UNIT 8: NUTRITIONISTS AND OBESITY

STROKE (NOUN)

A sudden attack of weakness or paralysis that occurs when blood flow to an area of the brain is interrupted

PARALYSIS (NOUN)

a loss of control or feeling of losing control in a part/ most of body causing by nerves injury and disease

HEART ATTACK (NOUN)
( academic word: myocardial infraction)

a condition in which blood flow to part of the coronary artery is blocked, causing heart cells to die (nhồi máu cơ tim)

PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE (NOUN)

bệnh lý động mạch ngoại biên

RETINOL (NOUN)

võng mạc

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY (NOUN)

bệnh lý võng mạc đái tháo đường

CATARACTS (NOUN)
/ˈkætərækt/

đục thủy tinh thể

GLAUCOMA (NOUN)
/ɡlaʊˈkəʊmə/
/ɡlɔːˈkəʊmə/

tăng nhãn áp

DIABETIC FOOT

bàn chân của BN bị đái tháo đường

DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY (NOUN)

bệnh lý thần kinh ngoại vi

PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (NOUN)

hệ thần kinh ngoại vi

SORE

painful, red area in a part of body because of injury, infection, or too much use (loét)

TINGLING (ADJ)
(tingle - verb)

feeling of many sharping points are pushing onto (châm chích)

BLURRED VISION

cannot see clearly (mờ mắt)

PANCREAS (NOUN)
/ˈpæŋkriəs/

an organ of body that is near the stomach, producing insulin and digesting food.

TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION (VERB)

to sue

ACCUSE (VERB)

blame for, make a claim of someone's action

LETHARGY (NOUN)
/ˈleθədʒi/

the state of not having energy to do sth (mệt mỏi, rũ rượi)

RELIEVE (VERB)
/rɪˈliːv/

to remove or reduce an unpleasant feelings or pain

SHIFT HANDOVER

chuyển giao ca

ANOREXIA (NOUN) >< OBESITY
/ˌænəˈreksiə/

a mental illness when a person controls over stricty their diet that leading to intense fear of getting fat (CHỨNG BIẾNG ĂN)

ABNORMAL WEIGHT LOSS

tụt cân một cách bất thường

FAINT (ADJ)
/feɪnt/

that cannot clearly seen, heard or smell (UỂ OẢI)

ATTACK OF DIZZINESS

cảm cúm

TO CUT DOWN ON STH (PHRASEL VERB)

to reduce the size, amount of sth

TO CUT STH OUT OF STH

to remove sth TOTALLY out of sth, no longer eat or use it.

TO GET CRAVINGS

strong desire of eating (đói cồn cào, thèm ăn)

STOOL (NOUN)
(COUNTABLE)

a piece of solid waste from your body (PHÂN)

CONSTIPATION (NOUN)

Hard, slow stools that are difficult to eliminate; often a result of too little fiber in the diet (TÁO BÓN)