Glossary Flashcards
Acute
Agudo.
An acute pain or illness is one that quickly becomes very severe.
(Aciut)
Admission
Admisión.
The act or process of accepting someone as a patient at a hospital or as a student at a school, college, etc.
Admitted
Admitido.
To allow someone to enter a place.
Alveolus (n.)
Alveoli (pl.)
One of the many very small air bags in the lungs,with thin walls that allow oxygen to enter the blood.
(Alvioulos) (alvioulai)
Lung
Either of the two organs in the chest with which people and some animals breathe.
(Lannnng)
Antiviral
An antiviral drug or treatment is used to cure an infection or disease caused by a virus.
Failure
Fallo.
The fact of something not working, or stopping working as well as it should.
(Féiliar)
Anxiety
An uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or worry about something that is happening or might happen in the future.
(Angsaiety)
Aorta
The main artery (= thick tube carrying blood from the heart) that takes blood to the other parts of the body.
(EOOrtcha)
Artery
One of the thick tubes that carry blood from the heart to other parts of the body.
Appetite
The feeling that you want to eat food
(Similiar to oposite)
Arthritis
A serious condition in which a person’s joints (=the places where two bones are connected) become painful, swollen, and stiff.
(Arzruaitis)
Joint
Articulación.
A place in your body where two bones are connected.
Swell/swelled
swollen (adj)
Hinchado.
To become largeer and rounder than usual.
To increase in size or amount.
(Sueel) (Suóulen)
Stiff
Rígido.
If you are stiff or part of your body is stiff, your muscles hurt when they are moved.
Muscle
One of many tissues in the body that can tighten and relax to produce movement.
(Maseol)
Tissue
Tejido.
A group of connected cells in an animal or plant that are similar to each other, have the same purpose, and form the stated part of the animal or plant. (Ttísshú)
Tighten
Apretado
To become tighter (+) or to make something become tighter, firmer,or less easy to move.
(Thaigtn)
Atrium (n) Atria (pl.)
Aurícula.
One of the two spaces at the top part of the heart that receive blood from the veins and push it down into the ventricles.
(Eitriam) auricle (ouricul)
Vein
A tube that carries blood to the heart from the othe parts of the body.
(Vein)
Ventricle
Each of two small, hollow (hueco) spaces, one in each side of the heart, that force blood into the tubes leading from the heart to the other parts of the body.
Bile duct
Conducto biliar.
The tube from the liver and gall bladder through which bile passes into the small intestine.
(Smile)
Liver
Hígado.
A large organ in the body that cleans the blood and produces bile, or this organ from an animal used as meat.
(Livar)
Gall bladder
Vesícula biliar (vesícula).
A small organ in the body, connected to the liver, that stores bile.
(Goll blada)
Bile
Bilis.
The bitter (amargo), yellow liquid produced by the liver that helps to digest fat.
(Como smile)
Blackout
Pérdida del conocimiento.
A short period when someone suddenly becomes unconscious.
Dizziness
Mareo.
A temporary feeling that your sense of balance is not good and that you may fall down
(Dísinezs)
Blurry (adj)
Borroso.
Difficult to see clearly.
Making it difficult for someone to see things clearly.
(Blórry)
Bowels
Intestinos.
A long tube through which food travels while it is being digested after leaving the stomach.
(Bawls)
Breastbone
Esternón.
A long, flat, vertical bone in the center of a person’s or animal chest.
(Brestbon)
Breath (noun!!)
Respiración. Aliento.
The air that goes into and out of your lungs.
Out of breath/ short of breath/ her breath smelled.
(Breth)
Breathe
Respirar.
To move air or something else into and out of the lungs.
- Breathe (sth) in….Breathe (sth) out
Bronchus (n). Bronchi (pl)
Bronquio.
One of the two tubes that branch (deriva) from the trachea and carry air into the lungs.
(Bronkeus) (bronkai)
Trachea
Tráquea.
The tube that carries air from your throat to your lungs.
(Traquía)
Throat
Garganta.
The front of the neck, or the space inside the neck down which food and air can go.
(Trout)
Bump (verb)
To hurt part of your body by hitting it against something hard. I bumped my head on the shelf as I stood up.
(Bamp)
A&E
Accident and Emergency.
The part of a hospital where people go when they are ill or injured and need treatment quickly.
