fight off | try to get rid |
go down with | catch a non - serious illness |
come down with | catch a non - serious illness - "I" |
get over sth | get better - for less serious illnesses |
recover from | get better - for more serious illnesses |
suffer from | cierpieć na coś - for long term problems |
die of / from something | umrzeć na coś |
healthcare | general expression for all of the health services |
national insurance | tax paid by most adults which covers the costs o fhealthcare for everyone |
National Health Service | British name for the service that covers hospitals, clinics, dentists etc. |
family doctor (GP - general practitioner) | doctor who looks after people's general health |
clinic | large centre with several doctors and kinds of services |
surgery | small centre with just two or three doctors |
prescription charge | charge for the medication the doctor prescribes, which you pay at a pharmacy |
go private | choose private healthcare |
to be back on your feet again | mieś najgorsze za sobą/ to be ... on your ... ... |
to be over the worst | mieć najgorsze za sobą/ to be _ _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ _ |
to feel a bit under the weather | źle się czuć/ to feel a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
to be on the mend | być na dobrej drodze do wyzdrowienia |
hurt | to give pain caused by an injury |
ache | pain, not (necessarily?) caused by an injury |
aches and pains | a phrase used to refer in a non - serious way to minor problems |
cuts and bruises | a phrase used to refer to minor injuries |
bruise | siniak |
stinging | żądlący |
throbbing | pulsujący |
stiff neck | pain and difficulty in moving your neck round |
dizzy | cierpiący na zawroty głowy |
feverish | with a high temperature |
nauseous | feeling that you want to vomit |
tremble | shake |
bunged up / blocked up | zatkany (np. nos) |
to look off - colour | to feel not well, but not seriously ill/ to look _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ |
to feel out of sorts | to feel not well, but not seriously ill/ to _ _ e _ _ _ _ of _ _ _ _ _ |
acupuncture | uses needles to stick into specific parts of your body |
chiropractic | manipulates your spine and bones to ease backache and other pains |
spine | kręgosłup |
chiropractor | kręgarz |
herbal medicine | uses herbs and other natural plants |
homeopathy | taking tiny amounts of natural substances to treat an illness |
aromatherapy | using aromatic oils and massage |
dosage | dawkowanie |
vaccinations | szczepienia |
donate blood | oddawać krew |
physiotherapy | fizjoterapia |
contact lenses | soczewki kontaktowe |
filling | wypełnianie ( u dentysty) |
clotting | when blood is forming a partly solid lump |
cortex | kora mózgowa |
dehydration | not having enough water in your body |
ulcer | painful infected area on the skin or inside your body |
side effects | unwanted effects in addition to the intended one |
stools | medical term for excrement (formal) or pooh (informal, childish) |
symptom of the problem | oznaka problemu |
diagnose | to _ _ _ g _ _ _ _ the causes of a problem |
prognosis | how exprets expect something to develop |
ail | dolegać |
ailing organization / economy | organization / economy that has a lot of problems |
rash | wysypka |
rash of burglaries | a number of burglaries happening at the same time |
election fever | great excitement before election |
to reach fever pitch | to get to the point of very high intensity |
jaundice | żółtaczka |
jaundiced view | unenthusiastic or sceptical view (because of previous bad experience) |
scar | blizna |
carry the scars of / be scared by | to be permanently affected by a negative experience |
contagious | zaraźliwy |
impregnate | zapładniać |
pregnancy | ciąża |
impregnation | zapłodnienie |
pregnant | ciężarna |
breastfeed | karmić piersią |
breastfeeding | karmienie piersią |
sensitize | uczulać, uwrażliwiać |
sensitivity | wrażliwość |
sensitive | wrażliwy |
clot | zakrzep |
clot | krzepnąć |
drug | podawać środki nasenne |
drug | lekarstwo |
drugged | odurzony |
dehydrate | odwadniać |
ulcerate | owrzodzieć |
ulcerous | wrzodowy / owrzodzony |
affect | wpływać na |
immunize | uodparniać |
suffer from insomnia | cierpieć na bezsenność |
to head for the nervous breakdown | mieć załamanie nerwowe |
stye | jęczmień |
conjunctivitis | zapalenie spojówek |
scratch | drapać |
athlete's foot | fungal infection of the feet |
flushed | feverish |
bump | guzek |
shooting pains | ostre bóle |
sprain | zwichnąć |
lotion | płyn |
itching | swędzenie |
powder | proszek |
cough mixture | syrop na kaszel |
relieve the symptoms | załagodzić objawy |
lozenges | pastylki |
