7.1.2015 Level 5 Chapter 24 vocab

Chapter 24

Mono (mononucleosis)

Oculist/eye doctor/ ophthalmologist Ointment Operating room (theater) Outpatient Pad Penicillin Pharmacy Physician/internist Pill Prescription Preventive injection/vaccine Pulse Shrink/psychiatrist Sore throat Stethoscope Stiff Stitches Stuffed/stuffy nose Surgeon Symptom Syringe Syrup Take one’s blood pressure Throw up Treatment Twisted/sprained Vet/veterinarian Virus Ward

/ mɑn·o // mɑn· nu·kli o ·s s/ a disease that causes a sudden fever, swelling of organs that produce white blood cells, and a sore throat, and which can make a person feel weak and ill for a long time/ ɑ .kj - .l st// ɑ f.θæl mɑ .l - d st//a doctor who treats eye diseases/ nt·m nt/ a medication that is applied to body surfaces such as the skin a special room in which people are operated on in a hospital/ ɑ t pe · nt/ (people who receive medical care from a hospital but do not stay in the hospital for one or more nights)/pæd/ a number of sheets of paper glued along one edge so that they can be easily carried about together but separated as needed:/ pen· s l· n/ a type of antibiotic (= medicine that kills bacteria)/ fɑr·m ·si/ a store or a part of a store where medicines are prepared and sold/f z · n/ a medical doctor, esp. one who is not a surgeon/ n t r·n st/ a doctor who specializes with illnesses inside the body/p l/a small, solid substance that a person swallows whole, esp. as medicine:/pr skr p· n/ a doctor’s written direction for the medicine that someone needs/ væk·sin/,/væk sin/a special substance that you take into your body to prevent a disease, and that contains a weakened or dead form of the disease-causing organism/p ls/a regular rhythm made by blood being moved through your body by your heart/ r k/ slang for psychiatrist/sɑ kɑ · ·tr st/,/s - a doctor with special training in treating mental illness/s r/,/so r/to have a painful throat due to injury or infection/ steθ· sko p/device that allows doctor to listen to your heart, or other part of your body/st f/ If your body is stiff, you cannot move easily and your muscles hurt when moved:/st t / One of the small pieces of thread that is used to sew together a cut: Blockage of the nasal passages/ s r·d n/a doctor who performs medical operations:/ s mp·t m/ a physical feeling or problem that shows that you have an illness:/s r nd / a tube for collecting blood or other liquids or for putting liquids into the body usually through a needle that can be put under the skin:/ s r· p/,/ s r-/ a thick liquid medicine you take to help stop coughing/ bl d pre · r/To take a measure of the pressure at which the blood is sent by the heart through the body: To vomit/ trit·m nt/ the way you deal with or behave toward someone or something:/spre n/ to stretch or tear the tissue that limits the movemen

t of a joint in the body:/ vet · r· ne r·i· n/,/ ve·tr ne r-/ person trained in the medical treatment of animals:/ vɑ ·r s/ a very small organism that causes disease in humans, animals, and plants/w rd/ a large room in a hospital which is used for treating people with similar illnesses or conditions: