Exercise 2. Correlate words and their definitions.

Abrasion

antiseptic

contusion

hemorrhage

plasma

serum

1. The liquid part of blood that holds the blood cells __________

2. Heavy bleeding from a broken blood vessel __________

3. A bruise; slight bleeding below the skin surface __________

4. An injury in which some skin is scraped or rubbed off __________

5. A substance such as alcohol used to destroy germs __________

6. A liquid used to inoculate against a specific disease __________

autopsy

epidemic

malady

relapse

remedy

immunity

therapy

1. Natural or medical protection against a disease __________

2. A sickness; a disease, disorder, or ailment __________

3. The rapid spreading of a contagious disease __________

4. Treatment designed to heal a disability or illness __________

5. To become sick again after partial recovery __________

6. Anything that cures, eases pain, or restores health __________

7. Surgery on a corpse to discover the cause of death __________

amnesia

anemia

emphysema

insomnia

leukemia

nausea

paranoia

1. A disease in the lungs that makes breathing difficult __________

2. A disease in which a person has too few red blood cells __________

3. A disease in which white blood cells are too numerous __________

4. Persistent inability to sleep __________

5. A feeling in the stomach that one is about to vomit __________

6. Loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc. __________

7. A mental disorder in which a person becomes

fearful of imaginary enemies __________

antidote

panacea

phobia

placebo

sedative

symptom

1. Medicine given to calm a patient or help him sleep __________

2. Any bodily change that is a sign of disease __________

3. A substance that counteracts the effects of a poison __________

4. A lasting, abnormal fear of some thing or situation __________

5. A supposed cure for all diseases; a cure-all __________

6. A pill having no medicine in it, given to humor a patient

who thinks he is ill but isn’t __________

Exercise 3. Transcribe the following words and word combinations:

digestive tract orthopedist pneumonia scurvy vertebral column pliers to gargle neuralgia

dysentery ampoule sedative drug physiotherapy psychiatrist appendicitis maternity ward rheumatism

Exercise 4. Match the words in the left column with their definitions in the right column:

1. sedative 2. anemia 3. insomnia 4. epidemic 5. trauma 6. antiseptic 7. leukemia 8. nausea 9. immunity 10. fracture

a. The rapid spreading of a contagious disease. b. Persistent inability to sleep. c. Medicine given to calm a patient or help him sleep. d. Condition of the body produced by a wound or injury. e. A disease in which a person has too few red blood cells. f. A feeling in the stomach that one is about to vomit. g. Breaking of a bone. h. Natural or medical protection against a disease. i. A substance such as alcohol used to destroy germs. j. A disease in which white blood cells are too numerous.

Exercise 5. Translate into English:

1. Я записался на прием к доктору Смиту на два часа предварительно.

2. У тебя жар. Тебе бы лучше измерить температуру и принять таблетку аспирина.

3. Избегайте простуд! Для вас они опасны серьезными осложнениями.

4. Его прооперировали по поводу аппендицита, его скоро выпишут из больницы.

5. Приступы депрессии, беспокойство, утомление, эмоциональная неустойчивость, апатия – наиболее частые расстройства нервной системы.

6. Если бы я сомневался, что доктор Мэнсон сможет вылечить меня, я бы к нему никогда не обратился. После эффективного лечения я чувствую себя отлично.

7. У меня все болит, мне больно глотать, у меня, наверное, грипп.

8. Принимайте это тонизирующее средство три раза в день по столовой ложке.

9. Он жалуется, что у него болит позвоночник. Пора бы ему обратиться к врачу.

10. Ушибы, вывихи, растяжения и другие травмы – обычные повреждения у спортсменов.

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