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bang
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banged up
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battered
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bedridden
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bedsore
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be/go down with something
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bend
noun
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benign
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be sick
idiom
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better
adjective
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bird flu
noun
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bite
noun
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black eye
noun
b2
bleed
verb
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blister
noun
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bounce back
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breathless
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broken
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bruise
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bruise
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BSE
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bug
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bump
verb
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bump
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burn
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burnout
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burnt
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C-19
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cancer
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cancerous
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cardiac
adjective
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carpal tunnel syndrome
noun
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carrier
noun
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cataract
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catarrh
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catch
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catching
adjective
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celiac
adjective
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celiac
noun
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celiac disease
noun
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chicken flu
noun
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chickenpox
noun
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chill
noun
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cholera
noun
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chronic
adjective
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chronic fatigue syndrome
noun
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cirrhosis
noun
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CJD
abbreviation
c2
coeliac
adjective
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coeliac
noun
c2
coeliac disease
noun
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cold
noun
a1
cold turkey
adverb
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cold turkey
noun
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colic
noun
c2
collapse
verb
b2
collapse
noun
c1
coma
noun
c2
comatose
adjective
c2
come down with
phrasal verb
c2
common cold
noun
b2
community spread
noun
c2
community transmission
noun
c2
comorbid
adjective
c2
comorbidity
noun
c2
complain of
phrasal verb
c1
complaint
noun
c2
complication
noun
c1
concuss
verb
c2
concussed
adjective
c2
concussion
noun
c2
condition
noun
a2
congenital
adjective
c2
constipation
noun
c2
contagion
noun
c2
contagious
adjective
c1
contract
verb
c2
contusion
noun
c2
convalesce
verb
c2
convalescence
noun
c2
corona
noun
c2
coronary
adjective
c2
coronary thrombosis
noun
c2
coronavirus
noun
b2
cough
verb
b1
cough
noun
b1
Covid
noun
b2
Covid-19
noun
b2
cramp
noun
c2
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
noun
c2
cripple
verb
c2
crippling
adjective
c2
crisis
noun
b2
croup
noun
c2
curable
adjective
c2
cut
verb
a1
cut
noun
b1
cyst
noun
c2
cytokine storm
noun
c2
dead leg
noun
c2
debility
noun
c2
deep vein thrombosis
noun
c2
dehydrate
verb
c2
dehydrated
adjective
c2
dehydration
noun
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delicate
adjective
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delirium
