B1 · Intermediate
Illnesses & Treatments
Describe illnesses, symptoms and their treatments so you can explain what is wrong and how it is being handled in Danish.
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- Words & phrases
- 42
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
A preview of what you’ll master
Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- a diagnosis
- a treatment
- an infection
- inflammation
- nausea
- a migraine
- a virus
- a bacterium
- an attack (fit/seizure)
- asthma
- diabetes
- diarrhea
- dizziness
- a rash
- cancer
- a heart attack
- a blood clot
- pneumonia
- depression
- arthritis
- poisoning
- to cure
- to recover
- to prescribe
- a recovery
- chronic
- contagious
- to infect
- to come down with the flu
- to run a fever
- anorexia
- bulimia
- eating disorders
- a cataract
- glaucoma
- incurable
- ineffective
- progressive
- abnormal
- to isolate
- to manifest
- a remedy, a preparation used for a purpose
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Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Illnesses and Treatments
- Lesson 2
From Symptoms to Next Steps
Where this unit fits
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