9. Lecke: Different Types of Doctors (Ben)

Question 1

How do you indicate a type of doctor?

(With what suffix?)

Answer 1

ász / -ész

(fogász = dentist, szemész = ophthalmologist)

Question 2

cecum

Answer 2

vakbél

Question 3

surgeon

(orthopedic, abdominal, plastic)

Answer 3

sebész

(ortopéd, hasi, plasztikai)

Question 4

prick / puncture

Answer 4

szúr

Question 5

internist

Answer 5

belgyógyász

Question 6

to stuff / fill

(as in give a filling to a tooth)

Answer 6

tömni

Question 7

gynecologist

Answer 7

nőgyógyász

Question 8

contraceptive

Answer 8

fogamzásgátló

Question 9

ENT doctor

otolaryngologist

Answer 9

gégész

(really gége is just larynx, but…)

Question 10

paramedic

Answer 10

mentős

Question 11

medical technician / orderly

Answer 11

beteghordozó

Question 12

obstetric nurse

Answer 12

szülésznő

Question 13

surgery nurse

Answer 13

műtősnő

Question 14

pharmacist

Answer 14

gyógyszerész

Question 15

social worker

Answer 15

szociális munkás

Question 16

nursery employee

(book calls it a “dry nurse” ??)

Answer 16

csecsemőgondozó

(literally one who “looks after infants”, csecsemő = infant)

Question 17

assistant nurse / doctor’s assistant

Answer 17

asszisztensnő

Question 18

nurse

(male nurse)

Answer 18

nővér / ápolónő

(ápoló)

Question 19

employee who cares for new mothers

(couldn’t find good English translation for it, not a midwife but maybe like a doula or something, book calls is “health visitor”)

Answer 19

védőnő

(védő = protector/defender … ?)

Question 20

to feel dizzy

Answer 20

szédülni

Question 21

feeling

(as in “what kind of feeling do you have when…”)

Answer 21

érzés

Question 22

gallstone

Answer 22

epekő

Question 23

upset stomach

Answer 23

gyomorpanasz

Question 24

obesity / overweightness

Answer 24

túlsúly

(lit. “too much weight”)

Question 25

tonsilitis

Answer 25

madulagyulladás

Question 26

gallbladder

Answer 26

epehólyag

Question 27

exercise

(as in working out)

Answer 27

testmozgás

Question 28

anesthesiologist

Answer 28

altató orvos

(altato = sedative)

Question 29

traumatologist / trauma surgeon

Answer 29

baleseti sebész

Question 30

dermatologist

Answer 30

bőrgyógyász

Question 31

diabetologist

endocrinologist

gastroenterologist

hematologist

cardiologist

onco-/uro-/patho-/pulmono-/rheumato-/traumato-

Answer 31

diabetológus; endokrinológus; gasztroenterológus

hematológus; kardiológus; neurológus

onkológus; patológus; pulmonológus

reumatológus; traumatológus; urológus

Question 32

vascular surgeon

Answer 32

érsebész

Question 33

neurosurgeon

Answer 33

idegsebész

(ideg = nerve)

Question 34

orthopedist / ortho surgeon

Answer 34

ortopédsebész

Question 35

psychiatrist

Answer 35

pszichiáter

Question 36

radiologist

Answer 36

röntgenorvos

Question 37

ophthalmologist

Answer 37

szemész

Question 38

obstetrician

Answer 38

szülész

Question 39

lactation consultant

(didn’t know they existed)

Answer 39

szoptatási tanácsadó

Question 40

physiotherapist

Answer 40

gyógytornász

Question 41

midwife

Answer 41

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