noun
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delta
noun
c2
demented
adjective
c2
dementia
noun
c2
dependence
noun
c1
dependent
adjective
b2
develop
verb
b1
diabetes
noun
b2
diabetic
adjective
c2
diabetic
noun
c2
diarrhoea
noun
c1
diphtheria
noun
c2
discomfort
noun
c1
disease
noun
a2
diseased
adjective
c2
dislocate
verb
c2
disorder
noun
b2
distressed
adjective
c2
dizzy
adjective
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adjective
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drawn
adjective
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dysentery
noun
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dyspepsia
noun
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earache
noun
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Ebola
noun
c2
eclampsia
noun
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eczema
noun
c2
electric shock
noun
c1
emaciated
adjective
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emaciation
noun
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epidemic
noun
c1
epilepsy
noun
c2
epileptic
noun
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episode
noun
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erectile dysfunction
noun
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exacerbate
verb
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exacerbation
noun
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exposure
noun
c1
fade away
phrasal verb
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faint
adjective
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faint
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faint
noun
c1
fatal
adjective
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fatally
adverb
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fatigue
noun
c1
fetal alcohol syndrome
noun
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fever
noun
b2
feverish
adjective
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fibroid
noun
c2
fight for (your) life
idiom
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first-degree
adjective
c2
fit
noun
c1
flare
noun
c2
flare-up
noun
c2
flatulence
noun
c2
flatulent
adjective
c2
flu
noun
a2
flutter
verb
c2
flutter
noun
c2
food poisoning
noun
b2
fracture
noun
c1
fracture
verb
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fragile
adjective
c1
frail
adjective
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frostbite
noun
c2
funny
adjective
c2
ganglion
noun
c2
gangrene
noun
c2
gastric
adjective
c2
gastric flu
noun
c2
genetic
adjective
b2
germ
noun
b2
German measles
noun
c2
get
verb
a1
get over
phrasal verb
b2
ghastly
adjective
c2
give
verb
a1
glue-sniffing
noun
c2
graze
verb
c2
grim
adjective
c2
groggy
adjective
c2
haemophilia
noun
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haemophiliac
noun
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haemorrhage
noun
c2
haemorrhoids
noun
c2
hangover
noun
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harm
verb
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have
verb
a1
have one foot in the grave
idiom
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hay fever
noun
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headache
noun
a2
heal
verb
b2
heart attack
noun
b2
heat stress
noun
b2
heatstroke
noun
c2
hemophilia
noun
c2
hepatitis
noun
c2
hereditary
adjective
c2
hernia
noun
c2
herniated disc
noun
c2
hit
verb
a2
HIV
noun
c1
hobble
verb
c2
hooked
adjective
c1
hot zone
noun
c2
housebound
adjective
c2
hungover
adjective
c2
hurt
verb
a2
hurt
adjective
a2
hydrocephalus
noun
c2
hypertension
noun
c2
hypertensive
adjective
c2
hypotension
noun
c2
hypotensive
adjective
c2
idiopathic
adjective
c2
ill
adjective
a2
illness
noun
a2
immunocompromised
adjective
c2
immunosuppressed
adjective
c2
incapacity
noun
c2
incubate
verb
c2
incubation
noun
c2
incurable
adjective
c2
indigestion
noun
c2
infect
verb
c1
infected
adjective
c1
infection
noun
b2
infectious
adjective
c1
infirm
adjective
c2
infirmity
noun
c2
inflamed
adjective
c2
inflammation
noun
c2
injure
verb
b1
injured
adjective
b1
injury
noun
a2
invalid
noun
c2
invasive
adjective
c2
irritable bowel syndrome
noun
c2
irritate
verb
c2
irritation
noun
c2
ischaemia
noun
c2
ischaemic
adjective
c2
jaundice
noun
c2
Kawasaki disease
noun
c2
keel over
phrasal verb
c2
knock
verb
b1
knock out
phrasal verb
c1
kwashiorkor
noun
c2
laryngitis
noun
c2
lay up
phrasal verb
c2
leprosy
noun
c2
leukaemia
noun
c2
life-limiting
adjective
b2
lifestyle disease
noun
c2
limp
verb
c2
limp
noun
c2
listeriosis
