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a medical condition in which the liquid in the stomach becomes too acid and makes you feel uncomfortable

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a medical condition in which your face is covered in pimples. It mainly affects teenagers.

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attention deficit disorder: a medical condition that makes someone more active than normal, makes it difficult for them to concentrate, and causes problems with their behavior

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attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a medical condition that makes someone more active than normal, makes it difficult for them to concentrate, and causes problems with their behavior

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a medical condition that makes it difficult for you to control the amount of alcohol you drink

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a medical condition in which you become sick or your skin becomes covered with red marks as a reaction to something you eat, breathe, or touch

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a condition in which someone’s hair falls out

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a medical condition in which a woman who is not pregnant does not menstruate (=produce a flow of blood once a month)

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the British spelling of amenorrhea

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a medical condition that makes you unable to remember things, often caused by damage to the brain

another spelling of anemia

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a serious medical reaction caused by someone eating or touching something that they are allergic to (=something that makes them sick). Common causes are nuts, eggs, and drugs such as penicillin.

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anaphylactic shock

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a medical condition in which your blood contains too few red blood cells (=the cells in your blood that carry oxygen through your body)

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a serious swelling in the wall of an artery (=tube carrying blood round the body)

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a medical condition in which not enough blood gets to your heart, so that you get pain in your chest

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a medical condition in which you are unable to use or understand some words, caused by damage to the brain

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a serious medical condition in which the sides of the arteries become thick, hard, and stiff, so that your heart has to work harder to force blood through your body

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a medical condition affecting your joints (=the place where two bones meet) making them very swollen and painful

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a medical condition that makes it difficult to breathe

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a medical condition in which a part of your body becomes weaker or smaller because you are not using it or because blood is not reaching it

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a serious and painful condition that divers get if they come up from under the water too quickly

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a state in which someone’s brain has stopped working, so that they are in fact dead, even though a machine may continue to make their heart work

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osteoporosis

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a medical condition in which a nerve in your wrist is squeezed and your hand hurts

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a medical condition in which you become unconscious and your body becomes stiff and fixed in position

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a medical condition in which your nose and throat become blocked with a thick liquid called mucus, usually when you have a cold

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a medical condition in which you cannot move or control your movements as a result of illness or shock

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a medical condition in which someone’s ear is permanently swollen, usually because of an injury

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a medical condition affecting someone’s control over their movement and speech, usually caused by damage to their brain before or during birth

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cystic fibrosis

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a medical condition in which there is a narrow space inside someone’s mouth at the top, so that it is difficult for them to speak clearly

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a medical condition in which someone’s foot is twisted to one side

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a painful medical condition that affects your colon (=the tube that takes waste food out of your body)

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a condition in which a part of your body is blocked with blood or another liquid

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a medical condition in which you have very small insects in your pubic hair

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a medical condition affecting a part of your body that bends such as your wrist or elbow because you repeat the same movement too many times

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a medical condition in which a part of your body, usually your back, is curved too much

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a serious medical condition that makes it very difficult for you to breathe and mainly affects children

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a serious medical condition that affects divers who come up to the surface of water too quickly

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a serious medical condition in which a clot (=mass of thick blood) forms in a vein or artery

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a serious medical condition caused by drinking too much alcohol. Delirium tremens is often called the DTs.

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a medical condition in which parts of your skin become red and sore or covered in spots

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a serious medical condition in which your body does not produce enough insulin to reduce the amount of sugar in the blood

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down syndrome

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a medical condition that someone is born with, that makes them develop mentally and physically in a different way from most people

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the medical condition edema

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deep vein thrombosis

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the condition of being much smaller than an average person and having arms and legs that are short compared to the body

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a medical condition affecting the brain that makes it difficult for someone to read and spell words correctly

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a medical condition affecting the brain that makes it difficult for someone to control their movements or their handwriting well

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a condition in which a part of your body gradually becomes weaker

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a medical condition such as anorexia or bulimia in which someone tries to control their weight in a way that makes them ill

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a medical condition in which a pregnant woman with high blood pressure has convulsions (=violent uncontrolled movements)

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deep vein thrombosis

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a medical condition that makes your skin dry, sore, and itchy

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a serious medical condition that affects the brain and makes you suddenly shake in an uncontrolled way or become unconscious

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the harmful effect of very cold weather on your body

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a medical condition in which the temperature of your body is very high and you feel sick

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a medical condition in which cold weather seriously damages your fingers, toes, ears, or nose

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a small hard mass that can form in your gall bladder

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a serious medical condition in which a part of someone’s body decays when the blood stops flowing to it because of an injury or disease

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a medical condition that makes your gums painful

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a serious form of epilepsy

the British spelling of hemorrhoids

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a medical condition in which your breath has a very unpleasant smell. A more usual word is bad breath.

