Complete the sentences with the words given.
matron surgeon family doctor contagious midwife mumps
constipated antiseptic indigestion medical check-up scald hay fever sedative X-ray infectious surgery maternity ward general anaesthetic measles insomnia prescription crutches |
- In England, if you are ill you can either send for the ……………… or else go and visit him at his ……………… .
- The piece of paper you get from the doctor to take to the chemist’s to obtain medicine, pills, etc. is called a ……………… .
- My wife is expecting a baby. She is in the ………………… of Birmingham Hospital at the moment.
- Be careful with boiling water, you might ………………. yourself.
- If a disease is ………………., it means it can be spread from person to person, especially in the air. On the other hand a ……………… disease is one which can be only be spread from person to person by direct contact or touch.
- …………….. is an illness, something like a bad cold which makes the person sneeze a lot. It is caused by breathing in pollen, among others.
- A ……………… is a nurse who has received special training to help other women when they are giving birth to children.
- Her neck and mouth are swollen, I think she has got …………… .
- Don’t eat your food so quickly. You’ll get …………….. .
- If you have ………………you have spots all over your body.
- You’d better put some ……………… on that cut, just to be safe.
- If you suffer from ………………. your doctor may recommend taking sleeping pills.
- I think I am ………………, I have not been able to go to the toilet properly for days.
- When he broke his leg, he had to go around on ……………….. for several weeks.
- You may have broken one of your ribs. I think we’d better take an ………………, just to make sure.
- A …………………. is a doctor whose job is to perform operations.
- She was in such a state when her son died that the doctor gave her a ………………. to help calm her down.
- Before you have an operation, you are usually given a ……………….. to make you unconscious so that you will not feel any pain during it.
- The woman in charge of a hospital is called the……………… . She has control over all the other nurses. (But not the doctors.)
- A …………………… is when the doctor asks you to see him again.
Key:/Megoldás: 1. family doctor, surgery 2. prescription 3. maternity ward, 4. scald 5. infectious, contagious
6. hay fever 7. midwife 8. mumps 9. indigestion 10. measles 11. antiseptic 12. insomnia 13. constipated 14. crutches
15. X-ray 16. surgeon 17. sedative 18. general anaesthetic 19. matron 20. medical check-up
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