Medical Glossary

ABLATION Ablación
ABSCESS
ABSTINENCE
ACHE
ACUTE
AIR DRY
AIRWAYS
AMNIOTIC LIQUID
AMNIOTIC SAC
AMPUTATIONS
ANESTHESIA
ANEMIA
ANTI-ACID
ANTIBIOTIC
ANTIHISTAMINE
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
APPENDIX
APPOINTMENT
ARMPITS axilas
ARRHYTHMIA
BABY BOTTLE
BANDAGE
BEAT (HEART)
BED SORE úlcera de decúbito
BEDRIDDEN postado en cama
BELLY BUTTON, NAVEL ombligo
BIG TOE dedo gordo
BILE bilis
BILIRUBIN bilirrubina
BIRTH CONTROL PILL
BLADDER vejiga
BLIND SPOTS
BLINDNESS
BLISTER
BLOOD CLOT coagulo de sangre
BLOOD DONOR
BLOOD GLUCOSE
BLOOD IN STOOLS sangre en las heces

BLOOD PRESSURE
BLOOD SPECIMEN muestra de sangre
BLOOD SUGAR
BLOOD TEST
BLOOD VESSELS vasos sanguíneos
BLURRED VISION
BOOSTER SHOT, TO GET A inyección/vacuna de refuerzo
BOTHER
BOWEL MOVEMENT, TO HAVE A evacuación intestinal
BRACES (DENTAL)
BREAK A BONE (TO)
BREAST PUMP extractor de leche

BREASTFEED, TO
BRONCHITIS
BRUISES moretones
BUILD (PRESSURE) aumentar la presión
BUMP ONE’S HEAD, TO golpearse la cabeza

BURN
BURNING (PAIN)
CALF pantorrilla
CALLUS callos
CAST
CATARACTS
CAUTERIZE
CATHETER
CERVIX
CHAPPED LIPS labios agrietados
CHEMOTHERAPY
CHEWABLE
CHICKEN POX varicela
CHILDHOOD ILLNESS
CHILLS escalofrios

CHOKE
CLOT
COUGH SYRUP
COCK-EYED (ONE-EYED) bizco
COLD
COLLAR BONE clavicula
COLOSTRUM calostro
CONGESTED (STUFFED-UP NOSE)
CONJUNCTIVITIS
CONSTIPATION
CONTRACEPTIVES anticonceptivos
CONTRACTIONS
CORTISONE
COTTON SWAB hisopo

COUGH
COUGH UP BLOOD toser sangre
CRACK (TO)
CRAMP, COLIC cólico
CRAMPS calambre
CRUTCHES muletas
C-SECTION cesarea
CULTURE
CYST quiste
DEAFNESS
DEHYDRATED (TO GET)
DELIVER VAGINALLY (TO)
DIABETIC NEUROPATHY
DIAPHRAGM
DILATED
DIPHTHERIA difteria
DISABILITY discapacidad
DISCHARGE, RELEASE dar de alta

DISCOMFORT
DISEASE
DISLOCATE ONE’S ARM
DISPOSABLE NEEDLES
DIZZINESS
DIZZY
DOCTOR’S NOTE
DOSAGE
DRAIN
DRAINAGE
DROOL babear
DROPPER gotero

DROWSINESS somnolencia
DROWSY somnoliento

DRY
DUE DATE fecha de vencimiento

DULL PAIN dolor sordo

EAR DRUM tímpano
EMBRYO
EMERGENCY ROOM
EVENT MONITOR
EXAMINE
EYE DROPS
FAINTING SPELL desmayo
FALLOPIAN TUBES
FAMILY DOCTOR
FAST
FATTY FOODS
FEVER
FLEM
FLUID
FOLLOW-UP
FOOD
 antebrazo
FOREARM
FOUL-SMELLING mal olor
FRACTURE
FUNGUS
GALL BLADDER vesícula biliar

GALLBLADDER STONES cálculos biliares

GANGRENE
GASTROENTEROLOGY
GAUZES gasas
GERMAN MEASLES sarampión
GERMS
GESTATIONAL DIABETES
GLAUCOMA
GLUCOSE MONITOR
GOWN bata
GROIN ingle
GUMS
HAVE SEX (SEXUAL RELATIONS)
HAY FEVER rinitis alérgica/alergia al polen
HEALING
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
HEARING LOSS
HEART ATTACKS
HEART MURMUR soplo cardiaco
HEART RATE
HEARTBURN acidez
HEEL talón
HEMORRHOIDS
HIVES urticaria
HOARSE afónico

HOME CARE
HOME NURSE
HORMONAL
HOT/WARM COMPRESSES
HOT FLASHES sofocos
HURT
ICE PACK
INCISION
INFLAMMATION
IN-GROWN NAIL uña encarnada
IRON DEFICIENCY deficiencia de hierro
ITCH
ITCHING
IUD DIU dispositivo intrauterino
IV
JAUNDICE ictericia
JOINT
KIDNEY STONES
LAB TESTS
LABOR PAINS
LACTATION CONSULTANT
LARYNX
LATCH ON (TO) engancharse
LAXATIVE
LEAN OVER inclinarse
LICE piojos
LIGAMENT
LIMP renguear
LISTLESS desganado

