GLOSSARY

GLOSSARY 

- ACETAMINOPHEN: a drug used to reduce pain and fever.

- APPLESAUCE: (American English) a thick sauce made by cooking apples and sugar in a small amount of water.

- BEAD: a small usually spherical piece of glass, wood, plastic, etc, with a hole through it by means of which it may be strung with others to form a necklace, etc

- BELLY: he part of the body below the chest.

- BLADDER: an organ that is shaped like a bag in which liquid waste (= urine) collects before it is passed out of the body.

- BLISTER: a swelling on the surface of the skin that is filled with liquid and is caused, for example, by rubbing or burning.

- BLISTERING: extremely hot in a way that is uncomfortabl.

- BLUISH: fairly blue in colour.

- BLUR: to make perception less clear.
 
- BOWEL:  the tube along which food passes after it has been through the stomach, especially the end where waste is collected before it is passed out of the body.

- BROTH: thick soup made by boiling meat or fish and vegetables in water.  

- BRUISE: a blue, brown or purple mark that appears on the skin after somebody has fallen, been hit, etc.

- BRUISING: difficult and unpleasant, making you feel tired or weak.  

- BUDDY: an informal word for friend.

- BUGS: any small insect. 

- BUMP: a lump on the body caused by a blow.

 

- CAP: something that protects or covers, esp a small lid or cover.

 

- CHARRED: burnt and black.

 

- CHOKE: to hinder or stop the breathing of (a person or animal), esp by constricting the windpipe or by asphyxiation.

 

- CALAMINE LOTION: a pink liquid that you put on burnt or sore skin to make it less painful.

- CASUALTY: a person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident. 

- CLAMMY: damp (slightly wet) in an unpleasant way.

 

- CLEAR THE DECK: to prepare for action, as by removing obstacles from a place.

- CONFINED: small and surrounded by walls or sides. 

 

- COUGH UP: to bring into the mouth or eject (phlegm, food, etc) by coughing

- CRAMP: a sudden pain that you get when the muscles in a particular part of your body contract, usually caused by cold or too much exercise. 

 

- DECREASED: To become or make something become smaller in size, number, etc.

 

- DISLODGE: to remove from or leave a lodging place, hiding place, or previously fixed position.

- DIZZY: feeling as if everything is spinning around you and that you are not able to balance. 

- DOSE: an amount of a medicine or a drug that is taken once, or regularly over a period of time. 

- DROWSY: tired and almost asleep.

 

- EYELID: either of the two muscular folds of skin that can be moved to cover the exposed portion of the eyeball.

 

- FAINTING: feeling weak and tired and likely to become unconscious.

- FINGERNAIL: the thin hard layer that covers the outer tip of each finger.

- FLAMES: a hot bright stream of burning gas that comes from something that is on fire. 

- FLUSHED: red; with a red face.

 

- GASP: to draw in the breath sharply, convulsively, or with effort, esp in expressing awe, horror, etc

 

- GAUZE PAD: a type of thin cotton cloth used for covering and protecting wounds. 

- GREASY: covered in a lot of grease or oil. 

- GROIN: the part of the body where the legs join at the top including the area around the genitals (= sex organs). 

 

- HIVES: a nontechnical name for urticaria.

- HORNET: a large wasp (= a black and yellow flying insect) that has a very powerful sting.

 

- ITCH: to have an uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch; to make your skin feel like this. 

- ITCHY: having or producing an itch on the skin.

- JERKS: spasms.

- JOINT: a place where two bones are joined together in the body in a way that enables them to bend and move. 

 

 

 

 

- LAYER: a quantity or thickness of something that lies over a surface or between surfaces.

                - Underlying layer: the layer that is under the surface.

- LEATHERY: that looks or feels hard and tough like leathe.

 

- LIMB: an arm or a leg.

 

- LUKEWARM:  moderately warm; tepid.

 

 

- MOIST: slightly wet.

 

 

 

- OINTMENT: a smooth substance that you rub on the skin to heal a wound or sore place.  

