Health Vocabulary

1.       Aches and pains: minor pains that continue over a period of time.

2.       To be a bit off-colour: to feel a little ill.

3.       To be at death's door: (informal) to be very ill indeed.

4.       To be on the mend: to be recovering after an illness.

5.       To be over the worst: to have got through the most severe or uncomfortable stage of an illness.

6.       To be under the weather: (informal) to not feel well a.

7.       Blocked nose: when the nose has excess fluid due to a cold.

8.       To catch a cold: to get a cold.

9.       A check-up: a physical examination by a doctor.

10.   A chesty cough: a cough caused by congestion around the lungs.

11.   Cuts and bruises: minor injuries.

12.   To feel poorly: to feel ill.

13.   As fit as a fiddle: to be very healthy.

14.   To go down with a cold: to become ill.

15.   To go private: to choose to be treated by commercial healthcare rather than by services offered by the state.

16.   GP: General Practitioner (family doctor).

17.   To have a filling: to have a tooth repaired.

18.   To have a tooth out: to have a tooth removed.

19.   A heavy cold: a bad cold.

20.   To make an appointment: to arrange a time to see the doctor.

21.   To make a speedy recovery: to recover quickly from an illness.

22.   To phone in sick: to call work to explain you won't be attending work due to illness.

23.   Prescription charges: money the patient pays for medicine authorized by a doctor.

24.   To pull a muscle: to strain a muscle.

25.   A runny nose: a nose that has liquid coming out of it.

26.   A sore throat: inflammation that causes pain when swallowing.

27.   Healthy diet – mainly eating food that is nutritious and cutting down on sugar and fat.

28.   Health problems (or health issues) – situations where the body is suffering from illness, injury, or disease.

29.   Health risk – any factor that exposes a person to the increased chance of experiencing illness, injury, or disease such as poor nutrition, alcohol or drug consumption, unsafe water, poor hygiene and sanitation, unsafe sex.

30.   Ill health – suffering from some form of physical or mental illness or disease.

31.   Poor health – the general state of not being in good condition of health.

32.   Unhealthy – harmful to health or not having good health.

33.   Health scare – a state of alarm or anxiety caused by concern about the risk of developing or being diagnosed with a particular illness or condition.

34.   Good health – the general state of being in good condition of health.

35.   Healthy lifestyle (or unhealthy lifestyle) – a way of living that contributes to good health and well-being.

36.   Health care – the services provided by governments or organizations for the treatment of illness, injury, disease, and maintaining well-being.

37.   Health education – education that promotes an understanding of how to maintain personal health.

38.   Health-conscious – to be concerned about how your diet and lifestyle are affecting your health and take an active interest in maintaining good health.

39.   Health benefit – the positive effect on a person's health gained from food, activity, medical treatment, or therapy.

40.   Mental health – the state of a person's emotional and psychological well-being. The health of the mind.

41.   To look after your health / to take care of your health – to eat well, drink alcohol sensibly, and take exercise.

42.   To regain your health – to recover from illness or injury.

43.   To be under the weather – to feel unwell.

44.   Back on your feet – to be healthy again after a period of illness or injury.

45.   To be on the mend – to be recovering after ill health.

46.   To make a speedy recovery – to recover quickly from an ill-health.

47.   Road to recovery – the process of becoming healthy again.

48.   Clean bill of health – a decision by a doctor that a person is healthy.

49.   Fit as a fiddle – to be in very good health.

50.   To feel washed out – to not have much energy after an illness.

51.   Policy advocacy: supporting a policy.

52.   Proper role: what you should be responsible for.

53.   The seriousness merits: how important it really is.

54.   Ultimately rest: finally must be responsible for.

55.   Stick with: continue/maintain/keep up.

56.   Cultivated: grown/made themselves.

57.   Strong governmental intervention: the government making strong laws/policies.

58.   Point out: argue/think.

59.   Early intervention: taking action at an early stage.

60.   Public schools: state funded schools.

61.   Vast majority: most implementing.

62.   New policies: introducing new laws/rules.

63.   Curbing: slowing down.

64.   Total intake: the amount consumed.

65.   Drastically cut down: decreased a lot.

66.   Ubiquitous: common/everywhere.

67.   Short term: not too far in the future.

68.   True effect: actual impact.

69.   Eschew: avoid.

70.   Healthier alternatives: more healthy options.

71.   Meet the growing demands: supply the desires of consumers.

72.   Increasingly health-conscious nation: a country more and more concerned with.

73.   Health clear benefits: definite advantages.

74.   Regulating: controlling.

75.   Long-term: in the distant future.

76.   Get around rules: avoid mandates.

77.   Most basic desires: what people desire as humans.

78.   No matter what steps governments take: regardless of what governments try to do.

79.   Crave: desire.

80.   Hardwired: biologically fixed imposed.

81.   Strict rules: enact harsh laws.

82.   Served: given.

83.   Facing obesity crises: lots of fat people.

84.   Consistently combat poor health: often unhealthy.

85.   Discipline: punish.

86.   Worked out: figure out.

87.   Imposed: force.

88.   At the behest of the government: at the government’s request.

89.   Large role: big part in.

90.   Take control: be in charge.

91.   Truly benefit: an actual positive impact on.

92.   Standing back: doing nothing.

93.   Self-reliant: depending on only yourself.

94.   Long-lasting effects: impact in the future.

95.   Empower: give power.