noun
c2
long Covid
noun
c2
Lou Gehrig's disease
noun
c2
lump
noun
c1
macular degeneration
noun
c2
mad cow disease
noun
c2
make it
idiom
c2
malady
noun
c2
malaise
noun
c2
malaria
noun
b2
malarial
adjective
c2
malignant
adjective
c2
malnourished
adjective
c2
malnutrition
noun
c2
measles
noun
c1
meningitis
noun
c2
MERS
noun
c2
migraine
noun
c2
miscarriage
noun
c2
MND
abbreviation
c2
motor neurone disease
noun
c2
multiple sclerosis
noun
c2
mumps
noun
c2
nausea
noun
c2
nauseous
adjective
c2
nCoV
noun
c2
nephritis
noun
c2
niggle
noun
c2
night sweat
noun
c1
Nipah virus
noun
c2
non-malignant
adjective
c2
notifiable
adjective
c2
obese
adjective
b2
obesity
noun
b2
OD
verb
c2
omicron
noun
c2
on the mend
idiom
c2
on your feet
idiom
c2
outbreak
noun
c1
out of breath
idiom
c1
overdose
verb
c1
overeat
verb
c2
overeating
noun
c2
overweight
adjective
b2
pain
noun
a2
painful
adjective
b1
painfully
adverb
b1
pale
adjective
b1
pallid
adjective
c2
pallor
noun
c2
pandemic
noun
b2
pandemic
adjective
b2
paralyse
verb
c2
paralysis
noun
c2
parasite
noun
c1
pass out
phrasal verb
c2
pathogen
noun
c2
pathological
adjective
c2
patient zero
noun
c2
peaked
adjective
c2
peaky
adjective
c2
peculiar
adjective
c2
pellagra
noun
c2
pertussis
noun
c2
phlegm
noun
c2
plague
noun
c1
pneumonia
noun
c2
polio
noun
c2
poor
adjective
b1
poorly
adjective
c2
post-operative
adjective
c2
present
verb
c2
prolapse
noun
c2
pull
verb
b1
pull
noun
c1
pull through
phrasal verb
c2
queasy
adjective
c2
rabies
noun
c2
rally
verb
c2
rash
noun
c1
react
verb
b1
reaction
noun
b1
rebound
verb
c2
rebound
noun
c2
recover
verb
b2
recovery
noun
b2
recuperate
verb
c2
recuperative
adjective
c2
red zone
noun
c2
reject
verb
b1
rejection
noun
c2
relapse
noun
c2
relapse
verb
c2
remission
noun
c2
rheumatism
noun
c2
rickets
noun
c2
ropy
adjective
c2
rosacea
noun
c2
rotten
adjective
c2
RSI
noun
c2
rubella
noun
c2
run-down
adjective
c2
rupture
noun
c2
rupture
verb
c2
salmonella
noun
c2
SARS
noun
c2
SARS-CoV-2
noun
c2
scab
noun
c2
scald
verb
c2
scald
noun
c2
scar
noun
c1
scar
verb
c1
scrape
verb
c2
scrapie
noun
c2
scratch
verb
b2
scratch
noun
b2
seasick
adjective
b1
seasickness
noun
b2
second-degree
adjective
c2
seizure
noun
c2
septic
adjective
c2
serious
adjective
a2
severe
adjective
b2
severely
adverb
b2
shake
noun
c1
shaky
adjective
c2
shield
verb
c2
shiver
verb
c1
shiver
noun
c2
shivery
adjective
c2
shock
noun
b2
shortness
noun
c2
short-winded
adjective
c2
shut-in
noun
c2
sick
adjective
a1
sicken
verb
c2
sickly
adjective
c2
sickness
noun
b2
slipped disc
noun
c2
smallpox
noun
c2
sneeze
verb
b2
sneeze
noun
b2
snow-blind
adjective
c2
snow-blindness
noun
c2
sober
adjective
c2
sobriety
noun
c2
sore
adjective
b1
sore
noun
c2
sore throat
noun
b1
Spanish flu
noun
c2
spasm
noun
c2
splitting
adjective
c2
spot
noun
b1
sprain
verb
b2
sprain
noun
b2
spread
verb
b1
stiffness
noun
c2
sting
verb
b2
sting
noun
b2
stomach ache
noun
a2
strain
noun
c1
stricken
adjective
c2
stroke
noun
c1
substance use disorder
noun
c2
succumb
verb
c2
suffer
verb
b1
sufferer
noun
b1
suffering
noun
b2
sunburn
noun
c1
sunburned
adjective
b2
sunstroke
noun
c2
superspreader
noun
c2
superspreader event
noun
c2
sustain
verb
c2
swell
verb
c1
swelling
noun
c1
swine flu
noun
c2
swollen
adjective
c1
symptom
noun
b1
symptomatic
adjective
c2
syndrome
noun
c1
tachycardia
noun
c2
TB
noun
c2
tear
verb
c1
temperature
noun
a2
tender
adjective
c1
terminal
adjective
c1
terrible
adjective
a1
tetanus
noun
c2
third-degree
adjective
c2
thrombosis
noun
c2
tonsillitis
noun
c2
toothache
noun
a2
toxoplasmosis
noun
c2
transfer
verb
b2
trauma
noun
c2
trouble
noun
b1
tubercular
adjective
c2
tuberculosis
noun
c2
tumour
noun
c1
turn
noun
c2
twist
verb
c1
typhoid
noun
c2
typhus
noun
c2
ulcer
noun
c2
unconscious
adjective
b2
unconsciousness
noun
c1
underfed
adjective
c2
undernourished
adjective
c2
undernourishment
noun
c2
under the weather
idiom
c2
underweight
adjective
b2
unfit
adjective
b2
unhealthy
adjective
a2
unwell
adjective
b1
upset
adjective
b1
upset
verb
b1
upset
noun
b1
varicose vein
noun
c2
vascular dementia
noun
c2
vector
noun
c2
victim
noun
b1
viral
adjective
c1
virulence
noun
c2
virulent
adjective
c2
virus
noun
a2
vitiligo
noun
c2
vomit
verb
c2
walking wounded
noun
c2
wart
noun
c2
waste away
phrasal verb
c2
wasted
adjective
c2
weak
adjective
a2
weaken
verb
c1
wheeze
verb
c2
whiplash injury
noun
c2
whooping cough
noun
c2
withdrawal
noun
c1
wound
noun
b2
wound
verb
b2
wrench
verb
c2
yellow fever
noun
c2
zoonosis
noun
c2
zoonotic
adjective
c2
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