- OOZING: if a thick liquid oozes from a place, or if something oozes a thick liquid, the liquid flows from the place slowly.

- OVERCOME: to succeed in dealing with or controlling a problem that has been preventing you from achieving something.

- OVER-THE-COUNTER pain reliever: medications without prescription. 

 

- OVERSTRETCH: to do more than you are capable of. 

 

 

 

- PAT: to hit (something) lightly with the palm of the hand or some other flat surface.

 

- PAD (Padded): a thick piece of soft material that is used, for example, for absorbing liquid, cleaning or protecting something.

- PAIN RELIEVERS: painkillers, pills to remove or reduce an unpleasant pain. 

- PINCH: to hold something tightly between the thumb and finger or between two things that are pressed together.

- PULL OFF the skin: strip/strip off the skin.

 

- RADIATE: if something radiates heat, light or energy or heat, etc.radiates from it, the heat is sent out in all directions.

 

- RASH: an area of red spots on a person's skin, caused by an illness or a reaction to something.

- RECOVERY POSITION: the postion of becoming well again after an injury or accident.

- REDDER: having the colour of blood or fire. 

- RESTLESS: without real rest or sleep.  

 

- RUB: to apply pressure and friction to (something) with a circular or backward and forward motion.

 

-  SCRAPE: to remove something from a surface by moving something sharp and hard like a knife across it.

- SEIZURE: a sudden attack of an illness, especially one that affects the brain.

- SIP: to drink something, taking a very small amount each time. 

- SLUGGISH: moving, reacting or working more slowly than normal and in a way that seems lazy. 

- SNAP: to break something suddenly with a sharp noise. 

- SODA: a sweet fizzy drink (a drink with bubbles). 

- SPLINT: a long piece of wood or metal that is tied to a broken arm or leg to keep it still and in the right position. 

 

- SPRAIN: to injure a joint in your body, especially your wrist or ankle, by suddenly twisting it.

 

- STEADY: regular, habitual.

- STICKING OUT: project, protrude.

- STING/STINGER: the sharp pointed part of an insect or creature that can go into the skin leaving a small, painful and sometimes poisonous wound.

- STOOL: a piece of solid waste from your body. 

- STRAIN: an injury to a part of your body, such as a muscle, that is caused by using it too much or by twisting it.

- STUNG: past tense, past participle of STING. 

 

-SUBTLE: not very noticeable or obvious.

- SURGERY: medical treatment of injuries or diseases that involves cutting open a person's body and often removing or replacing some parts; the branch of medicine connected with this treatment.

- SWALLOWING: to move the muscles of your throat as if you were swallowing something, especially because you are nervous. 

- SWEATY: making you become hot and covered with sweat.  

 

- SWELLING:  a place on your body that has become larger or rounder than normal as the result of an illness or injury.

- TENDER: painful when you touch it. 

 

- THOROUGHLY: carried out completely and carefully.

- THROBBING:  to feel a series of regular painful movements.

 

- THRUST: to push (someone or something) with force or sudden strength.

 

- TILT: to incline or cause to incline at an angle

 

- TORN (Past Participle of "tear"): to damage something by pulling it apart or into pieces or by cutting it on something sharp; to become damaged in this way. 

- TRAP: an unpleasant situation from which it is hard to escape. 

 

- TRIGGER: a small projecting lever that activates the firing mechanism of a firearm.

- TUMMY: the stomach or the area around the stomach (used especially by children or when speaking to children).

- TWEEZERS: a small tool with two long thin parts joined together at one end, used for picking up very small things or for pulling out hairs. 

- TWITCHING: if a part of your body twitches, or if you twitch it, it makes a sudden quick movement, sometimes one that you cannot control. 

 

 

- WASP: a black and yellow flying insect that can sting.

 

- WHEEZE: to breathe or utter (something) with a rasping or whistling sound.

- WORSEN: to become or make something worse than it was before.

- WRAPPED: to cover something/somebody in material, for example in order to protect it/them. 

 

- YELLOW JACKET: (American English) a type of small wasp (= a black and yellow flying insect).