Medical terms 1.4

When the doctor identifies what disease you have, it is called a:

• lucky guess

• diagnosis

This type of sickness can be passed to someone through touching.

• contagious

• chronic

An illness that cannot be cured is called:

• terminal

• acute

• an infection

If the doctor says your symptoms are in ‘remission’, what do they mean?

• Your disease is better, but not cured

• Your disease is cured.

If your doctor says your disease is infectious, what do they mean?

• Only you can have it

• It can spread to another person

What can be used to make you feel better or healthy again?

• ice cream

• treatment

• COVID-19

A skin rash is a:

• sign

• symptom

• medicine

You had a cold for ten days. The illness was:

• acute

• chronic