Unit 03 :
Medical Injuries and Treatment

 

Vocabulary

Let’s learn what are the medical injuries and treatments.

Part 1

1. Bruise /bruːz/
(n) an injury or mark where the skin has not been broken but is darker in colour, often as a  result of being hit by something

2. Cut /kʌt/
(v) to break the surface of something, or to divide or make something smaller, using a sharp tool, especially a knife 

3. Graze /ɡreɪz/
(v) to break the surface of the skin by rubbing against something rough

4. Wound /wuːnd/
(n) a damaged area of the body, such as a cut or hole in the skin or flesh made by a weapon

5. Bandage /ˈbæn.dɪdʒ/
(n) a long, narrow piece of cloth that is tied around an injury or a part of someone’s body  that has been hurt

6. Check-up /ˈtʃek.ʌp/
(n) a medical examination to test your general state f health 

7. Drug /drʌɡ/
(n) any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as a medicine

8. Injection /ɪnˈdʒek.ʃən/
(n) the act of putting a liquid, especially a drug, into a person’s body using a needle and a syringe 

9. Medicine /ˈmed.ɪ.sən/
(n) treatment for illness or injury, or the study of this 

10. Operation /ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
(n) the fact of operating or being active

Part 2

11. Pain-killer /ˈpeɪnˌkɪl.ɚ/
(n) a drug that is used to reduce or remove physical pain 

12. Pill /pɪl/
(n) a small solid piece of medicine that a person swallows without chewing(= crushing with the teeth) 

13. Tablet /ˈtæb.lət/
(n) a small, solid piece of medicine

14. Tranquilizer /ˈtræŋ.kwɪ.laɪ.zər/
(n) a drug used to make a person or animal calmer 

Exercise 1

What  kind of injuries do you know? Explain why these injuries happen?

Exercise 2

Answer the following questions.

Have you been injured? How did you feel at that time? What did you do?