Face2Face INT, unit 9A - vocabulary

accident - nehoda, neštěstí, náhoda

noun - something unpleasant that happens by chance (not planned)

allergy - alergie

noun - a health problem in which you become ill because you have eaten something, touched something etc., typical symptoms are rash, swelling, red eyes, runny nose, breathing problems etc.

asthma - astma

noun - a respiratory condition (usually caused by allergies) in which breathing becomes difficult

breathe - dýchat

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

disease - choroba, nemoc

noun - a serious illness

emergency - pohotovost

noun - medical service that is available at all times, even at night

GP - obvodní lékař (zkr.), obvoďák (doktor)

noun, British English - a person who helps people who have a problem with their health (abbrev.)

infection - infekce, nákaza, zánět

noun - a disease caused by bad bacteria or a virus

migraine - migréna

noun - a severe headache

operating theatre - operační sál

noun, British English - a large room in a hospital where doctors operate on patients

operation - operace

noun - a medical procedure done on a person's body using various instruments

prescription - předpis (lékařský)

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

specialist - specialista, odborník

noun - a person who understands his field very well

surgeon - chirurg

noun - a doctor who performs operations

treatment - léčení, léčba

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

ward - oddělení (v nemocnici)

noun - a part of a hospital for patients with a problem of the same kind