2.5 Healthy

Use this domain for words related to a person being healthy--not sick.

OMC Codes: 
147 Physiological Data
740 Health and Welfare
Louw Nida Codes: 
23H Health, Vigor, Strength
  • What words describe a person who is healthy?
    healthy, well, fine, in good health, able-bodied, hale, sound, whole,
  • What words describe someone who is healthy and doesn't get sick?
    robust, have a strong constitution,
  • What words describe someone who looks healthy?
    glowing, be the picture of health, healthy-looking,
  • What words refer to the state of being healthy?
    health, bloom, fitness,
  • What words refer to a person's physical condition?
    health, wellbeing, condition, physiology,
  • What words describe something that makes you healthy?
    healthy, be good for you, be good for your health, do you good, beneficial,
  • What words describe food that makes you healthy?
    wholesome, nutritious, nourishing, healthful,
  • 2.5.1 Sick

    Use this domain for words describing a person who is sick.

    OMC Codes: 
    750 Sickness
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    23I Sickness, Disease, Weakness
  • What words refer to being sick?
    be sick, be ill, not be well, be in a bad way, do poorly,
  • What words refer to being sick with a disease?
    have (a disease), suffer from, be sick with, infected with, stricken with, have an attack of,
  • What words refer to being a little sick?
    off color, under the weather, run down, not feel yourself, not be yourself,
  • What words refer to being very sick?
    bedridden, decline, failing, life is ebbing, sinking (fast), seriously ill, critically ill, terminally ill, be fatal,
  • What words refer to feeling sick?
    feel ill, not feel well, feel rough, feel funny, feel sick, feel sick to your stomach, groggy, feel faint,
  • What words describe a person who is sick?
    ill, sick, unwell, infirm, look like death warmed over, unhealthy, ailing, diseased, incapacitated, indisposed, laid up,
  • What words describe someone who is often sick?
    sickly, delicate, be in poor health, be prone to, hypochondriac,
  • What words refer to becoming sick?
    get sick, become ill, fall ill, be taken ill, sicken, become sick, catch (a disease), come down with, contract,
  • What words refer to a person who is sick?
    patient, sufferer, invalid, the sick,
  • What words refer to a time when many people are sick from the same disease?
    epidemic, plague, outbreak, pestilence,
  • 2.5.1.1 Recover from sickness

    Use this domain for words referring to recovering from sickness or injury.

  • What words refer to recovering?
    recover, get better, make a slow/quick/complete recovery, get well, feel better, improve, be on the mend, respond to treatment, regain your health, gain strength, make good progress,
  • What words refer to recovering from a disease?
    recover from, get over, shake off,
  • What words refer to no longer being very sick?
    out of danger,
  • What words refer to spending time resting in order to recover?
    recuperate, convalesce,
  • What words refer to being healthy after being sick?
    be better, be well, be fully recovered, be cured, be over something, be back on your feet, be up and about, be fit, be healed, be well again, be fine, be back to normal, be restored to health, be whole again,
  • What words refer to feeling good enough to do something?
    feel up to,
  • What words refer to a disease going away?
    go away, clear up,
  • What words refer to an injury healing?
    heal, mend,
  • 2.5.2 Disease

    Use this domain for general words for disease and for words referring to specific diseases.

