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Unit 09
YÖKDİL Health Sciences: Vocabulary, Reading & Practice
medicine, public health, nutrition and nursing texts
Key Academic Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| chronic | lasting for a long time or recurring often | Diabetes is a chronic disease. |
| acute | severe and sudden, but usually short | He was admitted with acute pain. |
| symptom | a sign of illness that a patient notices | Fever is a common symptom of infection. |
| diagnosis | the identification of an illness | Early diagnosis improves survival rates. |
| prognosis | a doctor's opinion about how an illness will develop | The prognosis for most patients is good. |
| susceptible | likely to be affected by a disease | Older people are more susceptible to flu. |
| immune | protected against a disease | Vaccination makes people immune to measles. |
| pathogen | a bacterium or virus that causes disease | The pathogen spreads through contaminated water. |
| dose | a measured amount of a medicine | Take one dose every eight hours. |
| adverse | harmful or negative | The drug has few adverse effects. |
| alleviate | make pain or a problem less severe | Exercise can alleviate back pain. |
| administer | give a drug or treatment to someone | Nurses administered the vaccine. |
| incidence | the number of new cases of a disease in a period | The incidence of measles has risen. |
| mortality | the number of deaths in a population | Infant mortality fell sharply after 1950. |
| transmission | the passing of a disease from one person to another | Hand washing reduces transmission. |
| deficiency | a lack of something the body needs | Vitamin D deficiency is common in winter. |
| obesity | the condition of being very overweight | Obesity increases the risk of heart disease. |
| sedentary | involving little physical activity | A sedentary lifestyle harms health. |
| therapeutic | helping to treat or cure illness | The plant has therapeutic properties. |
| contraindication | a condition that makes a treatment unsafe | Pregnancy is a contraindication for this drug. |