Words Related to Health and Sickness

Words Related to Health and Sickness - General Verbs Related to Health and Sickness

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to injure
to injureverb

to get hurt, especially in an accident; to cause physical harm to someone

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to metastasizeverb

spread throughout the body

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to succumbverb

to die as a result of a disease or injury

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to suffer
to sufferverb

to have an illness or disease

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to transferverb

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

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to vomit
to vomitverb

to eject what has been eaten or drunk through the mouth

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to aggravateverb

to make a disease or medical condition worse or more serious

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to catch
to catchverb

to get sick, usually with bacteria or a virus

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to contract
to contractverb

(mostly used with chronic diseases) to get infected by a disease or virus

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to cough
to coughverb

to push air out of our mouth with a sudden noise

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to developverb

to start to have a particular disease or problem

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to ailverb

to make someone physically sick or to cause mental trouble

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to be sick
to be sickverb

the reflex act of disgorging the contents of the stomach through the mouth

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to complain ofverb

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

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to dehydrateverb

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

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to lay up
to lay upverb

to be confined to bed due to being ill or injured

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to pass out
to pass outverb

to lose consciousness

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to presentverb

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

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to relapseverb

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

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to sneeze
to sneezeverb

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

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to faint
to faintverb

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

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