Treatment
The use of drugs, exercises, etc. to cure a person of an illness or injury.
(Tritment)
Drug
Any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as a medicine.
(Drag)
Cure (verb)
To make someone with an illness healthy again.
(Kiuor)
Illness (noun)
Enfermedad
A disease of the body or mind. The stage of being ill.
CGM
Continuous Glucose Monitoring.
This means using a device to automatically estimate your blood glucose level, also called blood sugar, throughout the day and night.
(Contíniues glúcous)
Glucose
A type of sugar that is found in plants , especially fruit, and supplies an important part of the energy that animals need.
(Glúcous)
COPD⏰🫁
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
A lung disease that maked the lung work less well, makes breathing more difficult, and lasts for along time.
( chronic abstractiv púlmonri diszís)
EHF🤕🩸
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
A very serious infectious disease with fever and bleeding inside the body.
(Iboula jemorruágic fivar)
Fever
Fiebre
A medical condition in which the body temperature is higher than usual.
(Fivar)
Infectious (adj)
(Of a disease) able to be passed from one person, animal, or plant to another.
(Inefectius)
Bleeding
Sangrado.
The process of losing blood from the body.
(Bliding)
ER
Emergency Room
The part of a hospital where people go whe they are seriously ill or injured (ínllerd) and need treatment quickly.
(Imérgency room)
EVD🤕
Ebola Virus Disease
(Ibóula vairus disísszz)
FGM
Female Genital Mutilation
The practice of cutting away parts of a girl’s or woman’s outer sex orgns for traditional or religous reasons.
(Fimail yénital miutilaision)
GP
General Practitioners
A doctor who provides general medical treatment for people who live in a particular area.
(General práctisionar)
HDU
High Dependency Unit
The part of a hospital that provides a high level of care and treatment for patients who are seriously ill or who have just had a major operation.
( high dipéndency unit)
Patient
Paciente
A person who is receiving medical care, or who is cared for by a particular doctor or dentist when necessary.
(Péicient)
HPI 📖
History of Present Illness
Is a set of interview questions that a healthcare provider will ask a patient about their chief complaint in order to assist with diagnosing the patient.
(Hístory present illness)
HPV
Human Papillomavirus
(Iuman papilomavairus)
Vaccine
A substance that is put into the body of a person or animal to protect them from a disease by causing them to produce antibodies
(Vaccin)
Vaccination
The process or an act of giving someone a vaccine.
(Vaccineition)
Diagnose
To recognize and name the exact character of a disease or a problem, by examining it.
(Daignous) como nariz
Diagnosis
A judgment about what a particular illness or problem is, made after examining it.
(Daignousis)
ICE 💭
Ideas, Concerns and Expectations.
A concept in consultation skills training to elicit the patient’s agenda. It has been shown to reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment.
(Ideas, concérn, and expecteision)
ICU🚨
Intensive care unit.
The part of a hospital that provides continuous treatment for patients who are seriously ill, very badly injured, or who have just had an operation.
(Inténsiv car iunit)
Cancer
A serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often causing death.
(Cansa)
SDG🌎
Sustainable Development Goals
Them are universal goals applicable,not only to developing countries but also developed countries.
(Sustéinebol divélopment goul)
TB
Tuberculosis
A serious infectious disease that can attack many parts of a person’s body, especially their lungs.
(Tiuberkiulóusis)
TB
Tuberculosis
A serious infectious disease that can attack many parts of a person’s body, especially their lungs.
(Tiuberculóusis)
WHO🌱
World Health Organization.
A department of the United Nations that aims to improve health allover the world and limit the spread of disease.
(World helth organaization)
Spread
Extender, propagar
To cover or reach a wider or increasing area,or to make something do this. To affect more and more places, people, or things.
(Spreed)
Caecum
Intestino ciego
The bag-shaped part at the beginning of the large intestine (=lower part of the bowels) where it joins onto the ileum.
(Cicam)
Join
To connect or fasten (sujetar) thing together
Ileum
Íleon
The last and narrowest part of the small intestine (= part of bowels after the stomach), where substances from food are absorbed.
(Íliom)
Calf
Pantorrilla
The thick curved part at the back of human leg between the knee and the foot.
(Keaaaf)
Capillary
A very thin tube, especially one of the smaller tubes that carry blood around the body.