    OMC Codes: 
    750 Sickness
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    23I Sickness, Disease, Weakness
  • What words refer to a disease?
    illness, disease, complaint, condition, ailment, disorder, infection, bug, sickness, malady, infirmity, affliction, contagion, debility, indisposition, fever, syndrome, malaise,
  • What words refer to a disease that lasts a short time?
    attack, a bout of, a touch of,
  • What words describe a type of disease?
    acute, chronic, bacterial, complication, critical, curable, degenerative, genetic, morbid, nervous, neuromuscular, psychosomatic, virus, wasting,
  • What words describe a disease that kills people?
    terminal, fatal, incurable,
  • What words describe a disease that people can get easily?
    infectious, contagious, catching,
  • What words refer to a disease spreading to other people?
    spread, epidemic, outbreak, plague,
  • What are the names of particular diseases?
    allergy, allergic, amoeba, appendicitis, cholera, colic, colicky, colitis, cyst, diabetes, diabetic, diphtheria, distemper, dropsy, dysentery, elephantiasis, encephalitis, fibrosis, fistula, flux, hypertension, gallstone, goiter, heatstroke, hernia, herpes zoster, hemophilia, hemorrhoid, hives, hookworm, kidney stone, lockjaw, lumbago, malaria, meningitis, mononucleosis, mumps, phlebitis, piles, plague, polio, poliomyelitis, psoriasis, rabid, rabies, rubella, sclerosis, sunstroke, tetanus, typhoid, typhus, yellow fever, airsick, carsick, seasick,
  • What words refer to a disease of the brain or mind?
    Alzheimer's, amnesia, stroke, depression, schizophrenia, shock, stress,
  • What words refer to epilepsy?
    epilepsy, epileptic, epileptic seizure, have a seizure, fit,
  • What words refer to a disease of the eyes?
    eye disease, glaucoma, red eyes, pinkeye, cataract, conjunctivitis, sty,
  • What words refer to a disease of the nose and throat?
    cough, whooping cough, cold, sore throat, influenza, flu, chill,
  • What words refer to a disease of the lungs?
    respiratory disease, tuberculosis, angina, asthma, asthmatic, pneumonia, emphysema, grippe, hay fever, bronchitis,
  • What words refer to a disease of the heart?
    heart attack, heart failure, coronary, arteriosclerosis, cardiovascular, fibrillation, hardening of the arteries, thrombosis, heart murmur, weak heart, heart condition,
  • What words refer to a disease of the liver?
    liver disease, hepatitis, jaundice, cirrhosis,
  • What words refer to sexually transmitted disease?
    venereal disease, AIDS, gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes
  • What words refer to a disease of the bones and joints?
    arthritis, arthritic, stiffness of the joints, rheumatic, rheumatism, backache,
  • What words refer to cancer?
    cancer, cancerous, tumor, skin cancer, leukemia, lung cancer, liver cancer, malignancy, malignant, benign,
  • 2.5.2.1 Malnutrition, starvation

    Use this domain for words related to not having enough food.

  • What words refer to the condition produced by not having enough food?
    malnutrition, kwashiorkor, anemia, dystrophy, deficiency, anorexia,
  • What words refer to dying from lack of food?
    starve, starvation, waste away,
  • What words describe someone who doesn't have enough food?
    starving, malnourished, anemic, emaciated,
  • 2.5.2.2 Skin disease

    Use this domain for words related to skin diseases such as leprosy, boils, and rashes.

  • What words refer to a sore in the skin?
    boil, infection, sore, open sore, scab, rash, ulcer, abscess, bunion, growth, tumor, bruise, gangrene, inflammation, pox, lesion, canker, corn, eruption, blister, bedsore, cold sore,
  • What are the names of specific skin diseases?
    leprosy, chickenpox, smallpox, measles, German measles, scabies, ringworm, (itching of foot due to worms), dermatitis, eczema, fungus, shingles,
  • What words refer to having an infection?
    have an infection, be infected, infect, get infected, break out, develop an infection,
  • What words refer to an infection becoming worse?
    spread, turn gangrenous, fester, peel, break,
  • What words refer to a small sore in the skin?
    pimple, acne, zit, whitehead, blackhead,
  • What words refer to pus?
    pus, pustule,
  • What does pus do?
    ooze, run,
  • What words refer to a person with a skin disease?
    leper
  • 2.5.2.3 Stomach illness

    Use this domain for words related to stomach illness.

  • What words refer to being sick in your stomach?
    have an upset stomach, have a stomach-ache, tummy-ache, be sick to your stomach,
  • What types of stomach illness are there?
    vomiting, morning sickness, indigestion, diarrhea, dysentery, constipation, constipated, ulcer, ulcerate, ulcerated, intestinal obstruction, worms,
  • What words refer to vomiting?
    be sick, throw up, vomit, puke, barf, bring up, regurgitate, spew,
  • What words refer to vomiting without bringing anything up?
    retch, heave, gag,
  • What are the symptoms of stomach illness?
    gas, belching, cramps,
  • What words describe how you feel when your stomach is sick?
    feel sick, queasy, nausea, be going to be sick, nauseated, nauseous,
  • What words refer to something making your stomach feel sick?
    nauseate, give you an upset stomach, make you sick to your stomach,
  • 2.5.2.4 Tooth decay

    Use this domain for words related to tooth decay.

