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SECTION 6

Diseases

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

Common name

German measles

polio

thrush

warts

heart attack

heat spots/nettle rash

cold sore

swelling

(to be) spastic

belching

glandular fever

heartburn

baldness

chickenpox

hardening of the arteries

measles

bad breath

indigestion

housemaid's knee

piles

shingles

tennis elbow

stroke

chilblains

stye

wind

Medical name

.    baldness

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    -- yerrucae

SECTION 6

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 sterilizafion of eąuipment is necessary to kill spores. STERII.E 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_

5    Some disease organisms may trigger an inflammatory    RESPOND

_in the body.

6    The_of influenza depends on the strain    SEVERE

of virus causing it.

7    In the case of mumps the period of_ INCUBATE

is very long.

8    In most European countries,_against    VACCINATE

many childhood diseases is available.

9    A long_is often required after    CONVALESCE

glandular fever.

10    Many viral diseases are known to cause_ INFLAME

of the tonsils.

11    A programme of_has madę diphtheria    IMMUNE

a very rare disease in Britain.

12    Tetanus is an_by the Clostridium tetani bacillus. INFECT

13    Typhoid fever is spread by_of food or    INCEST

drink contaminated by bacillus from infected faeces.

14    If plaąue is not removed from teeth it may lead 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 (industńal, economical). Try to think of some other nouns formed with these suffixes. See also: Test 58.