(Capílary)
Cardiovascular
Relating to the heart and blood vessels.
(Cardiováscula)
Vessel
Vasos
A tube that carries liquids such as blood trough the body.
(Vfésl)
Category
A type,or a group of things having some features that are the same.
(Cátegry)
Feature
Característica.
A typical quality or an important part of something.
(Fittar)
Chart
Cuadro/gráfica
A drawing that shows information in a simple way, often using lines and curves to show amounts.
(CharT)
Chickenpox
Varicela.
An infectious disease that causes a slight fever and red spots on the skin.
Infectous (adj)
Infeccioso
(Of a disease) able to be passed from one person, animal, or plant to another.
(Infecsius)
Chin
Mentón.
The part of a person’s face below their mouth.
Climate
Clima
The general development of a situation.
(Claimet)
Collagen
Colágeno
A protein found espeially in the joints of humans and animals.
(Cólogen)
Protein
One of the many substances found in food such as meat, cheese, fish,or eggs, that is necessary for the body to grow and be strong.
(Proutin)
Sanitization
Sanitización.
The act or process of making something completely clean and free from bacteria.
(Sanitaization)
Bacterium (noun) bacteria (plural)
Bacteria, bacterias
(Bactiriam) (bactiria)
Cardiology
The study and treatmetnt of medical conditions of the heart .
Surgery
Cirugía.
The treatment of injuries or diseases in people or animals by cutting open the body and removing or repairing the damaged part.
(Sárgeri)
Consultation
Consulta
That is also a meeting with a doctor who is specially trained to give advice to you or other doctors about an illness or its treatment.
Neurology
Neurología
The study of the structure and diseases of the brain and all the nerves in the body .
(Niurology)
Ultrasound scan
Ecografía
Pathologic
Patología
(Pathológic)
Operating rooms
Quirófanos.
A special room in which people are operated on in a hospital
Sterelization
Esterilización
The process of having a medical operation to make it impossible to have children.\
The process of making something completely clean and free from bacteria.
(EstérAlAéiseision)
Anesthesia
A state in which someone does not feel pain, usually because of drugs they have been given.
(Anistíszia)
Anaesthetist
A doctor who gives anaesthetic to people in hospital.
(Aníszetist)
Anaesthetic
A substance that makes you unable to feel pain
(Aneszétic)
Customer service
Atención al cliente
(Cóstumer service)
Psychiatry
Psiquiatría.
The part of medicine that studies mental illness.
(Psicáiatri)
Management
Gestión
The control and organization of something
(Manigment)
Assembly hole
Salón de actos
X-ray diagnosis
Radiodiagnóstico
(X-rey dáiagnóusis)
Angiogram
Angiógrafo
An x-ray picture of one or more vessels, made after a substance has been put into the blood that can be seen on X-rays, or the procedure for producing the picture.
(Ényiogram)
Procedure
Procedimiento
(Procídar)
Gynaecology
Ginecología.
The area of medicine that involves the treatment of women’s diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs.
(Gainecólogi)
ENT👂🏻
Ear, Nose and Throat
A department in a hospital that deals with diseases are affecting the ear, nose and throat.
(Iaar, nose and zrout)
Pneumonia
Neumonía
A serious illness in with one or both lungs become red and swollen and filled with liquid.
(Niumounia)
Haematology
Hematología.
The scientific study of blood and the body tissues that make it.
(Himatólogy)
Endoscope
Endoscopias.
A long, thin thin medical device that is used to examine the hollow organs of the body such as the lungs.
Compliance
Cumplimiento
The act of obeying a law or rule, especially one that controls a particular industry or type of work.
(Compláinz)
Contagious (adj)
Contagioso.
A contagious disease
(Contéigus)
Corticosteroid
Corticosteroide.
A chemical substance produce by the adrenal cortex.
(Corticostéroid)
Adrenal gland
Glándulas suprarrenales
One of a pair of glands that produce adrenalin, found just above the kidneys.
(Adrínal gland)
Kidney
Riñón
Either of a pair of small organs in the body that take away waste matter from the blood to produce urine.
(Kidni)
Cough (verb)
Toser
To force air out of your lungs through your throat with a short, loud sound.
(Cof)
Crust (n)
Costra
A hard outer covering of something
(Crast)
Develop (verb)
Desarrollar
To (cause something to) grow or change into a more advance, larger, or stronger form.