  • What words are used to describe a tooth that has gone bad?
    tooth decay, cavity, loose, rotten, gingivitis,
  • What words refer to the pain caused by a bad tooth?
    toothache
  • What words refer to losing a tooth?
    lose a tooth, knock out, missing,
  • What words refer to removing a tooth?
    extract a tooth, pull a tooth, have a tooth out, extraction,
  • What words refer to fixing a tooth?
    fill, filling, drill, cap, root canal,
  • What words refer to false teeth?
    false teeth, dentures,
  • What words refer to a person who treats bad teeth?
    dentist, oral surgeon, dentistry,
  • 2.5.3 Injure

    Use this domain for words related to injuring someone.

    OMC Codes: 
    752 Bodily Injuries
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    20B Harm, wound
  • What words refer to injuring someone?
    injure, harm, hurt, wound, abuse, violate, electrocute, electrocution, mistreat, mistreatment, inflict injury,
  • What words refer to injuring a part of your body?
    injure, damage, hurt, impair,
  • What words refer to injuring a bone or joint?
    break, fracture, dislocate, crack, hamstring, jam, sprain, stub, twist, wrench, do your back in, put out your back,
  • What words refer to injuring a muscle?
    pull, strain, tear, cramp, spasm, convulsion,
  • What words refer to being injured by being cut?
    cut, bayonet, buffet, butt, chop, claw, clout, club, gash, jab, knife, lacerate, maul, savage, slice, spear, stab, traumatize, scratch, scrape, graze, mutilate,
  • What words refer to being injured by being hit?
    hit, bash, batter, beat up, belt, black eye, bludgeon, bruise, crush, concussion, cudgel, cuff, hammer, horsewhip, kick, knee, knock, lash, pelt, pummel, punch, slap, smack, smash, squash, stone, strike, thwack, whip,
  • What words refer to being injured by being burned?
    burn, first/second/third degree burn, boil, scald,
  • What words refer to being injured?
    be injured, sustain an injury, be bleeding, be hurt, get hurt, be wounded, suffer harm,
  • What words refer to someone who has been injured?
    casualty, victim, the injured, the wounded,
  • What words refer to a person wounded in war?
    wounded in action, purple heart,
  • What words describe someone who has been injured?
    injured, harmed, wounded,
  • What words describe a part of your body that has been injured?
    injured, hurt, impaired, damaged,
  • What words refer to an injury?
    injury, accident, bruise, cut, impairment, wound, slash, puncture, stab, sprain, tear/pull a muscle, shock, concussion, bump, break a bone, fracture, dislocate a bone, dislocation, sprain, put out an eye, nose bleed, scar, sting, bite, sore, blister, contusion, frostbite, heatstroke, sunstroke, sunburn, burn, welt, drug overdose,
  • What words describe the seriousness of an injury?
    crippling, serious (injury), minor (injury), bad (accident), deep (wound), bad (sprain), third degree (burn), compound (fracture), critical, critically, fatal, fatally, sore (finger)
  • What words describe someone who is not injured?
    unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, come to no harm, no harm done, without a scratch, in one piece, walk away from
  • What words describe something that can injure someone?
    dangerous, harmful,
  • What words describe something that cannot injure someone?
    harmless,
  • 2.5.3.1 Amputate

    Use this domain for words related to amputating or losing a limb or other part of your body.

  • What words refer to the condition of having lost a limb?
    be an amputee, disfigured,
  • What words refer to the event or process that results in losing a limb?
    amputate, amputation, lose a limb, sever, mutilate
  • What words refer to a person who has lost a limb?
    amputee
  • What things are used by a person who has lost a limb?
    artificial limb, wooden leg, peg leg, prosthesis
  • 2.5.3.2 Poison

    Use this domain for words referring to poison--something that is bad for your body if you eat it, it gets on you, or an animal injects it into you.

  • What general words refer to poison?
    poison, toxin,
  • What types of animal poisons are there?
    snakebite, bee sting, venom
  • What types of plant poisons are there?
    poison ivy, hemlock,
  • What types of poison are eaten or drunk?
    food poisoning, arsenic, cyanide
  • What types of poison affect the skin?
    toxic substance, insecticide
  • What words describe something that is poisonous?
    harmful, poisonous, toxic, noxious,
  • What words refer to giving someone poison?
    poison (v),
  • What words refer to an animal putting poison into a person?
    bite, sting, inject,
  • What words refer to treating snakebite?
    treat for (snakebite), snakebite treatment, cut vein, suck poison out, snakebite kit
  • What words refer to treating poison that is eaten or drunk?
    antidote, administer (the antidote)
  • 2.5.4 Disabled

    Use this domain for general words for being disabled--to be injured or born with a condition, so that some part of your body does not work.

