Health Vocabulary

Eggs – the oval object with a hard shell that is produced by female birds, especially chickens, eaten as food.

Sentence – Beat up the eggs before you add the flour.

Beans – a seed, or the pod containing seeds, of various climbing plants, eaten as a vegetable.

Sentence – The beans will only germinate if the temperature is warm enough.

Milk – the white liquid produced by cows, goats, and sheep and used by humans as a drink or for making butter, cheese, etc.

Sentence – A cart full of milk – bottles rattled past.

Cheese – a food made from milk, or from a milk-like substance taken from plants, that can be either firm or soft and is usually yellow or white in colour.

Sentence – Lunch was a feast of meat and vegetables, cheese, yoghurt and fruit, with unlimited wine.

Yoghurt – a slightly sour, thick liquid made from milk with bacteria added to it, sometimes eaten plain and sometimes with sugar, fruit, etc. added.

Sentence – Gradually beat in the eggs, stir in the yoghurt and then flour mixture until just combined.

Fruit – the soft part containing seeds that is produced by a plant. Many types of fruit are sweet and can be eaten.

Sentence – As fruit needs not only sunshine but cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it, so character needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow it.

Vegetable – a plant, root, seed, or pod that is used as food, especially in dishes that are not sweet.

Sentence – The farmers ploughed the vegetable leaves back to enrich the soil.

Citrus Fruits – a tree of a genus that includes citron, lemon, lime, orange, and grapefruit. Native to Asia, citrus trees are cultivated in warm countries for their fruit.

Sentence – Economically sensitive goods such as citrus fruits, grapes, raisins and wine will face new tariffs.

Green Pepper – a shiny, green vegetable with a hollow centre. Green peppers can be eaten uncooked or cooked.

Sentence – Will be cut Duocheng Velvet green pepper, and spices to reconcile into sauce, a spicy green.

Blackcurrant – a small, round, dark purple fruit that grows on a bush and is usually cooked before being eaten.

Sentence – Grandad was the gardener and planted a lot of fruit trees, including gooseberry, blackcurrant, plum and loganberry for the jam-making.

Nuts – a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible.

Sentence – The children enjoy mixing up the fruit and nuts in the cake.

Egg Yolk – the yellow part of an egg.

Sentence – Take off the heat and whisk in the yoghurt and the egg yolk.

Liver – a large organ in the body that cleans the blood and produces bile, or this organ from an animal used as meat.

Sentence – Surgeons have successfully transplanted a liver into a four-year-old boy.

Medicine – treatment for illness or injury, or the study of this.

Sentence – The doctor advised about many things other than medicine.

Treatment – the way you deal with or behave towards someone or something

Sentence – Without treatment, she will almost certainly die.

Remedy – a successful way of curing an illness or dealing with a problem or difficulty.

Sentence – These tablets will do nothing to remedy my sore throat.

Nursing Care – Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings.

Sentence – When turned or given other nursing care, his limited movements became agitated.