Terminos Medicos en Ingles

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1. Diabetes, is a group of metabolic diseases in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period.

Symptoms of high blood


sugar include frequent urination, increased thirst, and increased hunger. If left untreated, diabetes can cause many complications
2. Diet, is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. Complete nutrition requires ingestion and absorption of vitamins,
minerals, and food energy in the form of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Dietary habits and choices play a significant role in the
quality of life, health and longevity
3. Medical Diagnosis, is the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs. It is most often

referred to as diagnosis with the medical context being implicit.


4. Fever, also known as pyrexia and febrile response, is defined as having a temperature above the normal range due to an increase in the

body's temperature set-point.

5. Frustration, is a common emotional response to opposition. Related to anger and disappointment, it arises from the perceived resistance
to the fulfillment of individual will.
6. Gamete, is a cell that fuses with another cell during fertilization (conception) in organisms that sexually reproduce.
7. Sex Organ (Genital), is any anatomical part of the body in a complex organism that is involved in sexual reproduction and together constitute

the reproductive system. The external and visible organs, in males and females, are the primary sex organs known as
the genitals or genitalia.

8. A gene, is a locus (or region) of DNA which is made up of nucleotides and is the molecular unit of heredity.
9. Smallpox, was an infectious disease caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The disease is also known by

the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, derived from varius ("spotted") or varus ("pimple").

10.A vitamin, is an organic compound and a vital nutrient that an organism requires in limited amounts.
11.A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease.
12.An ulcer, is a discontinuity or break in a bodily membrane that impedes the organ of which that membrane is a part
from continuing its normal functions

13.Trauma, is injury or damage to a biological organism caused by physical harm from an external source. Major trauma
is also injury that can potentially lead to serious long-term outcomes like chronic pain.
14.
Therapy, is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a diagnosis. In the medical field, it
is usually synonymous with treatment.
15.Temperature (normothermia or euthermia), is a narrow temperature band indicating optimal health and
thermoregulation. Individual body temperature depends upon the age, sex, health, and reproductive status of the
subject, the place in the body at which the measurement is made, the time of day, the subject's state of
consciousness (waking or sleeping), activity level, and emotional state.
16.Perspiration, also known as sweating or diaphoresis, is the production of fluids secreted by the sweat glands in the
skin of mammals.
17. A Sympton, is a departure from normal function or feeling which is noticed by a patient, reflecting the presence of an unusual state, or of
a disease.
18.Syndrome, is a set of medical signs and symptoms that are correlated with each other and, often, with a specific
disease.
19.A medical sign, is an objective indication of some medical fact or characteristic that may be detected by a patient or
anyone, especially a physician, before or during a physical examination of a patient.
20. A sedative or tranquilliser is a substance that induces sedation by reducing irritability or excitement. At higher doses it may result in slurred
speech, staggering gait, poor judgment, and slow, uncertain reflexes

21. Breathing is the process that moves air in and out of the lungs, or the diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the external
environment into and out of the blood through other respiratory organs such as gills.
22.Reproduction, is the biological process by which new individual organisms "offspring" are produced from their
"parents".

23.Repose (Rest), It is normally used when the patient is sent to be at rest for his health does not deteriorate.
24.Prosthesis, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through trauma, disease, or congenital conditions.
25.Pill, is originally defined as a small, round, solid pharmaceutical oral dosage form of medication that was in use before the advent of
tablets and capsules.
26. Paralysis is loss of muscle function for one or more muscles. Paralysis can be accompanied by a loss of feeling (sensory loss) in the affected
area if there is sensory damage as well as motor.
27. Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health.
28. Nausea is a sensation of unease and discomfort in the upper stomach with an involuntary urge to vomit. It may precede vomiting, but a
person can have nausea without vomiting.
29. Nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of axons (nerve fibers, the long and slender projections of neurons) in the peripheral nervous system.
30.Narcotics, originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with sleep-inducing properties. In the United States, it has since
become associated with opiates and opioids, commonly morphine and heroin, as well as derivatives of many of the compounds found within
raw opium latex.
31. Muscle is a soft tissue found in most animals. Muscle cells contain protein filaments of actin and myosin that slide past one another,
producing a contraction that changes both the length and the shape of the cell.
32.Insulin, is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets, and by the Brockmann body in some
teleost fish
33.Infertility is the inability of a person, animal or plant to reproduce by natural means. It is usually not the natural state
of a healthy adult organism, except notably among certain eusocial species (mostly haplodiploid insects).

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