    OMC Codes: 
    732 Disabilities
    Handicapped
    734 Invalidism
  • What words refer to being disabled?
    be disabled, have special needs, be crippled, be lame, be paralyzed, have a withered arm
  • What words refer to disabling someone?
    disable, handicap (v), cripple, paralyze, maim, mutilate, disfigure,
  • What words refer to the condition of being disabled?
    disability, handicap (n), disfigurement, mutilation, paralysis, palsy,
  • What words refer to a disabled person?
    the disabled, people with disabilities, the handicapped, cripple (n), lame (n), paraplegic (legs only), quadriplegic (all four limbs), paralytic,
  • What words describe someone who has been disabled?
    disabled, handicapped, crippled, paralyzed, partially paralyzed, totally paralyzed, maimed, disfigured, mutilated, lame,
  • What things are used by a crippled person?
    crutch, cane, wheelchair, walker, stretcher, pallet,
  • 2.5.4.1 Blind

    Use this domain for words related to being blind.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    24A See
  • What words describe someone who is blind?
    blind, sightless, can't see, totally blind, visually handicapped, visually-impaired,
  • What words refer to becoming blind?
    lose your sight, go blind, struck blind,
  • What words refer to making someone blind?
    blind (v),
  • What words refer to a blind person?
    blind person, blind man, the blind,
  • What words refer to the condition of being blind?
    blindness,
  • What things are used by a blind person?
    cane, dark glasses, seeing-eye dog, Braille
  • 2.5.4.2 Poor eyesight

    Use this domain for words related to having poor eyesight.

  • What words describe someone who cannot see well?
    near-sighted, far-sighted, as blind as a bat, partially blind, have poor eyesight, astigmatism, color-blind, cross-eyed,
  • What words refer to a disease that causes poor eyesight?
    cataracts, glaucoma,
  • What words refer to glasses?
    glasses, eyeglasses, corrective lenses, contact lens, bifocals, spectacles, specs, monocle,
  • What words refer to wearing glasses?
    wear glasses,
  • What words refer to a doctor who makes glasses?
    optometrist, optician, eye doctor,
  • What words refer to the making of glasses?
    eye exam, prescription, frames, lens
  • 2.5.4.3 Deaf

    Use this domain for words related to being deaf.

  • What words describe someone who is deaf?
    deaf,
  • What words describe someone who is partially deaf?
    be hard of hearing, hearing impaired
  • What words describe someone who is totally deaf?
    be stone deaf, be as deaf as a post, totally deaf, profoundly deaf,
  • What words refer to a deaf person?
    deaf man, the deaf,
  • What words refer to becoming deaf?
    go deaf, become deaf, lose your hearing, deafen,
  • What words refer to the condition of being deaf?
    deafness,
  • What things are used by a deaf person?
    hearing aid, ear trumpet,
  • What words refer to a deaf person talking using their hands?
    sign language, sign (v),
  • What words refer to a deaf person understanding someone by watching their mouth?
    lip-read, lip-reading,
  • 2.5.4.4 Mute

    Use this domain for words related to being mute--unable to speak (usually because of being unable to hear).

  • What words refer to the condition of being mute?
    be dumb, mute, unable to speak
  • What words refer to a person who cannot speak?
    mute, dumb person
  • What things are used by the person who cannot speak?
    sign language, gestures, writing
  • 2.5.4.5 Birth defect

    Use this domain for words related to having a birth defect.

    OMC Codes: 
    143 Genetics
  • What words refer to something that is wrong with a baby?
    birth defect, genetic defect, congenital abnormality, deformity,
  • What words describe a deformed baby?
    deformed, abnormal, misshapen,
  • What words refer to a deformed baby?
    freak,
  • What kinds of abnormalities are there?
    albino, bowlegged, flatfooted, humpbacked, withered arm, shrunken arm, harelip, cleft palate, cerebral palsy, Downs syndrome, club-footed,
  • What words refer to giving birth to a deformed baby?
    (no words in English)
  • 2.5.5 Cause of disease

    Use this domain for words referring to the cause of disease.