reduce the swelling | zredukować spuchnięcie |
barbiturates | sleeping pills |
sedatives | środki uspokajające |
drops | tabletki _ r _ _ s |
clear something up | oczyścić coś |
X - ray | roentgen |
crutches | kule |
ease the pain | załagodzić ból |
dull ache | tępy ból |
spasm | skurcz |
fracture | pęknięcie |
chipped bone | odłupana kość |
gland | węzeł chłonny |
come out in a rash | mieć wysypkę |
impetigo | liszajec |
dermatitis | zapalenie skóry |
short of breath | płytki oddech/brak tchu |
suffer from asthma | mieć astmę |
penicilin | penicylina |
recovery | powrót do zdrowia |
sling | temblak |
tranquillisers | środki uspokajające |
get blood pressure down | obniżyć ciśnienie krwi |
ointment | maść |
rub in | wcierać |
put somebody on antibiotics | przepisać komuś antybiotyki |
fiddle | as feet as a ... |
health | in perfect ... |
wrong | there's nothing ... with you |
off | to feel a bit ... colour |
funny | to feel _ u _ _ _ |
sickening | to be _ _ c _ _ _ _ _ _ for sth |
death warmed | to look like ... ... up |
taken | to be ... ill |
coma | śpiączka |
regain consciousness | odzyskiwać świadomość |
respnd to treatment | odpowiadać na leczenie |
danger | off the ... list |
round | show signs of coming ... |
make progress | robić postępy |
come out of the coma | wybudzić się ze śpiączki |
corner | to turn the ... / podnieść się z choroby |
speedy recovery | szybki powórt do zdrowia |
to be over it / the worst is over | mieć najgorsze za sobą |
convalesce | wracać do zdrowia / _ o _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
along | to come ... nicely |
out / about | to be ... and ... again |
relapse | pogorszenie |
deteriorate | pogarszać się |
slip away | to pass by |
hang by a thread | wisieć na włosku |
he could go at any second | może umrzeć w każdej chwili |
miraculous recovery | cudowne dojście do siebie |
good | as ... as new |
rain | as right as ... |
he'll live till he's hundred | dożyje setki |
to be allegric to work | mieć alergię na pracę |
a mild attack of | łagodny atak czegoś |
outbreak | wybuch, np. epidemii |
bout of | napad czegoś |
catchnig | zaraźliwy -,- |
isolated cases of | pojedyncze przypadki |
chronic cases of | liczne przypadki |
sudden fit of | nagły atak |
terminal disease | nieuleczalna choroba |
recuperation (from) | powrót do zdrowia (_ _ c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _) |
poor circulation | słabe krążenie |
high blood pressure | wysokie ciśnienie krwi |
stroke | udar |
heart attack | zawał |
cardiac arrest | zatrzymanie akcji serca |
heart failure | wada serca |
appendicitis | zapalenie wyrostka |
stomach ulcer | wrzód (brzuch) |
polio | polio |
hernia | przepuklina |
constipation | zaparcie |
measles | odra |
chickenpox | ospa wietrzna |
German measles / rubella | różyczka |
smallpox | ospa |
pleurisy | zapalenie opłucnej |
glandular fever | mononukleoza zakaźna |
yellow fever | żółta febra |
scarlet fever | szkarlatyna |
whooping cough | koklusz |
influenza | grypa |
leprosy | trąd |
malaria | malaria |
diphtheria | dyfteryt |
catarrh | katar |
sinusitis | zapalenie zatok |
tonsilitis | zapalenie migdałków |
laryngitis | zapalenie krtani |
asthma | astma |
angina | angina |
cholera | cholera |
bronchitis | zapalenie oskrzeli |
tuberculosis / TB | gruźlica |
lung cancer | rak płuca |
intestines | jelita |
gallstones | kamienie żółciowe |
cirrhosis of the liver | marskość wątroby |
hepatitis | wirusowe zapalenie wątroby |
coronary thrombosis | zator naczyń wieńcowych |
anaemia | anemia |
pneumonia | zapalenie płuc |
leukaemia | białaczka |
haemorrhage | krwotok |
blood cut | zakrzep ?? |
typhoid | tyfus |
dysentery | czerwonka |
diarrhoea | biegunka |
salmonella | salmonella |
mumps | świnka |
rheumatism | reumatyzm |
enteritis | zapalenie jelit |
arthritis | artretyzm |
fibrositis | gościec mięśniowo-ścięgnisty |
migraine | migrena |
epilepsy / epileptic fits | epilepsja |
Parkinson's disease | choroba Parkinsona |
multiple sclerosis | stwardnienie rozsiane |
muscular dystrophy | dystrofia mięśniowa |
schizophrenia | schizofrenia |
manic depression | depresja maniakalna |
neurosis | neuroza |
paranoia | paranoja |
bloodshot eyes | przekrwione oczy |
eyestrain | przemęczenie wzroku |
sore gums | obolałe dziąsła |
black eye | podbite oko |
swollen lips | spuchnięte wargi |
giddy | dizzy |
nosebleed | krwotok z nosa |
concussion | wstrząs |
I singed my eyebrows | osmaliłem sobie brwi |
I grazed my chin | drasnąłem podbródek |
I scratched my cheek | zadrapałem policzek |
I banged my head | uderzyłem się w głowę |
I chipped my tooth | skruszyłem zęba |
I knocked my tooth out | wybiłem zęba |
I scalded my face | oparzyłem twarzz |
split my lips open | pękła mi warga |