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Health and Sickness - General Verbs Related to Health and Sickness

Here you will learn some general English verbs related to health and sickness such as "suffer", "vomit", and "relapse".

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to injure

to physically cause harm to a person or thing

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to metastasize

to spread or transfer cancer cells from the original site to other parts of the body, leading to the formation of new tumors

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to succumb

to die as a result of a disease or injury

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to suffer

to have an illness or disease

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to transfer

to transmit a disease to another person or animal, which makes them infected with the same disease

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to vomit

to eject what has been eaten or drunk through the mouth

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to aggravate

to make a disease or medical condition worse or more serious

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to catch

to get sick, usually with bacteria or a virus

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to contract

to get infected by a disease or virus

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to cough

to push air out of our mouth with a sudden noise

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to develop

to start to have a particular disease or problem

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to ail

to make someone physically sick or to cause mental trouble

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to be sick

to throw up the contents of the stomach, often due to illness or nausea

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to complain of

to state that one feels ill or one's body part is in pain

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to dehydrate

to lose a large amount of fluid through urinating, vomiting, or intense physical activity

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to lay up

(of an illness or injury) to confine someone to bed

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to pass out

to lose consciousness

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to present

to have or exhibit particular signs or symptoms during a medical check-up

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to relapse

to become sick again after an improvement in one's health

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to sneeze

to blow air out of our nose and mouth in a sudden way

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to faint

to suddenly lose consciousness from a lack of oxygen in the brain, which is caused by a shock, etc.

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