| A | B |
|---|
| medication | medicine |
| label | paper with directions on medicine |
| directions | instructions |
| tablet | medicine you can chew |
| capsules | medicine with powder inside |
| liquid | syrup; not solid |
| warning | be careful |
| aches | pains |
| symptoms | how you know you're sick |
| persist | last, continue |
| indications | purpose of medicine |
| exceed | go over, take more |
| temporary | for a short time |
| relief | a good feeling when something stops |
| fever | high temperature |
| over-the-counter | without prescription |
| prescription | doctor's permission to buy medicine |
| pill | medicine you swallow |
| infection | you take antibiotics for this (bacteria) |
| drug | medication |
| scale | measures your weight |
| weight | how many pounds, how heavy |
| height | how many feet & inches, how tall |
| blood pressure | can be high or low (nurse checks this) |
| blood test | lab technician does this |
| x-ray | picture inside your body |
| examination | doctor does this |
| check-up | when you go to the doctor once a year |
| annual | every year, yearly |
| measure | find out how big or how much |
| remedy | makes you feel better |
| cure | helps you be healthy again |
| advice | you should... |
| emergency | call 9-1-1 |
| chest pains | the chest hurts |
| heart attack | the heart doesn't work correctly |
| lungs | what you breathe with |
| stethoscope | doctor uses this to check heart & lungs |
| healthy | not sick |
| sore | hurts, painful |
