Nombre del trabajo: MEDICAL VOCABULARY PART II

Fecha de realización: Octubre 2021

Campus: Villahermosa

Carrera: Medicina

Materia: Inglés Científico

Semestre: 1o

Nombre del maestro: Dra. Paloma Barragán Lanz

 MEDICAL VOCABULARY PART II

lab results tests that come back The lab results have come
noun from a laboratory and in and you are free to go
help doctors make a home.
diagnosis

lab (laboratory) place where samples I'll take these samples down
noun of blood/urine etc. are to the lab on my way out.
taken for testing

life support a machine that keeps The woman has severe

noun patients alive by brain damage and is
helping them breathe currently on life support.

life-threatening when injuries and The victim was shot in two

adj conditions are places but the bullet
extremely serious wounds are not life-
threatening.

light-headed feeling of dizziness If you are feeling light-

adj and being off-balance, headed again, lie down and
caused by lack of call me.
oxygen in the brain

malignant expected to grow and I'm afraid at least one of the

adj get much worse tumours is malignant.
 (especially related to
cancerous cells)

medical school place where someone After eight years of medical

(med. school) trains to be a doctor school I can finally practice
noun medicine.

newborn an infant that is less You have to support her

noun than three months old neck because she is still
a newborn.

numb no feeling in a certain The needle will make your

adj body part lower body feel numb.

OR (operating the place where major You must wear a face mask
room) surgeries and and gloves while you are in
noun operations take place the OR.

operation noun a medical procedure The operation lasted seven

operate on verb that involves going hours, but it was successful.
inside a person's body
in an attempt to fix a
problem

pain strong discomfort in We gave your husband

noun certain areas of the some medicine to relieve
body some of the pain.
pain killer, pain type of medicine that You can take two pain
reliever takes away some or all killers every four hours.
noun of the discomfort of an
illness or injury

paralyzed unable to move We thought her legs

adj certain areas of the were paralyzed for life, but
body she is learning how to walk.

patient a person staying in a The patients in Room 4 are

noun hospital or medical not getting along.
facility

pharmacist a person who fills a Ask the pharmacist if there

noun doctor's prescription is a generic brand of this
and gives people medication.
advice about
medication

pharmacy, a place where people You should be able to buy a

drugstore go to buy medication bandage at the pharmacy.
noun and other medical
supplies

physician doctor Ask your

noun family physician to refer
you to a specialist.
poison noun a substance that is The child was bitten by
poisonous adj very dangerous if it a poisonous snake.
enters the human
body

prenatal of the time period The woman was well

adj leading up to giving prepared for labour because
birth she took
the prenatal classes.

prescription noun the correct amount You will need to visit your
prescribe verb and type of doctor to get
medication needed to another prescription.
cure an illness or
relieve symptoms

privacy noun being alone; personal You will have to pay for
private adj (e.g. test results) a private hospital room if
you don't want a room-
mate.

radiation high energy X-rays If the radiation doesn't kill

noun that destroy cancer all of the abnormal cells,
cells the cancer will come back.

residency part of a doctor's John is a resident under Dr

resident training that takes Brown.
noun place in the hospital;
 a student working
under a doctor

routine check-up a doctor's I'd like to see you a year

noun appointment to check from now for a routine
a person's general check-up.
health

scrubs plain uniform (usually I have some extra scrubs in

noun green, white, or blue) my locker.
worn by medical
professionals

scrub up carefully wash hands I have to scrub up and get

verb before and after seeing ready for surgery.
a patient

second opinion input from a second I went to another doctor to

noun doctor about an illness get a second opinion about
or symptom these headaches.

seizure sudden violent People who suffer from

noun movements or epilepsy are prone
unconsciousness to seizures.
caused by electrical
signal malfunction in
the brain
shock body not getting The woman was
noun enough blood flow in shock after being pulled
from the river.

side effects other symptoms that One of the side effects of

noun might occur as a result antidepressants is a loss of
of a certain appetite.
medication or
procedure

sore painful I have a sore throat and a

adj runny nose.

spasm the uncontrollable Ever since I injured my leg

noun tightening of a muscle I've been having
muscle spasms in my upper
thigh.

specialist a doctor that is an My family doctor is sending

noun expert in a certain me to a specialist.
kind of medicine

sprain an injury (less serious I sprained my knee playing

noun/verb than a break) to a joint soccer.
(ankle, wrist, knee etc)
stable condition a patient is stable if You can see your husband
noun their medical now; he is in a stable
condition is no longer condition.
changing rapidly

sting sharp, temporary pain It may sting when I insert

noun/verb the needle.

stress noun worry that causes You need to take some time
stressed adj muscles to tighten and off work and relieve some of
blood pressure to rise your stress.

swelling noun ligaments (parts that I knew my ankle was

swollen adj hold the joints sprained because it was
together) growing so swollen.
bigger and rounder
after an injury to a
joint

symptoms pain or physical You have all of

noun changes that occur the symptoms of a diabetic.
because of an illness
or disease

temperature amount of heat We brought Jesse to

noun measured in a body; emergency because he was
higher than normal running a
temperature (high) temperature.
tender painful when touched The incision
adj or used was tender after the
surgery.

test results medical information The test results came back

noun that helps doctors negative. You aren't
understand a patient's pregnant.
condition or body

therapy treatment aimed at I was able to go back to

noun improving a person's work a few weeks after
mental or physical starting the therapy.
condition

transplant moving of an organ The heart transplant saved

noun from one human to your life.
another

ultrasound a test that examines The ultrasound shows that

noun the body's internal we are expecting a baby
organs and processes boy.
using sound waves
(often used during
pregnancies)

umbilical cord the lifeline from the I had an emergency C-

noun mother to the fetus section because
(when cut at birth this the umbilical cord was
 forms the belly wrapped around the baby's
button) neck.

unconscious alive, but appearing to I hit my head on the

adj be asleep and unaware steering wheel and was
of the surroundings still unconscious when the
ambulance arrived.

urine sample a small amount of the The urine sample tells us

noun body's liquid waste how much alcohol is in your
that is tested for blood.
different medical
reasons

vein the thin tubes that I'm just looking for the
noun transport blood best vein in which to insert
around the body and the needle.
back to the heart

virus a dangerous organism The virus is contractable

noun that causes the spread through the exchange of
of minor and major bodily fluids.
diseases

visiting hours time of day when I'm afraid you'll have to

noun friends and family are come back during visiting
allowed to visit hours.
patients in hospital
vomit discharge of a person The pregnant woman can't
noun/verb stomach contents stop vomiting.
through the mouth

ward a section of a hospital I should warn you that

noun or health facility we're entering the mental
where patients stay health ward.

wheelchair a chair on wheels used If you get in

noun for transporting the wheelchair I'll take you
patients from place to down to see the garden.
place

wound noun injury to body ("flesh The wounded soldiers are

wounded adj wound" means not being airlifted to the
deep) hospital.

x-ray a photograph of a The technician took x-

noun/verb person's bones and rays of my shoulder to
organs make sure it wasn't broken.