    OMC Codes: 
    164 Morbidity
    753 Theory of Disease
  • What words refer to the cause of a disease?
    cause, source,
  • What words refer to causing someone to be sick?
    make someone sick, spread sickness, infect, be infectious, be contagious, communicable,
  • What things cause disease?
    infection, contagion, curse, spirit, psychosomatic, bacteria, virus, germ, chill, exposure, chemical imbalance, genetic defect,
  • What words describe something that can make you sick?
    infectious, contagious, be bad for you, be bad for your health, unsanitary, unhygienic,
  • What words refer to finding the cause of a disease?
    diagnose,
  • 2.5.6 Symptom of disease

    Use this domain for words for symptoms of disease--something that happens to you when you get sick, something that shows that you are sick.

  • What words refer to a symptom?
    symptom, sign, indication, evidence, warning, pathology,
  • What types of symptoms are there?
    shock, delirious, numb,
  • What words refer to feeling weak?
    weak, weakened, feel tired, no energy, debilitate, enervate,
  • What words refer to the skin changing color due to illness?
    pale, flushed, red, dark (circles under the eyes), spot, rash,
  • What words refer to itching when the skin is irritated?
    itch, have an itch, scratch, be irritated
  • What words refer to coughing?
    cough, sneeze, clear throat, hack
  • What words refer to muscles cramping from pain?
    cramp, be bent over (with pain), doubled up (with pain), spasm,
  • What words refer to the body shaking due to illness?
    convulsion, chills, fit,
  • What words refer to feeling dizzy or faint?
    dizzy, dizziness, feel faint,
  • 2.5.6.1 Pain

    Use this domain for words related to pain

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    24F Pain, Suffering
  • What words refer to pain?
    pain, ache, hurt (n), misery, suffering, sufferings, soreness,
  • What words refer to being in pain?
    be in pain, be in agony, feel pain, have a pain in, suffer, hurt (vi), bear pain, endure, agonize, feel bad, feel miserable, suffer,
  • What words refer to a part of your body hurting?
    hurt, ache, be agony, sting,
  • What words describe a part of your body that is in pain?
    painful, aching, sore (adj), stiff, tender,
  • What words refer to pain in a particular part of your body?
    backache, earache, headache, migraine, stomachache, toothache, labor pains, sore throat,
  • What words refer to a mild pain?
    discomfort, feel uncomfortable, mild, hurts a little bit, itch, prickle, smart, sting, stinging, tingle, tingling, stitch, twinge, dull,
  • What words refer to a bad pain?
    agony, agonize, agonizing, anguish, burn, hurts a lot, really hurts, acute, racked with pain, horrible, excruciating, torment, raw pain,
  • What words describe pain increasing?
    increase, grow, rise
  • What words describe pain decreasing?
    subside, go away, fade
  • What words refer to a pain that increases and decreases repeatedly?
    throb, throbbing,
  • What words refer to a pain that lasts a short time?
    attack, sharp, pang, piercing, prick, shooting, stab, stabbing, throes, paroxysm, wrenching pain,
  • What words refer to causing pain?
    hurt, inflict pain, torture, afflict, torment,
  • What words refer to something causing pain?
    hurt, painful, cause pain, sting, irritate,
  • What words refer to relieving pain?
    relieve, relief, soothe, treat, alleviate, painkiller, anesthetize, anesthetic,
  • What words refer to making noise because you are in pain?
    cry out, scream, howl, yell, shriek, groan, moan, weep,
  • What words refer to moving because you are in pain?
    writhe in pain, double up, contorted with pain, convulse, convulsion, cramp, cramps, wince,
  • What do you say when you are hurt?
    Ow! Ouch!
  • What words refer to not causing pain?
    not hurt, painless, not feel a thing,
  • 2.5.6.2 Fever

    Use this domain for words related to having a fever.

  • What words refer to having a fever?
    fever, feverish, temperature, have a fever/temperature, run a temperature, be hot, be burning up,
  • What words refer to a fever increasing?
    rise
  • What words refer to a fever decreasing?
    fall, break
  • What are the symptoms of having a fever?
    shiver, shake, have the shakes, chills
  • What words refer to measuring someone's fever?
    take someone's temperature,
  • What instruments are used for measuring a fever?
    thermometer
  • 2.5.6.3 Swell

    Use this domain for words related to swelling of the body.