(Divelop)
Developed (adj)
Desarrollado
Advanced, powerful, stronger or larger.
(Divélopt)
Development
Desarrollo
The process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes more advanced.
(Divélopment)
Diabetes
A disease in which the body cannot control the level of sugar in the blood.
(Daiabítis)
Dilate (verb)
Dilatar
To (cause a part of the body to) become wider or further open.
(Daileit)
Bronchodilator
Broncodilatador.
A drug that causes widening of a bronchi, e.g., any of those taken by inhalation for the alleviation of asthma.
(Bróncodilaitá)
Pupil
Pupila
The circular black area in the center of an eye, through which light enters.
(Phíupl)
Asthma
A medical condition that makes breathing difficult by causing the air passages to become narrow or blocked.
(Asma)
Discharge (vb) discharged (noun)
Dar de alta
To allow someone officially to leave somewhere, especially a hospital or a law court.
(Dischárch)
Distraught (adj)
Preocupados
Extremlely worried, nervous, or upset.
(Distroot)
Dizzy (adj)
Mareado
Feeling as if everything is turning around, and that you are not able to balance and may fall over.
(Díshi)
Dose (n)
Dosis
A measured amount of something such as medicine.
(Dóus)
Droplet (n.)
Gotita
A small drop of liquid
(Drroplet)
Ebola
A very serious infectious disease with fever and bleeding inside the body.
(Ibóula)
Encephalitis
Encefalitis
A serious illness caused by an infection that makes the brain swell.
(Enkefaláitis)
Faint (verb)
Desmayarse
To suddenly become unconscious for a short time, usually falling down.
(FeinT)
Fatigue (n.)
Fatiga
Extreme tiredness
(Fatíig)
Gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis
An illness that causes the stomach and bowels to become swollen and painful.
(Gastroenteráites)
Genitalia (pl.)
Genitales
The outer sex organs, especially the penis or vulva.
(Genitéilia)
Headache
Dolor de cabeza
A pain you feel inside your head
(Hédeic)
Hectic
Agitado.
Busy, fast and full of activity
(Héktik)
Infarction (n)
Infarto
The process in which tissue dies because something has blocked its blood supply, or an occasion on which this happens.
(Infaácsion)
Influenza (formal for flu)
Gripe
A common infectious illness that causes fever and headache.
(Influénsa)
Injury
Lesión
Physical harm or damage to someone’s body caused by an accident or an attack.
(Ínlluri)
Jargon
Jerga
Special words and phrases that are used by particular groups of people, especially in their work.
(Yáargn)
Jaundice
Ictericia
A serious disease in which substances not usually in the blood, cause your skin and the white part of your eyes to turn yellow
(Jóondis)
Jaw
Mandíbula
The lower part of your face that moves when you open your mouth.
(Yóo)
Limb
Extremidad
An arm or leg of a person or animal
(Líimm)
Malaise
Malestar
A general feeling of being ill or having no energy, or an uncomfortable feeling that something is wrong , especially with society, and that you cannot change the situation.
(Maléiss)
Malaise
Malestar
A general feeling of being ill or having no energy, or an uncomfortable feeling that something is wrong , especially with society, and that you cannot change the situation.
(Maléiss)
Marrow
Médula
Soft tissue containing a lot of fat in the center of a bone.
(Márrou)
Meningitis
A serious infectious disease that causes the tissues around the brain and spinal cord to swell.
(Meninyáits)
Spinal cord
Médula espinal
The set of nerves inside the spine that connect the brain to other nerves in the body.
(Spainal cord)
Midwife
Matrona
A person, usually a woman, who is trained to help women when they are giving birth.
(Mídguaif)
Mumps
Paperas
An infectious disease that causes painful swelling in the neck and slight fever.
(Mómps)
Nipple
Pezón
The dark part of the skin which sticks out from the breast of a mammal and through which milk is supplied to the young.
(Nipól)
Numbness
Entumecimiento o insensibilidad
Lack of physical or emotional feeling
(Námbness)
Occur (verb
Ocurrir
(Acáaa)
Organ
Órgano
A part of the body of an animal or plant that performs a particular job.
(Óoogan)
Outbreak
Brote
A time when something suddenly begins specially a disease or something else dangerous or unpleasant.
