人吃五穀雜糧，難免生病。談及疾病時，你需要知道一些常用的英語單詞，以應對你不熟悉的'場合交談。
1)ase [dɪ'ziːz]n.疾病
The disease caused my little brother to bleed to death.
這種疾病讓弟弟出血死亡。
2)tom ['sɪm(p)təm]n.症狀
The doctor told him something about the symptoms of the toxic hepatitis
醫生告訴他一些有關中毒性肝炎的症狀。(注：hepatitis [,hepə'taɪtɪs]n. 肝炎)
3)uenza [ɪnflʊ'enzə]n.(亦作flu)流行性感冒
After a thorough examination, the doctor diagnosed his illness as influenza.
經過一番徹底檢查，醫生診斷出他得的是流行感冒。
4)ammation [ɪnflə'meɪʃ(ə)n]n.發炎，炎症
The doctor said that he got an inflammation of throat
醫生說他得了喉炎。
5)er ['festə]v.化膿
Without careful caring, his wound became festering.
由於沒有仔細護理，他的傷口開始潰爛了。
6)lence ['pjuərjuləns] n.化膿，膿汁
The purulence from his wound is very smelly
他傷口流出的膿汁很臭。
7)ea [ˈnɔ:ziə] n.噁心，反胃
Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea
懷孕初期常伴有噁心。
8)ent ['eɪlm(ə)nt]n.小病，疾病
l guess this kind of herb can heal your ailment
我想這種藥草能治癒你的疾病。
9)d [wuːnd]n.創傷，傷口
I'm glad that the wound is slowly healing
我很高興傷口慢慢癒合了。
10)d [bliːd]v.流血
What did you do to stop your nose bleeding?
你用什麼方法止住了鼻血?
11)ess ['æbsɪs; -ses] n.膿腫
l am afraid that it is a very bad abscess and I need a first-aid treatment
我擔心是很厲害的膿腫，我要掛急診。
12)utrition [mælnjʊ'trɪʃ(ə)n] n.營養不良
The girl fainted in class because of malnutrition
女孩由於營養不良，上課時昏倒了。
13)bility [dɪsə'bɪlɪtɪ] n.殘疾
The optimistic deaf man believes that physical disability will never cause mental anguish
那位樂觀的耳聾人相信身體上的殘疾並不會引起心理上的苦悶。
(注：anguish['æŋgwɪʃ]n.痛苦;苦惱)
