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7.6 HEALTH
Language
NOUNS
MEANING
addiction
the condition of not being able to stop doing something.
Especially something harmful like drinking alcohol or
playing video games.
allergy
a strong reaction to something.
For instance, an allergy to a
certain food.
anxiety
stress
diagnosis
an opinion of a patient's health condition
or illness
diet
1. everything that we eat
2. a plan to eat carefully to reduce weight
insomnia
inability or difficulty
to get to sleep
physician
a doctor
treatment
a way of curing an illness or medical condition
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VERBS
MEANING
cure
healing or restoring to health; provide a remedy
diagnose
to work-out what is wrong with a patient
eliminate
to get rid of something
prescribe
to recommend the use of a drug or other remedy
prevent
to stop
something happening
remedy
cure
trigger
to cause something to happen. For example, certain foods
may trigger an allergy
ADJECTIVES
MEANING
acute
very serious
chronic
long-lasting
hazardous
very
dangerous
nutritious
used to describe food that is healthy such as fruit
vital
very
important
