Vocabulary: Sport and Health.

VOCABULARY:

SPORT:

Stadium: a very large building with seats around an open area in the middle, used for playing and watching sports or for other events such as music shows.

Team: a group of people who play a sport or game together.

Athlete: someone who is good at sports such as running, jumping, or throwing things.

Coach: someone who gives lessons, especially in a sport.

Competitor: someone who is trying to win a competition.

Contest: a competition, especially one in which individuals rather than groups are competing.

Defeat: 1) to win against someone in a fight or competition.

              2) the action of someone losing a fight or competition.

League: a group of teams that compete against each other in a sport.

Season: a period of the year when a particular thing happens.

Captain: the leader of a team.

Skill: the ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have done it many times.

Tournament: a competition.

Medal: a piece of metal given as a prize in a competition or given to someone who has been very brave.

Professional: Someone is professional if they get money for a sport or activity that most people do as a hobby.

Referee: someone who makes sure that players follow the rules during a sports event.

Spectator: someone who watches an event, sport, etc.

Victory: an act of winning a fight or competition.

Amateur: someone who does something as a hobby.

Spectator: someone who watches an sport.

Pole vault: a sport in which you use a very long stick to jump over a high bar.

Rally: a car or motorcycle race.

Wrestling: a sport in which two people fight and try to push each other to the ground.

Crawl: a style of swimming in which you move your arms over your head and kick with straight legs.

Shot put: a sports competition in which a heavy metal ball is thrown from the shoulder as far as posible.

Scrum: in the sport of rugby, a group of attacking players from each team who come together with their heads down and arms joined, and push against each other, trying to take control of the ball.

HEALTH:

Itch: If a part of your body itches, you want to rub it with your nails.

Blister: a raised area of skin that hurts, caused by rubbing or burning.

Bruise: a dark area on your skin where you have been hurt.

Faint: 1) the act of suddenly becoming unconscious.

           2) physically weak and about to lose consciousness.

Sneeze: 1) When you sneeze, air suddenly comes out through your nose and mouth.

           2) an action of sneezing.

Dizzy: feeling like everything is turning around and as if you might fall.

Allergy: a medical problem in which you get sick if you eat, breathe, or touch something.

Hangover: If you have a hangover, you feel sick because you drank too much alcohol the day before.

Hay fever: an illness like a cold, caused by pollen (= a powder made by flowers).

Heal: If an injury heals, it becomes healthy again, and if something heals it, it makes it healthy again.

Stitch: a sharp pain in a person’s side caused by eg running.

Measles: an infectious disease that covers your skin in small, red spots.

Influenza: formal for flu.

Rash: a group of small, red spots on the skin.

GP: abbreviation for general practitioner: a doctor who treats people in the local area, not in a hospital.

Acute: An acute problem is very bad.

Bedsore: wounds that develop on a patient's body from lying in one place for too long.

Breech: position of an unborn baby in which the feet are down and the head is up.

Hives: bumps that appear on the surface of the skin during an allergic reaction.

Scrubs: plain uniform (usually green, white, or blue) worn by medical professionals.

Seizure: sudden violent movements or unconsciousness caused by electrical signal malfunction in the brain.

Sprain: an injury (less serious than a break) to a joint (ankle, wrist, knee etc).

Ward: a section of a hospital or health facility where patients stay.

Cyst: a sac in the body-tissue filled with fluid (sometimes diseased).

Deaf: unable to hear.

REFERENCES:

“Cambridge Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus.” N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2017. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/

 “ENGLISH VOCABULARY - HEALTH AND SICKNESS | ENGLISH REVEALED.” N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. http://www.englishrevealed.co.uk/FCE/fce_vocabulary2/health_and_sickness_1.php

“Illness and Injury.” N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2017.  http://esl.fis.edu/vocab/q1/nurse.htm

“Medical English Vocabulary | EnglishClub.” N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2017. https://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/medical-vocabulary.htm

 

VOCABULARY: SPORT AND HEALTH.

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Across: 1. A very large building with seats around an open area in the middle, used for playing and watching sports or for other events such as music shows. 4. A medical problem in which you get sick if you eat, breathe, or touch something. 5. A dark area on your skin where you have been hurt. 7. Wounds that develop on a patient's body from lying in one place for too long. 8. Unable to hear.

Down: 1. The ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have done it many times. 2. Someone who does something as a hobby. 3. A competition 6. When you sneeze, air suddenly comes out through your nose and mouth. 9. Someone who is good at sports such as running, jumping, or throwing things.