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a cleft palate

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a medical condition caused by pollen (=powder produced by flowers) that affects your nose and eyes as if you had a bad cold

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a serious medical condition affecting your heart

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a serious medical condition in which your heart does not work properly

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the feeling of being extremely tired and weak that you get when you do too much physical activity in hot conditions

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a serious medical condition caused by doing too much physical activity in hot weather

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an instance of blood flowing out of an injured organ inside someone’s body, rather than out of their body through a cut in the skin

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painful swollen areas around your anus (=the hole where solid waste comes out of your body).

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a medical condition in which an organ pushes itself through the wall of muscles around it

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a medical condition in which you get red itchy spots on your skin, often because you have eaten a particular food. The medical name for this is urticaria.

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a medical condition in which someone is born with a small hole in one of the parts that divide the different areas of their heart

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a medical condition in which someone has too much sugar in their blood

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a condition in which your blood pressure is extremely high

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a medical condition in which someone has a low level of sugar in their blood

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a serious medical condition in which your body temperature is very low

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a medical condition in which someone is unable to control their emotions or behavior

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irritable bowel syndrome: a medical condition in which you have stomach pains and pass solid waste from your body more or less often than is normal

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a condition in which your body does not have the normal defenses against diseases

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a medical condition in which a man is not able to have sex because his penis does not stay hard

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a medical condition in which you have difficulty sleeping

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ibs

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a medical condition affecting the area around a man’s sex organs

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a medical condition in which you are weak or sick because you do not eat enough or do not eat enough of the right foods

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a very bad headache that often makes you unable to bear strong light

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a medical condition that makes you fall asleep very suddenly

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a condition in which part of the body has decayed and no longer works normally

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a medical condition that causes large red spots on your skin for a short time

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a condition in which someone is too fat in a way that is dangerous for their health

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a serious medical condition that affects the parts of your body where your bones join each other, for example your knees, making it difficult for you to move

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a medical condition in which your bones become more likely to break. It often affects older people, especially women.

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a medical condition that makes the muscles in your arms, legs, or face shake

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a medical condition in which you cannot move the parts of your body below your waist

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a small painful area inside your stomach, usually caused by bacteria

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a type of anemia that can cause death if it is not treated

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a condition in which a person shows no sign of any brain activity, for example following a serious injury, and is kept alive only by the use of medical machines

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a type of epilepsy that is less serious than grand mal

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hemorrhoids

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a medical condition that affects pregnant women and quickly becomes dangerous if it is not treated

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a medical condition in which an organ in your body moves out of its usual position

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a medical condition in which your skin becomes red and dry and pieces of dead skin fall off

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rsi

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a medical condition in which the inside part of your nose becomes red and swollen and produces liquid

noun

cumulative trauma disorder

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dementia

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infection of your blood or body tissues, especially when this is serious and could kill you

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a medical condition in which you suddenly become very weak and cold and do not react normally, especially after a serious accident or injury

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a medical condition that affects people who work in buildings where the air is not healthy

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sudden infant death syndrome: a medical condition that causes a baby to die suddenly in its bed

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a painful medical condition affecting your back, in which one of the parts that connect the bones in your spine has moved out of its usual place

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a serious medical condition in which someone’s spinal cord is damaged, making them paralyzed (=unable to move parts of their body)

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a medical condition in which blood is suddenly blocked and cannot reach the brain, or in which a blood vessel in the brain breaks, often causing a loss of the ability to speak or to move particular muscles

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a disease similar to flu that spreads quickly from one person to another and causes problems such as a sore throat and cough, thought to be related to a virus which infects pigs

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a condition in which two or more of the five senses that most people experience separately are mixed so that, for example, a person may see colour when they hear a particular sound or read a particular word

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sids

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a dangerous physical condition that results when your body temperature gets too hot, for example when you have been working for too long in the sun

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a medical condition in which your elbow swells and hurts

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a serious medical condition in which your blood gets thicker and forms a clot that stops the blood flowing normally

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a medical condition in which you hear a continuous noise in your ears

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a medical condition in which you can only see what is directly in front of you

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a sore area on the inside of an organ in your body or on your skin that sometimes bleeds or produces a poisonous substance

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a medical condition in which the veins in your legs become swollen and sore

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