(Áutbreik)
Outpatient
Paciente externo
A person who goes to a hospital for treatment, but who does not stay any nights there.
(Autpeisient)
Over-the-counter remedies
Remedios de venta libre
If a drug is available over-the-counter, you can buy it in a shop without having to visit a doctor or person in authority first.
(Over de cáunta rémedis)
Pancreas
Páncreas
An organ in the body that produces insulin and substance that helped to digest food so that it can be used by the body.
(Páncrias)
Patella
Rótula
The bone at the front of the knee joint.
(Pathéla)
Pathogen (n.)
Patógeno
Any small organism, such as a virus or a bacterium that can cause disease.
(Pázogn)
Phlegm
Flema
A thick substance in your nose and throat that is produce when you have cold.
(Fléeem)
Platelet🍽️
Plaqueta
A very small cell in the blood that makes it thicker and more solid in order to stop bleeding caused by an injury.
(Pléitlet)
Pneumonia
Neumonía
A serious illness in which one or both lungs become red and swollen and filled with liquid.
(Niumóunia)
Poor
Pobre
(Pooó)
Pressure (n.)
Presión
The force you produce when you press something
(Présah)
Prevent (verb)
Prevenir
To stop something from happening or someone from doing something.
(Privént)
Priority (n.)
Prioridad
(Práioriti)
Pus
Pus
(Pás)
Rash
Erupción
A lot of small red spots on the skin
(Ráshh)
Referral
Remisión (nou) de remitir
The act of directing someone to a different place or person for information.
(Reférrol)
Respiratory (adj)
Respiratorio
Relating to breathing
(Respíratri)
Respiratory (adj)
Respiratorio
Relating to breathing
(Respíratri)
Rubella
Rubéola
An infectious disease that causes red spots on your skin, a cough, and a sore throat.
(Rubéla)
Sanitary (adj)
Sanitario
Clean not dangerous for your health or protecting health by removing dirt and waste, especially human waste
(Sánitri) (sanitary conditions)
Sanitise (verb)
Sanitizar
To make something completely clean and free from bacteria.
(Sánitais)
Scab
Costra
A rough surface made of dried blood that forms over a cut or broken skin while it is healing (=cicatrización)
(Scaaab)
Septum
Pulpa
A thin part dividing tissues or spaces in an organ such as the nose or heart.
(Septm)
Severe (adj)
Severo
Causing very great pain, damage, worry; very serious.
(Sevíaa)
Shoulder blade
Omóplato
(Sólde bláid)
Sibling
Hermanos
Squeaky (adj)
Chirrido
Making a very high sound
(Scuíki)
Surveillance (n.)
Vigilancia
The police have kept the nightclub under surveillance because of suspected illegal drug activity.
(Suvéilans)
Thigh (n.)
Muslo
The part of a person’s leg above the knee
(Záii)
Tingling
Hormigueo
I feel as if a lot of sharp points are being put lightly into your body .
Torture (n.)
Tortura
(Thórtha)
Toughness
Dureza, tenacidad, resistencia
The quality of being strong and not easily broken or damaged.
(Tófness)
Triage
Triaje
(Tríash)
Vaccinate (verb)
To give someone a vaccine
(Vaksineit)
Vaccination (n.)
The process or an act of giving someone a vaccine.
(Vacsinéison)
Valve
Válvula
A device that opens and closes to control the flow of liquids or gases, or similar structure in the heart and the veins that controls the flow of blood.
(Válvf)
Variety (n.)
Variedad
The characteristic of often changing and being different.
(Varáieti)
Vena Cava
One of the two very large veins through wheat blood returns to the heart, one from the upper body and head and one from all the body below the chest.
(Vína kéiva)
Vertebra
One of the small bones that form the spine.
(Vfértebrá)
Spine
Spina
The line of bones down the center of the back that provides support for the body and protect the spinal cord.
(Spáin)
Vertigo
A feeling of spinning around and being unable to balance, often caused by looking down from height.
(Vfértigou)
Ward
Pabellón
One of the parts or large rooms into which a hospital is divided, usually with beds for patients.
(Wooód)
Width (n.)
Ancho
The distance across something from one side to the other.
(Widthhh)
Width (n.)
Ancho
The distance across something from one side to the other.
(Widthhh)
Wrist
Muñeca
The part of the body between the hand and the arm.
(Gruist)
