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Have addiction to sth Children trend to have addiction to tv shows and games now |
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Allergy to sth the condition that causes you to react badly and feel ill when you eat or touch a particular sustance Food allergies can result in an enormous variety of different symptoms
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Suffer from dehydration you lose too much water from your body You will suffer from dehydraion when having high fever |
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Infection a desease caused by germs or bacteria Sneezing is the most common way of increasing the risk of infection |
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Obesity the fact of being extremely fat The excessive consumption of sugar leads to obesity |
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Suffer a stroke a sudden serious illness when a blood vessel bursts or is blocked, which can cause death or the loss of the ability to move The massive stroke left him in a wheelchair |
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Administer sth to sb give drugs, medicine to sb Polive believe his wife could not have administered poison |
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Admit to/into hospital take into hospital for treatment Two crash victims were admitted to the local hospital |
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Diagnose with sth say exactly what an illness or the cause of a problem is Almost million people are diagnosed with cancer each year |
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Vaccinate against sth give a vaccine to protect them against a desease Dogs must be vaccinated against distemper |
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Screen for examine people to make sure that they do not have a desease Men are routinely screened for joining the army |
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Discharge from hospital give sb official permission to leave a place or job She discharged herself from hospital against medical advice |
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