Face2Face INT, unit 9D - vocabulary

allergy - alergie

noun - a health problem in which you become ill because you have eaten something, touched something etc., typical symptoms are rash, swelling, red eyes, runny nose, breathing problems etc.

antibiotic - antibiotikum

noun - a kind of medicine that kills microorganisms and is used to treat bacterial infections etc.

asthma - astma

noun - a respiratory condition (usually caused by allergies) in which breathing becomes difficult

block - blokovat, zablokovat, zamezit, zastavit

verb - to stop something from moving or flowing, to close up

diarrhoea - průjem

noun - an illness or a symptom of an illness in which you empty your bowels more frequently and your stool is in a watery form

flu - chřipka

noun - an illness, you have a temperature, cough, sore throat, headache and your arms and legs hurt

hay fever - senná rýma

noun - a kind of illness caused by breathing in the pollen of some plants, its symptoms are a runny nose, sore throat etc.

infection - infekce, nákaza, zánět

noun - a disease caused by bad bacteria or a virus

migraine - migréna

noun - a severe headache

painkiller - lék proti bolesti, prášek proti bolesti

noun - a medicine that stops or eases pain

paracetamol - paracetamol

noun - a kind of medicine used to reduce fever and pain

penicillin - penicilin

noun - a kind of antibiotic

pill - pilulka, tableta, tabletka, prášek (pilulka)

noun - a small piece of medicine which you swallow

poisoning - otrava

noun - the state of having eaten something poisonous or dangerous

rash - vyrážka (kožní)

noun - spots that appear on the skin, caused by an illness or an allergy

runny nose - rýma

noun - the state in which the nose is producing more mucus than it normally does, esp. because you are ill

sick - nemocný

adjective - not feeling well, having an illness

sneeze - kýchat, kýchnout

verb - to let air out of your nose suddenly and with a loud noise, often as a result of an allergy etc.

sore throat - bolest v krku

noun - a kind of discomfort that you feel in your throat when you have a flu or a cold

stomachache - bolest břicha

noun - the pain you feel in your belly when you have eaten something bad etc.

temperature - teplota

noun - hotness or coldness of a place, an object, or a person's body

throw up - zvracet

verb - to vomit; to let food come out of your stomach through your mouth, esp. when you feel sick

virus - virus, vir

noun - a small living thing that lives and reproduces in the cells of organisms and causes diseases

wheezy - sípavý

adjective - making a whistling sound when breathing