LIVER FAILURE
LOWER BACK
LUMP bulto

LYMPH NODE
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)
MALAISE malestar
MEASLES sarampión
MEDICAL CHART/REPORT parte médico
MEDICAL HISTORY
MENSTRUAL PERIOD
MIDWIFE partera
MIGRAINE
MILD leve/suave
MINERAL OIL
MISCARRIAGE aborto espontáneo
MODERATE DUTY trabajo moderado
MOLE, BIRTHMARK lunar/marca de nacimiento

MOOD SWINGS cambios de humor

MUMPS paperas

NAPE (OF THE NECK) nuca

NARROWING estrechamiento

NAUSEA
NEARSIGHTED vista de cerca

NIPPLES
NORMAL BIRTH, DELIVERY
NUMBNESS entumecimiento
O.B.G.Y.N. obstetrician- ginecologist ginecólogo obstetra

OFFICE
OINTMENT pomada/ungüento
ON DUTY en servicio
OPTICAL NERVE
OPTOMETRIST optometrista
ORTHOPEDIST
OVARIES
OVERDOSE
OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATION (OTC) medicamento sin receta/venta libre
PACEMAKER marcapasos
PAD (MENSTRUAL) compresa menstrual/toallita
PAINKILLER
PAINLESS
PALATE paladar
PAP SMEAR TEST PAP(papanicolau)
PEDIATRIC
PEDIATRICIAN
PERIPHERAL VISION
PERSPIRATION transpiración
PHYSICIAN médico
PICK UP
PILLS
PINCHED NERVE
PINK EYE conjuntivitis
PNEUMONIA
POST-PARTUM CARE
PREGNANCY
PREGNANCY TEST
PRENATAL CARE
PRESCRIBE recetar
PRESCRIPTION receta
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN (PCP) médico de cabecera

PROCEDURE
PROSTATE
PULLED MUSCLERADIOLOGY radiología distensión muscular
PUS
RASH sarpullido
RED BLOOD CELLS
REDNESS enrojecimiento
REFER consultar

REFERRAL derivación
RELAPSE recaída
RELEASED, TO BE
RELIEVE aliviar

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
RIB CAGE caja torácica
RIGHT-HANDED, TO BE
RUNNY NOSE goteo nasal

SCALPEL bisturí
SCAR
SEASONAL ALLERGIES
SEDATIVE
SEIZURE convulsión
SHARP PAIN dolor agudo
SHIN espinilla
SHORTNESS OF BREATH
SHOT, GET A ponerse una inyección
SIDE EFFECTS
SIGHT
SINUS INFECTION infección sinusal
SITZ BATH baño de asiento
SKIN RASH erupción cutánea/sarpullido
SMALLPOX viruela
SOAK remojar/sumergir
SOLE OF THE FOOT planta del pie
SORE THROAT
SPINAL COLUMN; BACKBONE
SPLEEN bazo
SPLINT férula
SPLINTER astilla

SPRAIN, TWIST esguince

STABBING PAIN
STAPLES grapas
STERILE STRIPS (STERI-STRIPS) bandas estériles
STETHOSCOPE
STIFFNESS rigidez
STITCHES
STOOL SAMPLE muestra de heces
STOOLS heces
STRAINED (MUSCLE) distensión muscular

STREP THROAT faringitis

STROKE ACV

STY orzuelo
SURGEONS
SURGERY
SUTURES
SWEATY
SWELL hincharse

SWELLING hinchazón/inflamación
SWOLLEN hinchado/inflamado

SYMPTOMS
TAILBONE coxis
TENDER blando
TETANUS
TISSUE tejido
THROAT CLOSURE
THROBBING PAIN dolor palpitante
STABBING PAIN dolor punzante

THROW UP, TO
THUMB pulgar

THYROID GLAND
TINGLING SENSATION hormigueo
TISSUES
TONSILS amígdalas

TRIAGE NURSE
TUBAL LIGATION ligadura de trompas
UMBILICAL CORD
UNTREATED
UPSET STOMACH malestar estomacal
URINE SPECIMEN/SAMPLE muestra de orina

UTERUS
VAGINAL DISCHARGE flujo vaginal

VAPORIZER
VASECTOMY
VENTRICLE
VARICOSE VEINS varices/venas varicosas

VITAL SIGNS
 clinica ambulatoria
WALK-IN CLINIC
verruga
WART
WATER (CHILDBIRTH)
WEAK
WELL-BABY CARE
WHEEZING respiración sibilante (silbido)

WHITE BLOOD CELLS

WHOOPING COUGH/PERTUSSIS tos ferina
WINDPIPE traquea
WISDOM TOOTH/TEETH muela de juicio
WORK-RELATED INJURY
WORSE, GETTING
WOUND herida

X-RAY
YEAST INFECTION infección por hongos/candidiasis