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Iran's approaching medical crisis

Vocabulary

haemophiliac

a person who suffers from haemophilia, a blood disease which means the blood does not stop flowing after a cut

nomadic tribes

groups of people who move from one place to another rather than living in one place

prescriptions

pieces of paper on which a doctor writes which medicines a patient requires

on the record

in public (used to describe a statement: something that is said on the record is said in public)

on the verge of

very close to happening

diabetes

a disease in which the body cannot effectively control the level of sugar in the blood

sanctions

an official order to stop a country doing something (such as trade) to make it obey international law

eased

became less severe

near

nearly