Health - common collocations

It was really cold yesterday. I think that my son ________ a cold.

1. caught
2. developed
3. had
4. suffered

Tom's aunt ________ breast cancer but she is very brave and determined to fight with it.

1. advanced
2. caught
3. developed
4. evolved

Children in the camp ate some contaminated food. The following day they all got ________ diarrhoea.

1. cruel
2. hard
3. severe
4. sharp

A lot of elderly people spend part of their lives in a nursing ________.

1. agency
2. home
3. house
4. institution

It is a modern hospital. It is equipped with several new operating ________.

1. halls
2. salons
3. theatres
4. ways

(Doctor)“So tell me what the problem is.” (Patient) “Yesterday, I was running and suddenly I had to stop and ________ for breath.”

1. catch
2. gasp
3. chase
4. reach

Pharmaceutical companies are trying to develop better pills which have fewer side ________.

1. consequences
2. effects
3. issues
4. results

You should not fly long distances if you are in ________ health.

1. ill
2. low
3. poor
4. weak

My sister ________ birth to a healthy baby girl last week.

1. brought
2. dropped
3. gave
4. had

The hospital in our town has a very modern ________ room. My sister had her baby there.

1. birth
2. delivery
3. childbearing
4. newborn