​​ IELTS Speaking Vocabulary - HEALTH @ielts_cast | IELTS CASTLE 🏛

​​ IELTS Speaking Vocabulary - HEALTH @ielts_castle

addict - a person, who is obsessed (addicted) by (to) something, drugs or alcohol, for example.
a check-up - an examination done by a doctor.
a runny nose - a nose that has liquid coming out of it.
chronic disease - a type of disease that continues to occur for a long time.
impediment - a physical defect that hinders normal or easy speech.
epidemic - when disease spreads very quickly and effects a large number of people.
painkillers - medicine for dealing with pain.
rehab - a course of treatment for drug or alcohol or any other dependence.
to diagnose - to recognise an illness by examining the patient.
to stutter - to talk with a continued accidental repetition of sounds.
alive and kicking - to continue being well and healthy.
to break a habit - to stop doing something that is a habit, especially something bad or harmful.

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