Health vocabulary B

be sick - zvracet, blinkat, blít

verb - to vomit; to let food come out of your stomach through your mouth, esp. when you feel sick

breathe - dýchat

verb - to take air inside your body and let it out (through your nose and mouth into your lungs and out)

casualty - oběť (nehody apod.)

noun - the victim of an accident etc.

contract - nakazit se

verb - do become ill, to catch a disease

cure - lék, léčba, lék (na něco)

noun - a way to make somebody healthy

drug - lék

noun - a chemical used as medicine

faint - omdlít

verb - to lose consciousness briefly and fall

fever - horečka, vysoká teplota

noun - a very high body temperature that you have when you are very ill

fit - záchvat

noun - a short attack of an illness

infect - infikovat

verb - to spread a disease at somebody, to make somebody ill by spreading your disease at them

injury - zranění, úraz

noun - a harm that is done to somebody, esp. in an accident

lose weight - hubnout, zhubnout

verb - to become less fat, to try to become less fat

pregnant - těhotná, těhotný, gravidní, březí

adjective - (of a woman or a female animal) about to have a baby

prescription - předpis (lékařský)

noun - a kind of document written by a doctor for a chemist, which allows you to use some kind of medicine

receipt - účtenka, účet, paragon

noun - a piece of paper that you get when you buy something, it shows how much you have paid for it

recipe - recept (na vaření), kuchařský recept

noun - a set of instructions for cooking something

recover - zotavit se, uzdravit se

verb - to get over an illness, to get well after an injury

sacrifice - oběť

noun - something important that you give up for something that you think is even more important

severe - ukrutný, krutý, hrozný, prudký, vážný

adjective - very bad or serious; causing a lot of pain or trouble

sneeze - kýchat, kýchnout

verb - to let air out of your nose suddenly and with a loud noise, often as a result of an allergy etc.

sore - bolestivý, bolavý

adjective - painful esp. because of infection or heavy use (e.g. throat, feet etc.)

stretch - protáhnout, protáhnout se

verb - to straighten your body or a part of your body e.g. as an excercise etc.

stroke - mrtvice, mozková mrtvice

noun - a sudden illness of a part of the brain

sunstroke - úžeh

noun - an illness caused by staying too long in hot sunlight

surgery - chirurgický zákrok

noun - a medical operation on the body involving cutting open the skin etc.

thermometer - teploměr

noun - an instrument that measures temperature

treatment - léčení, léčba

noun - the use of medicine to try to cure a disease or illness

uneasy - nesvůj, pociťující nevolnost

adjective - having a bad and uncomfortable feeling

wound - zranění, rána (zranění)

noun - an injury, a place where somebody was hurt