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Diseases

Match the common name for a disease with its medical equivalent.

baldness

Medical name

alopecia

arteriosclerosis

bursitis

candida

cerebral palsy

cerebral infarction/

bleeding

dyspepsia

eructation

erythema pernio

flatulence

haemorrhoids

halitosis

herpes simplex

herpes zoster

hordeolum

infectious mononucleosis

myocardial infarction

oedema

poliomyelitis

pyrosis

rubella

rubeola; morbilli tendonitis urticaria varicella verrucae

Common name

German measles

polio

thrush

warts

heart attack

heat spots/nettle rash

cold sore

swelling

(to be) spastic

belching

glandular fever

heartburn

chickenpox

hardening of the arteries

measles

bad breath

indigestion

housemaid's knee

piles

shingles

tennis elbow

stroke

chilblains

stye

wind

Infectious diseases: word building 2

The words on the right can be used to form a noun that fits suitably in the blank space. Fili each blank in this way.

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The sterilization of equipment is necessary to kill spores. STERILE Safe practice includes the safe_of waste.    DISPOSE

Hands must be carefully washed after _________ CONTAMINATE

with body fluids.

A patient with a highly infectious disease may have    ISOLATE

to be cared for in_

Some disease organisms may trigger an inflammatory    RESPOND

_in the body.

The_of influenza depends on the strain    SEVERE

of virus causing it.

In the case of mumps the period of_ INCUBATE

is very long.

In most European countries,_against    VACCINATE

many childhood diseases is available.

A long_is often required after    CONVALESCE

glandular fever.

Many viral diseases are known to cause_ INELAME

of the tonsils.

A programme of_has madę diphtheria    IMMUNE

a very rare disease in Britain.

Tetanus is an_by the Clostridium tetani bacillus. INFECT

Typhoid fever is spread by_of food or    INGEST

drink contaminated by bacillus from infected faeces.

If plaque is not removed from teeth it may iead to the    DESTROY

_of the enamel.

Most of the nouns above end in -tion. Other suffixes which form nouns above are -a/, -ity, -ence, although -a/ is normally used to form adjectives (industrial, economical). Try to think of some other nouns formed with these suffixes. See also: Test 58.