  • What words refer to swelling?
    swell, swelling, edema, inflammation,
  • What words refer to swelling in a particular part of the body?
    swollen abdomen, swollen muscle, hernia, swelling in groin
  • What words describe something that has swollen?
    swollen, puffy, inflamed,
  • What words refer to swelling increasing?
    swell up, get swollen
  • What words refer to swelling decreasing?
    relieve swelling, reduce swelling, go down
  • 2.5.6.4 Lose consciousness

    Use this domain for words related to losing consciousness, including fainting, being knocked out, and anesthesia.

  • What words refer to being conscious?
    be conscious, consciousness, awake
  • What words refer to losing consciousness?
    lose consciousness, go unconscious, faint, pass out, swoon, be knocked out, go into a coma, collapse,
  • What words refer to the state of being unconscious?
    be unconscious, fainted, passed out, coma, be in a coma, be out, insensible
  • What words refer to something causing someone to lose consciousness?
    knock out, put out, put under (anesthesia), stupefy,
  • What words refer to regaining consciousness?
    regain consciousness, come to, come out of the coma
  • What words refer to causing a person to regain consciousness?
    bring someone around, resuscitate
  • What words refer to a person who deals with loss of consciousness?
    anesthesiologist
  • What causes someone to lose consciousness?
    hit on head, be sick, be in pain, anesthesia
  • What happens or what symptoms occur when someone begins to lose consciousness?
    feel faint, feel dizzy, stagger, become incoherent
  • What are the symptoms of being unconscious?
    be unresponsive, be like dead
  • 2.5.6.5 Dazed, confused

    Use this domain for words that describe the state of the mind when a person's mind is not working well or when he is not thinking very well.

  • What words refer to being dazed or confused?
    be dazed, confused, disoriented, unsure, out of it, befuddled, bewildered, spaced out, incoherent, dull (minded), stupor,
  • What words are used to express a slight case of these conditions?
    slightly disoriented, a bit confused, a little out of it
  • What words are used to express an extreme case of these conditions?
    really confused, totally out of it, shocked
  • What words describe a person's mind is working well?
    think clearly, be clear headed, be sharp (mentally)
  • What words refer to causing someone to be dazed or confused?
    daze, confuse, disorient, befuddle, shock, stupefy
  • 2.5.6.6 Vision, hallucination

    Use this domain for words related to having a vision--when a person sees something that isn't there because something unusual has happened to their mind. Include unusual, abnormal, and paranormal states of consciousness, visions, hallucinations, and spiritually induced trances.

  • What words refer to an unusual state of consciousness?
    vision, trance, hallucination
  • What words refer to beginning an unusual state of consciousness?
    go into a trance
  • What words refer to the state of being in an unusual state of consciousness?
    be in a trance, have a vision, hallucinate
  • What words refer to one person causing another to be in an unusual state of consciousness?
    hypnotize
  • What words describe regaining normal consciousness?
    come out of the trance
  • What people deal with unusual states of consciousness?
    exorcist
  • What causes someone to be in an unusual state of consciousness?
    be possessed by a spirit, drugs
  • 2.5.7 Treat disease

    Use this domain for words related to the treatment of disease and injury.

