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Verb collocations referring to illnesses and diseases
| Catch | A cold, a flu, a chill, a pneumonia |
| Contract (formal) | A disease, malaria, typhoid |
| Develop (formal) | Lung/breast cancer, diabetes, AIDS, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease |
| Suffer from | Asthma, hay fever, backache |
| Have an attack of | Bronchitis, asthma, hay fever |
| Be diagnosed with | Cancer, leukemia, autism |
| Sustain (formal) | Major/minor/serious injuries |
Illness – a health problem that you are suffering from and which makes you feel ill.
Disease– a particular illness that has a medical name.
infectious disease (easily passed from one another by breathing)
contagious disease (easily passed from one another by touch)
Virus – a small living that causes infectious illnesses, or a type of infectious disease.
Bug– inf. An illness that people catch very easily from each other but not very serious.
Infection – an illness that is caused by bacteria and that affects one part of your body, such as ears, throat, lungs or skin (throat, ear, lung etc. infection).
Condition – a problem that affects someone’s health permanently or over a long period of time.
suffer from a condition
Ailment – form. An illness or condition, especially one that affects a particular part of your body.
Disorder – an illness that prevents part of your body from working properly or affects the way you behave, esp. one that is permanent or continues over a period of time
Complaint – an illness that affects a particular part of your body, esp. one that is not very serious.
What’s the treatment
| Take Medicine Pills Tablets sedatives | Be given/be on/take Antibiotics Drugs Medication painkillers | Have/undergo An operation Surgery A transplant | Have/be given Acupuncture An anaesthetic A blood transfusion An injection A scan An X-ray | Have/be given/undergo Hypnosis Therapy Treatment |
My poor friend Gina is terminally ill (she will die soon). She suffersexcruciating/unbearable pain most of the time. Apparently it’s an incurable disease that runs in her family (can be inherited).
Paul annoys everyone at work. He takes days off even for the most trivial/minor ailments.
It’s a serious disease, but probably not life-threatening.
For a few days it was acutely/intensely painful, but now it’s just a dull ache. My doctor prescribed me some tablets and they relieved/alleviated/eased the pain.
Leona was taken ill the other day.She’s in hospital.
I had a heavy cold and a splitting headache, so I wasn’t in a good mood.
Phrasal Verbs
| Break down –become mentally\physically ill after an unpleasant experience. | Pass away –to die |
| Break out –start suddenly (for a war, fire) | Pass out –suddenly become unconscious |
| Bring on cause (an illness, etc.) | Pull through –survive (a serious illness) |
| Come down with –start to suffer from a minor illness | Put down –kill a sick\old animal |
| Come round– become conscious again | Put on –gain weight |
| Cut down on –reduce an amount, do less of (smoking) | Put out –dislocate a shoulder, etc. by making a bone move from its usual place |
| Feel up to –feel well enough to do | Shake off– get rid of smth |
| Fight off –to try hard in order to get rid of | Swell up –to become larger or rounder |
| Get over –recover from an illness | Throw up –vomit |
| Give up –stop doing smth you do regularly | Wear off –stop being effective (for a drug) |
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