25 Field-Related Vocabulary Sheet 

– Mélika Morval
Levac
1. Residency: The 3-7 years after you graduate medical school where you learn the
specifics of the specialty you choose. (rezuhdensy)

2. Pimping: PIMP” is an acronym for “Put In My Place.” It’s when someone with more
knowledge (an attending physician or senior resident) asks questions of someone with
less knowledge (a medical student) to test their level of understanding, typically in a
setting among peers.(pimpING)

3. Internship: First year of medical residency training for physicians. (inership)

4. Match: The electronic process where 4th year medical or pharmacy students are fitted
to residency spots based on their preference rankings and preference rankings of the
residency program. (maCH)

5. Fellowship: Postresidency medical training in a specific subspecialty; for example,

cardiology, pulmonary and nephrology. (fèloship)

6. Resident: A physician in postgraduate medical training. (rezuhdinte)

7. Pediatrician: a medical practitioner specializing in children and their diseases.

(pidiuhtrichune)

8. Pediatrics: the branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases. (pidiatrics)

9. Hospital: an institution providing medical and surgical treatment and nursing care for
sick or injured people. (hôspetale)

10. Doctor/physician: a qualified practitioner of medicine. (docture/physichune)

11. Neonatology: the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment and care of
newborn babies. (nionuhtology)

12. Neonatologist: a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of

newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn. (nionuhtologiste)

13. Disease: a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially

one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is
not simply a direct result of physical injury. (duhziz)

14. Treatment: medical care given to a patient for an illness or injury. (trit/men/te)

15. Health care: the organized provision of medical care to individuals or a community.
(hellTHcare)
16. Health: a person's mental or physical condition. the state of being free from illness or
injury. (hellTH)

17. Antibiotic: a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. It is the most

important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections,
and antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention of such
infections. (anti/bi/otik)

18. Surgery: the branch of medical practice that treats injuries, diseases, and
deformities by the physical removal, repair, or readjustment of organs and tissues, often
involving cutting into the body. (seurgery)

19. Prescription: an instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient

to be provided a medicine or treatment. (priscripchune)

20. Physiology: a branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life
or of living matter (such as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical
phenomena involved — compare anatomy. (phisi/uhlogie)

21. Pathology: the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch
of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for
diagnostic or forensic purposes. (peTHology)

22. Diagnosis: the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by

examination of the symptoms. (dayagnosis)

23. Patient: a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment. (pachunte)

24. Consultation: a meeting with an expert or professional, such as a medical doctor, in

order to seek advice. (conesultachune)

25. Clinic: an establishment or hospital department where outpatients are given medical
treatment or advice, especially of a specialist nature. (clinik)