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Fragen: Wie die Gesundheit des Patienten normalweise ist
- What is your general health like?
- How's you health, generally?
Beschreibungen von: not ill
healthy: normally well and can resist illness
fit: well and strong
fit and well
well / very well
in good health
Beschreibungen von: ill
unhealthy
unfit
unwell
not well / not very well
poorly
in poor health
Sickness / illness:
Sickness has a similar meaning to illness. Sickness is also used in the names of specific diseases: sleeping sickness / travel sickness.
Pat. also talk about sickness when they mean nausea and vomiting.
"I was sick this morning": I was ill this morning / I felt unwell this morning / I vomited this morning.
"I feel sick": I feel ill / I feel unwell / I am nauseous / I feel the need to vomit
Kombination: sickness and diarrhoea
means vomiting and diarrhoea
When patients return to normal health after illness, they have recovered.
We can also say:
The patient made a good / full / complete recovery.
If a patient's health is in the process of returning to normal, the patient is
improving
The opposite of improving
deteriorating.
The patient's condition improved or deteriorated.
If a patient ist better, but then gets worse again, the patient...
has relapsed.
Another word for improvement, especially in recurring conditions such as cancer, is ...
remission.
Two years later she remains in complete remission.
In speech, we often use the verb get to talk about change:
get over an illness = to recover
get better = to improve
get worse = to deteriorate
Ergänze:
complete ....
remission
Ergänze:
feel
sick
Ergänze:
get
over
Ergänze:
poor
health
Ergänze:
travel
sickness
der Kiefer
jaw (mandible)
der Hals
neck
die Schulter
shoulder
die Achsel /Achselhöhle
armpit (axilla)
der Oberarm
upper arm
der Ellbogen
elbow
der Rücken
back
das Gesäss
buttock
das Handgelenk
wrist
der Oberschenkel
thigh
die Wade (das Kalb)
calf
Plural: calves
das Bein
leg
der Brustkorb
chest (thorax)
die Brust
breast
der Bauch
stomach, tummy (abdomen)
der Bauchnabel
navel, belly button (umbilicus)
die Hüfte
hip
die Leiste
groin (inguinal region)
das Knie
die Kniescheibe
knee
patella = kneecap
das Schienbein
shin
Limb
Extremitäten
arm (upper limb) or leg (lower limb).
trunk
der Rumpf.
the body excluding the head and the limbs.
das Ohr
ear
die Backe / Wange
cheek
