Curs 2 engleza:16.10.

2020

whether=if
weather
to swallow=to ingest
swallowing=ingestion, intake, uptake, deglutition
symptom=what the patient describes

sign=what the doctor sees

drug=medicine
by trial and error
by testing
by experiment
empirical

side effect=adverse reaction

indication
contraindication

unavailable
prescription drugs
non-prescription=over-the-counter (OTC) drugs
potent=powerful=strong

underdose
overdose
resistance
dose=dosage
addictive=habit-forming
addiction
addicted to
therefore=that's why

to fill in a prescription
to dispense medication based on a prescription

to improve=to enhance
cure=healing (leac)
to improve=to enhance
cure=healing
effective
ineffective
efficient
inefficient
bacterium (sg)
bacteria (pl)

fungus (sg)
fungi (pl)
to inhibit
fungi
to stimulate
inhibitor
stimulant

allergic to
allergy
narcotic=soporific
poppy
painkiller=pain reliever=analgesic
amount=quantity
heart failure
heart attack=myocardial infarction (MI)
stroke
Mirela Radu
13:27
anticoagulant=blood thinner coagulum=blood clot=thrombus
coagula (pl)
thrombi (pl)
Mirela Radu
13:29
hypertension
high blood pressure
hypotension=low blood pressure
diabetes insipidus
diabetes mellitus
gestational diabetes

to relieve=to soothe=to palliate=to mitigate=to ease=to lessen=to alleviate

ASPIRIN
1. anti-inflammatory
Mirela Radu
13:32
2. analgesic
3. anti-pyretic
4. anticoagulant

upper respiratory system

lower respiratory system

nasal stuffiness=nasal congestion

stuffy nose
runny nose
to gargle
to suck
lozenge
sore throat
sleeping pill=barbiturate, sedative
pep pill=stimulant
surgeon

to perform surgery
diet=regimen
to increase
to decrease
to alter=to modify=to change

debilitating=impairing

curative
cure
insufficiency of=lack of

feverish
nausea=emesis
anti-emetic
to crave for=to wish for
prior to=before

to recur=to reappear

dysmophia
dysfunction
dyspnea=shortness of breath

genetic
pediatric
geriatric
idiopathic
mycosis

severe≠ mild

major≠ minor
acute≠ chronic

benign≠ malignant

localized≠ widespread

contagious≠ non contagious

curable≠ incurable

function≠ dysfunction

emetic≠ antiemetic

infectious≠ noninfectious

indication≠ contraindication

effective≠ ineffective

diuretic≠ antidiuretic

stuffy nose≠ runny nose

overdose≠ under dose

indication≠ contraindication