雅思詞匯：各種疾病

肥胖obesity;

參考例句：Obesity is a major risk factor in many diseases 肥胖是引發(fā)多種疾病的重要因素

糖尿病diabetes;

參考例句：My doctor wants me to be tested for diabetes 我的醫(yī)生要我去做個檢查，看是否患有糖尿病

心臟病heart disease;

參考例句：She was fitted with a pacemaker after suffering serious heart trouble 她患上嚴重的心臟病后安裝了心臟起搏器

癌癥cancer;

參考例句：She spent a period of time working with people dying of cancer 她有一段時間曾幫助垂危的癌癥患者

哮喘asthma;

參考例句：As an asthmatic, he cannot cope with the heat and humidity 他患有哮喘病，經不起高溫和潮濕

支氣管炎bronchitis;

參考例句：She had feared she was going down with pneumonia or bronchitis 她擔心會得肺炎或支氣管炎

高血壓hypertension/high blood pressure;

參考例句：Obesity correlates with increased risk for hypertension and stroke 肥胖會增加高血壓和中風發(fā)作的幾率

荷爾蒙hormone;

參考例句：I get a bit uptight these days. Hormones, I suppose 這些天我有點焦躁。我看是荷爾蒙在作怪

胰島素insulin;

參考例句：Insulin is produced commercially from animals 為獲利從動物體內提取胰島素

葡萄糖glucose;

參考例句：Diabetics cannot metabolise glucose properly. 糖尿病患者不能夠正常代謝葡萄糖

脈artery;

參考例句：The doctor felt my pulse and looked down my throat 大夫摸了摸我的脈,又瞧了瞧我的嗓子

靜脈vein

參考例句：He disconnected the IV bottle from the overhead hook 他把靜脈滴注瓶從頭頂的鉤子上拿下來