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C1 Level Wordlist - Sickness

Here you will learn some English words about sickness, such as "agony", "dizzy", "asthma", etc. prepared for C1 learners.

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CEFR C1 Vocabulary
ailment

an illness, often a minor one

[noun]
agony

severe physical or mental pain

[noun]
syndrome

a group of medical signs that indicate a person is suffering from a particular disease or condition

[noun]
acute

characterized by severe intensity or seriousness

[Adjective]
chronic

(of an illness) difficult to cure and long-lasting

[Adjective]
contagious

(of a disease) transmittable from one person to another through close contact

[Adjective]
breathless

unable to breathe easily

[Adjective]
dizzy

unable to keep one's balance and feeling as though everything is circling around one, caused by an illness or looking down from a high place

[Adjective]
fatal

resulting in death

[Adjective]
feverish

having or caused by a fever

[Adjective]
swollen

(of a part of the body) unusually large, particularly because of an injury or illness

[Adjective]
asthma

a disease that causes shortness of breath and difficulty in breathing

[noun]
bird flu

a dangerous disease among birds, especially poultry, that can be transmitted to humans and sometimes kill them

[noun]
Covid-19

an infectious disease caused by a type of virus called coronavirus that causes fever, tiredness, a cough, etc., and in some cases can kill, originated in China and later became a pandemic

[noun]
diarrhea

a medical condition in which body waste turns to liquid and comes out frequently

[noun]
hay fever

an illness that causes a runny nose and watery eyes, caused by dust from plants that come into the body through the air

[noun]
HIV

the virus that causes a very dangerous disease called AIDS, transmitted through blood or sexual activity

[noun]
measles

a contagious disease that causes high fever and small red spots on the body, common in children

[noun]
plague

a dangerous disease spread by rats that causes fever and swellings, often kills if infected

[noun]
stroke

a dangerous condition in which a person loses consciousness as a result of a blood vessel breaking open or becoming blocked in their brain, which could kill or paralyze a part of their body

[noun]
blister

a swollen area on the skin filled with liquid, caused by constant rubbing or by burning

[noun]
lump

a swollen area under the skin, usually caused by a sickness or injury

[noun]
rash

a part of one's skin covered with red spots, which is usually caused by a sickness or an allergic reaction

[noun]
scar

a mark that is left on one's skin after a wound or cut has healed

[noun]
swelling

an area of one's body that has become unusually larger, caused by an injury or sickness

[noun]
collapse

a situation in which a person suddenly falls down or loses consciousness because of tiredness or an illness

[noun]
fatigue

a feeling of extreme tiredness that is usually caused by physical or mental overwork or exercise

[noun]
fracture

a crack or break in a bone or other hard substance

[noun]
to bounce back

to regain health after an illness or become successful again after facing difficulties

[Verb]
to complain of

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

[Verb]
to faint

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

[Verb]
to infect

to transmit a disease to a person, animal, or plant

[Verb]
addict

someone who cannot stop taking, using, or smoking a substance

[noun]
carrier

a person or animal that carries a disease, without suffering from it themselves, and transmits to other people or animals

[noun]
epidemic

the rapid spread of an infectious disease within a specific population, community, or region, affecting a significant number of individuals at the same time

[noun]
pandemic

a disease that spreads across a large region or even across the world

[noun]
outbreak

the unexpected start of something terrible, such as a disease

[noun]
parasite

(biology) a small organism that lives on or inside another organism, called a host, and is dependent on it for nutrition and growth

[noun]
shiver

a brief shaking movement of one's body as a result of fear or being cold

[noun]
worn out

exhausted because of too much physical work

[Adjective]
stuffy

having difficulty breathing through one's nose, often due to a cold or allergy

[Adjective]
to chafe

(of a body part) to become sore or irritated due to being rubbed against something

[Verb]
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