effect on sb. or sth

Answer 19

to affect

Question 20

to send out air from the lungs violently and noisily

Answer 20

to cough

Question 21

shiny , thick substance which forms in the air passage/ mucus

Answer 21

phlegm

Question 22

liquid that forms in the mouth

Answer 22

spit / spittle /saliva

Question 23

liquid and mucus coughed up from the throat or lungs

Answer 23

sputum

Question 24

corpulent, overweight

Answer 24

obese

Question 25

a doctor who is not a specialist in any particular branch of medicine/ treats illnesses generally

Answer 25

a general practitioner (G.P.)

Question 26

a hospital doctor of the most senior rank who can give special advice on certain medical difficulties in addition to that given by the G.P

Answer 26

a consultant

Question 27

a doctor who is an expert in a special branch of medicine

Answer 27

a specialist

Question 28

a doctor who performs surgical operations i.e. surgery

Answer 28

a surgeon

Question 29

a senior hospital doctor being trained as a specialist or consultant

Answer 29

a registrar

Question 30

indicates whether sb. is married ,single ,divorced

Answer 30

Marital status

Question 31

affecting both the stomach and the intestines (=bowels)

Answer 31

gastro-intestinal

Question 32

waste liquid that collects in the bladder and is passed from the body through the urethra

Answer 32

urine

Question 33

eiwitstof

Answer 33

albumen

Question 34

abnormally high arterial blood pressure

Answer 34

hypertension

Question 35

tube carrying blood from the heart to all parts of the body

Answer 35

artery

Question 36

tube carrying blood from all parts of the body to the heart

Answer 36

vein

Question 37

first part of the small intestine

Answer 37

duodenal (adj.)/ duodenum

Question 38

een zweer

Answer 38

an ulcer

Question 39

type of ulcer

Answer 39

a stomach ulcer; a duodenal ulcer

Question 40

serious illness with inflammation of one or both lungs, causing difficulty in breathing

Answer 40

pneumonia

Question 41

windpipe

Answer 41

tracheitis/ trachea

Question 42

medical treatment / attention

Answer 42

management

Question 43

after making a physical effort

Answer 43

after exertion

Question 44

blocking of a coronary artery (by a clot of blood)

Answer 44

coronary thrombosis / informal: a coronary, a heart attack

Question 45

judgement, evaluation, view to assess

Answer 45

assessment

Question 46

hartbeklemming

Answer 46

angina pectoris

Question 47

difficulty in breathing

Answer 47

dyspnoea

Question 48

short of breath

Answer 48

dyspnoeic

Question 49

to happen, to exist

Answer 49

to occur

Question 50

synonym ‘to feel off colour’

Answer 50

to feel, be unwell / to be under the weather

Question 51

abnormally high body temperature, usu. as a sign of illness

Answer 51

fever/ feverish

Question 52

synonym ‘the fever should pass

Answer 52

The fever should abate

Question 53

a substance that relieves pain, a painkiller

Answer 53

an analgesic

Question 54

feeling of sickness or disgust, often with an urge to vomit

Answer 54

nausea

Question 55

indefinite feeling of uneasiness/ illness, without clear signs of a particular disease

Answer 55

a malaise

Question 56

mental disturbance, caused by illness, accompanied by high fever, restlessness and inconsistent chatter

Answer 56

delirious /delirium

Question 57

piles / swollen veins at or near the anus

Answer 57

haemorrhoids

Question 58

? synonyms haemorrhoids

Answer 58

haematology ; haemoglobin ; haemorrhage ; haematuria ; haemophilia

Question 59

Ingewanden, darmen

Answer 59

Bowels

Question 60

Dikke darm

Answer 60

Large bowel (intestine)

Question 61

Dunne darm

Answer 61

Small bowel (intestine)