    OMC Codes: 
    742 Medical Research
    751 Preventive Medicine
    757 Medical Therapy
    758 Medical Care
  • What words refer to treating someone who is sick or injured?
    give someone treatment, treat, treatment, medical treatment, therapy, therapeutic, medical procedure, rehabilitation, medical aid, first aid, go to the aid of,
  • What words refer to taking care of someone who is sick?
    care for (a patient), nurse (a patient), nurse back to health, look after, hospice care
  • What words refer to treating a disease?
    treat a disease, arrest (the spread of a disease),
  • What words refer to a particular type of treatment?
    resuscitate, acupuncture, blood transfusion,
  • What words refer to treating a wound?
    clean/cleanse a wound, bandage, Band-Aid, compress, dress (a wound), dressing, tourniquet,
  • What words refer to treating a broken bone?
    set a bone, reduce a dislocation, cast, splint, crutches, cane, plaster, sling, brace,
  • What words refer to surgery?
    surgery, surgical, operate, operation, perform an operation, have an operation, major surgery, minor surgery, operating theater, operating table, amputate, implant, transplant, inoperable, incision, stitch, suture, sew up, scalpel,
  • What words refer to treating pain?
    alleviate, ease, anesthesia, anesthetic, general anesthesia, local anesthesia, anesthetize,
  • What words refer to things are done to treat disease?
    radiation, scan,
  • What words refer to trying to find out what is wrong with a sick person?
    diagnose, prognosis, draw/take a sample, examine a patient, take an x-ray, do a test, test for, lab report, take someone's temperature, take someone's blood pressure, take someone's pulse, check-up, take a sample, specimen,
  • What words refer to telling a sick person what to do in order to get well?
    prescribe, prescription,
  • What words refer to curing someone?
    cure, make someone better, heal, fix, healing, rehabilitate,
  • What words refer to something that cures someone?
    cure (n), remedy, antidote, curative,
  • What equipment is used to treat illness?
    stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, scalpel, catheter, forceps, needle, syringe, IV, x-ray machine, x-ray,
  • What words refer to preventing disease?
    hygiene, immunization, immunize, inoculate, inoculation, vaccinate, vaccination
  • 2.5.7.1 Doctor, nurse

    Use this domain for words referring to people who habitually take care of the sick and injured, such as those who do it for a living.

    OMC Codes: 
    759 Medical Personnel
  • What words refer to a person who takes care of the sick?
    doctor, physician, general practitioner, the medical profession, family doctor, family practitioner, healer,
  • What words refer to medical specialists and their branch of medicine?
    specialist, consultant, allergist, anesthesiologist, anesthesiology, cardiologist, cardiology, chiropractor, chiropractic, dermatologist, dermatology, endocrinologist, endocrinology, epidemiology, gastroenterologist, gastroenterology, gynecologist, gynecology, hematology, histology, homeopathist, homeopathy, immunologist, immunology, neonatologist, neonatology, nephrologist, nephrology, neurologist, neurology, obstetrician, obstetrics, oncologist, oncology, ophthalmologist, orthopedist, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedics, pediatrician, pediatrics, plastic surgeon, podiatry, proctologist, radiation oncologist, radiologist, radiology, radiotherapy, rheumatologist, rheumatology, surgeon, surgery, urologist
  • What words refer to a doctor who treats mental illness?
    psychiatrist, shrink, analyst, psychiatry, psychologist, psychoanalyst, psychoanalysis, psychotherapist, psychotherapy,
  • What words refer to a doctor who treats teeth?
    dentist, dentistry, oral surgeon,
  • What words refer to someone who helps a doctor?
    nurse, nursing, hygienist, hygiene, lab/medical technician, laboratory analysis, midwife, midwifery, orderly, pharmacist, pharmacology, speech therapist, speech therapy, therapist, therapy
  • What words refer to someone who give emergency treatment to someone who has been injured?
    medic, corpsman, ambulance driver, paramedic,
  • What words refer to a doctor who treats animals?
    vet, veterinarian,
  • What words refer to a person who pretends to be a doctor?
    quack
  • What words refer to working as a doctor?
    practice, doctor (v), be in medicine,
  • What words refer to going to a doctor?
    go to the doctor, see a doctor, consult a doctor,
  • 2.5.7.2 Medicine

    Use this domain for words related to medicine, types of medicine, and the application of medicine.

    OMC Codes: 
    751 Preventive Medicine
    278 Pharmaceuticals
    Louw Nida Codes: 
    6T Medicines
  • What general words refer to medicine?
    medicine, medication, medicinal, drug, narcotic, antidote, elixir, remedy, herb,
  • What are the names of particular types of medicine?
    analgesic, antacid, antibiotic, antidote, antihistamine, antiseptic, antitoxin, aspirin, barbiturate, cathartic, chloroquine, drops, eye drops, emetic, iodine, immunization, inoculation, lozenge, painkiller, paregoric, penicillin, prophylactic, purgative, sedative, sleeping pill, stimulant, sulfa, tranquilizer, transfusion, Tylenol, vaccine, wine
  • What words refer to medicine you put on your skin?
    ointment, salve, liniment, lotion, poultice, balm, cream,
  • What words refer to medicine that you eat or drink?
    tablet, pill, capsule, potion, syrup, tonic,
  • What words refer to medicine that is injected under the skin?
    shot, injection, jab,
  • What words refer to giving medicine?
    medicate, apply medicine/ointment, give a shot, inject someone with, vaccinate, immunize, inoculate, administer, prescribe medicine, apply a bandage, (cover oneself under steaming herbal medicine), massage, rub something in,
  • What words refer to taking medicine?
    take something for, drink, swallow,
  • What words refer to some medicine that is given at one time?
    dose, dosage, course of medicine, overdose,
  • What words refer to the equipment used to store and administer medicine?
    medicine bottle, needle, syringe, IV,
  • What words refer to the written instructions a doctor gives about how much medicine to take?
    prescription, prescribe,
  • What words refer to someone who makes and sells medicine?
    chemist, pharmacist, druggist, pharmacy, herbalist,
  • 2.5.7.3 Medicinal plants

