Medical Phrasal Verbs

Medical Phrasal Verbs

• Carry out: Realizar (un procedimiento, prueba o tratamiento).
  Example: The doctor will carry out a thorough examination to determine the cause of the symptoms.
• Bring on: Provocar, desencadenar (síntomas o un ataque).
  Example: Eating certain foods can bring on an allergic reaction in some people.
• Put off: Posponer (una cita médica o procedimiento).
  Example: Due to unforeseen circumstances, we need to put off your surgery until next week.
• Cut out: Dejar de hacer (algo dañino o perjudicial para la salud).
  Example: The doctor advised him to cut out smoking and reduce his alcohol consumption.
• Take in: Comprender, asimilar (información o instrucciones).
  Example: It’s important to take in all the details about the medication before starting it.
• Rule out: Descartar, eliminar (una posibilidad o diagnóstico).
  Example: The doctor performed additional tests to rule out any serious conditions.
• Check up on: Controlar, supervisar (el progreso o estado de alguien).
  Example: The nurse will check up on you regularly to monitor your recovery.
• Settle down: Calmarse, tranquilizarse.
  Example: After the initial shock, the patient began to settle down and listen to the doctor’s instructions.
• Ease off: Aliviarse, disminuir (dolor o malestar).
  Example: The pain medication should help ease off the discomfort after the surgery.

To remember:

Fight off
Pass out
Pass away
Run over
Come down with
Come to
Swing by
Bring up
Break out in something
Wear out
Pull through
Flare up

Fight off
Definition: resist an illness.
Example: They were helping her to fight off her symptoms.
Pass out
Definition: faint; lose consciousness.
Example: The boxes were so heavy to lift, he passed out.
Pass away
Definition: die.
Example: he passed away last year, due to covid.
Run over
Definition: hit by a car.
Example: he was run over when the driver didn’t stop at the light.
Come down with
Definition: become sick.
Example: she came down with a bad cold after traveling so much.
Come to
Definition: become conscious.
Example: she came to after a few minutes.
Swing by
Definition: drop by/stop in the way somewhere.
Example: she will swing by the pharmacy on her way home.
Bring up
Definition: to start talking about something.
Example: the patient is always bringing up her health problems.
Break out in something
Definition: if the rash of the sweat breaks out, it is visible on the skin.
Example: the skin on his hands was breaking out in a rash.
Wear out
Definition: to feel very tired or weak.
Example: the patient was worn out after the two-hour wait.
Pull through
Definition: to recover (from an injury or a serious illness).
Example: Martha was very sick after the incident, but now she is pulling through.
Fare up
Definition: when the illness or any medical condition comes back again.
Example: the problem flared up and disturbed the patient.

• Throw up: To vomit. Example: He was in the car and he threw up twice.

• Take off: Remove something. Example: When they took off the bandage, it was very painful.

• Puff up – To swell, to become enlarged. Example: The patient complained that his face puffed up after taking the medications.

• Throw up – To vomit. Example: She was in the car and she threw up thrice.

1. She passes out and 5 minutes after she came to consciousness,
   2,He is fighting off the illness, she is wear out aobut it.

“Medical phrasal verbs”

1. Only after 5 minutes, he Came To consciousness.

• Fought off Came to *Came over.

1. After he traveled he Came Down With covid

• Came around with Came down with *Came over with.

1. He was so tired after the race, he Passed Out

• Passed up Passed Out * Passed over.

Thanks I didn’t know many of them!!

Notes and activities class 17 + worksheet

Notes and activities class 17

• KEEL OVER.
  Definition: to fall over, especially when you feel unwell.
  Example: After running the marathon, Jane began to feel bad and keeled over.

• THROW UP:
  Definition: to omit.
  Example: Charly reacted badly to the medication, after 15 minutes he threw it all up.

• GET OVER.
  Definition: recovering.
  Example: with postoperative treatment Ana will Get over from surgery

• LET UP.
  Definition: diminish.
  Example: After taking the prescribed remedies, the symptoms let up.

I lke fight off!

Fight off

Definition: resist an illness.

Example: They were helping her to fight off her symptoms.

Pass out

Definition: faint; lose consciousness.

Example: The boxes were so heavy to lift, he passed out.

Pass away

Definition: die.

Example: he passed away last year, due to covid.

Run over

Definition: hit by a car.

Example: he was run over when the driver didn’t stop at the light.

Come down with

Definition: become sick.

Example: she came down with a bad cold after traveling so much.

Come to

Definition: become conscious.

Example: she came to after a few minutes.

Swing by

Definition: drop by/stop in the way somewhere.

Example: she will swing by the pharmacy on her way home.

Bring up

Definition: to start talking about something.

Example: the patient is always bringing up her health problems.

Break out in something

Definition: if the rash of the sweat breaks out, it is visible on the skin.

Example: the skin on his hands was breaking out in a rash.

Wear out

Definition: to feel very tired or weak.

Example: the patient was worn out after the two-hour wait.

Pull through

Definition: to recover (from an injury or a serious illness).

Example: Martha was very sick after the incident, but now she is pulling through.

Fare up

Definition: when the illness or any medical condition comes back again.

Example: the problem flared up and disturbed the patient.

Practice:

1. “Flare up”: if you don’t take your medicines, your illness will flare up again. You don’t want that, do you?
2. “Shake off”: I shook off that discomfort quickly with just my mind. It was incredible.

pack up - stop working.

• He was a good soccer player until his legs packed up.

give up something / give something up - stop doing a bad habit.

• They gave up smoking when the doctor said them to stop it.

• Only after 5 minutes, he came to consciousness.
• After he traveled he came down with COVID.
• He was so tired after the race, he passed out.
• He was swung by the office by his father.
• He brings up that disgusting topic.
• After finishing his medication, his back pain flares up again

To cut something out
They need to cut fast food from their diet to improve their healt.
To dose up with
We should dose up with vitamine C to avoid cold.