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weak
having little strength or power
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feeble
weak
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frail
weak and easily injured
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robust
showing good health
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tough
strong
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prone to
likely to
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conscious
awake and aware
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feeling unwell
not feeling well
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to feel somewhat under the weather
slightly unwell or depressed
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to be in poor health
to be unhealthy
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to feel poorly

to feel ill

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feeling fine
feel healthy
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to be in good shape
to be fit/healthy
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to look in the pink

to be fit, healthy

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to feel on top of the world
very happy indeed
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agony
unspecified pain
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ache
continuous pain
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pang
a sudden sharp feeling of pain or distress
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twinge
a short and sudden pain
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severe
very bad or serious
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sharp
sudden or severe
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piercing
very sharp
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throbbing
said of a pain that comes again and again like a pulse
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sore
a feeling of pain or discomfort
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to look worn out
very tired after work
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to look run down
slightly ill, tired
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panting
breathing heavily
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gasp
to breathe in quickly
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wheeze
To breathe noisily and with difficulty usually with a whistling sound
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sniff
to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations.
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choke on
be unable to breathe because of something stuck in the windpipe
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to fall ill
to become ill
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catch something
to get a disease or become infected
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to affect somebody

causing to become ill

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to be hurt
to be injured
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to be wounded
injured by some sort of object
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bedridden
confined to bed
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recover
to get better
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convalescent

(of a person) recovering from an illness or medical treatment

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be over the worst
having passed the most dangerous and critical moment of the illness
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pull through
to live on after a bad illness or accident
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The flu
a cold
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A nervous breakdown
An attack of mental or emotional disorder esp when of sufficient severity to require hospitalisation
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A Haemorrhage
Flow of blood
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a seizure

A sudden attack of an illness

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A fit
Sudden epileptic attack
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A stroke
Beroerte
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A heart attack
Medical condition in which the heart does not get enough blood, causing great pain
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A bruise
Damage to the body
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A blister
Blaar
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A growth
Gezwel
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A fracture
Breuk
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Pneumonia
Longontsteking
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Measles
Infectious disease that produces small, red spots all over the body
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Chickenpox
Windpokken
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Mumps
Infectious disease that causes painful swelling in the neck
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Scarlet fever
Infectious illness that causes a sore throat, a high body temperature, and red spots on the skin
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A sore throat
Painful throat
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A runny nose
Loopneus
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A black eye
Blauw oog
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A rash
Huiduitslag
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Hoarse
Hees
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Be running a temperature
Having a higher temperature than normal
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Feverish
Having a fever
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Strain sth
Tightening
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Sprain sth
To cause an injury to a joint by sudden movement
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A joint (body)
Place where two bones are connected
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Cut

Injury when the skin is cut with something sharp (relatively superficial)

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Gash

Long deep cut in the skin

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Scratch
Small cut or hole, cause by nails, claws or contact with sharp objects
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A disease

Serious illness that usually lasts a long time

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An ailment
A less serious illness
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A disorder
An illness which causes the body to stop functioning properly
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An infection
Illness caused by bacteria or virus
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A condition
An uncurable medical problem which you have to live with
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Disability
Physical or mental condition preventing full use of body or mind
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Sickness
Illness or bad health; often used in a context of work or insurance
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Contagion

The spreading of a disease by people touching each other

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Contaminate
To make sth less pure or make it poisonous
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A germ
Small organism that causes an infectious disease
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An outbreak
Sudden appearance of dangerous disease, which can develop into an epidemic when many people are infected
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Upset
Feeling slightly ill for a short time with digestion problems
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Nauseous
Having a feeling you are going to vomit
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To consult a doctor
To see a doctor
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To have a check up
A medical examination
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To examine
To check, to look
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To treat sth
To cure sth
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To disinfect
Ontsmetten
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To soothe
To calm a part of the body
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To ease
To make sth less severe
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To cure
To make somebody with an illness healthy again
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A surgery

Dokterspraktijk

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A ward
Ziekenzaal
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Consultation room

Spreekkamer

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General practitioner
Huisdokter
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A midwife
A person who's trained to help women when they're giving birth
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A chemist
A pharmacist
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Coughing mixture
Hoestdrankje
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An ointment
zalf