    Use this domain for plants that are used for medicine.

  • What words refer to a plant that is used as a medicine?
    herb, herbal,
  • What plants are used as medicine?
    poppy, pyrethrum, quinine, aloe
  • What words are used to describe the properties of these plants?
    medicinal, curative
  • 2.5.7.4 Hospital

    Use this domain for words that refer to a place where the sick and injured are treated.

    OMC Codes: 
    743 Hospitals and Clinics
  • What words refer to a place where the sick and injured are treated?
    hospital, infirmary, hospice, clinic, medical center, health center, doctor's office, the doctor's, dispensary, aid post/station, nursing home,
  • What words refer to a hospital for people who are mentally ill?
    mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, institution, asylum,
  • What are the parts of a hospital?
    ward, unit, operating room, operating theater, emergency room, casualty department, accident and emergency, lab, x-ray room, nurses' station, intensive care, surgery, waiting room, mortuary, morgue,
  • What words refer to a place where medicine is kept or given out?
    pharmacy, medicine cabinet,
  • What words refer to a vehicle for transporting the injured?
    ambulance, hospital ship
  • What words refer to putting someone in the hospital?
    hospitalize
  • What words refer to a sick person in a hospital?
    patient, inpatient, outpatient,
  • What words refer to being a patient in a hospital?
    go to the hospital, have someone in, stay in the hospital, hospital stay, admit, discharge,
  • 2.5.7.5 Traditional medicine

    Use this domain for words related to traditional medicine. There may be no distinction in terminology between 'modern medicine' and 'traditional medicine.' In that case this domain should be ignored. (Our purpose here is not to judge the value of traditional medicine, but to collect and describe the words used for it.)

    OMC Codes: 
    754 Sorcery
    755 Magical and Mental Therapy
  • What words refer to the practice of traditional medicine?
    traditional medicine, natural medicine
  • What words refer to the types of treatment?
    acupuncture,
  • What words refer to a person who practices traditional medicine?
    medicine man, herbalist, shaman,
  • What words refer to the medicine used in traditional medicine?
    potion, herb
  • 2.5.8 Mental illness

    Use this domain for words related to being mentally ill or disabled.

    OMC Codes: 
    158 Personality Disorders
    756 Shamans and Psychotherapists
  • What words describe someone who is mentally ill?
    mentally ill, insane, mad, crazy, disturbed, mentally disabled, crackbrained, crazed, demonized, demon possessed, feeble minded, melancholic, neurotic, obsessive, paranoid, preoccupied, psychopathic, psychotic, retarded, catatonic,
  • What words describe an old person who has become mentally ill?
    senile, confused, his mind is wandering, lose your marbles,
  • What words refer to mental illness?
    mental illness, madness, insanity, dementia, demon possession, fixation, hypochondria, lunacy, mania, melancholia, neurosis, obsession, paranoia, psychosis, schizophrenia, senility
  • What words refer to becoming mentally ill?
    have a nervous breakdown, crack up, go mad, go insane, go crazy, go senile, develop a psychosis
  • What words refer to something that causes mental illness?
    brain injury, mental trauma, shock,
  • What words refer to partial or total mental disability?
    mild retardation, severe retardation, vegetable,
  • What words refer to a mentally ill person?
    madman, crazy man, hypochondriac, idiot, lunatic, maniac, possessed man, psychopath, schizophrenic, retard,
  • What words refer to someone who cares for mentally ill people?
    psychologist, psychiatrist, exorcist,
  • What words refer to a hospital for mentally ill people?
    insane asylum,
  • What words refer to someone who is normal and not mentally ill?
    sane, sanity, of sound mind,