Medical English Vocabulary and Phrases

A

• Ache (doler)
• Anaesthetist

B

• Bandages (venda)
• Basin (lavabo)
• Bedpan (cuña)
• Bedspread (colcha)
• Bedrid (encamado)
• Bladder (vejiga)
• Blanket (manta)
• Boil (furúnculo)
• Bruise (moratón)
• Bruise (hematoma)
• Butterflies (puntos de papel)

C

• Chicken Pox (varicela)
• Chilblains (sabañon)
• Chiropodist (podólogo)
• Clips (grapas)
• Constipation (estreñimiento)
• Corn (juanete)
• Cough (tos)
• Cramp (rampa)
• Crutch (muleta)
• Cyst (quiste)

D

• Dermobrader (bisturí eléctrico)
• Dizziness (vértigo)
• Drip (gotero)
• Drip Stand (palo de gotero)

F

• Gallbladder (vesícula biliar)
• Fever (fiebre)
• First Aid (primeros auxilios)
• Flu (gripe)
• Freckles (pecas)

G

• Gauze (gasa)
• Graze (abrasión)

H

• Hoist (grúa)

I

• Itching (picor)

K

• Kidney (riñón)

L

• Lab Technician (técnico de laboratorio)
• Labour (contracción)
• Laces (cordones)
• Lame (cojo)
• Lecture (clase)
• Life-threatening Condition (condición potencialmente mortal)
• Light-headed (mareado)
• Limb (miembro)
• Liver (hígado)
• Local Anaesthetic (anestésico local)
• Lump (bulto)
• Lung (pulmón)

M

• Mattress (colchón)
• Measles (sarampión)
• Migraine (migraña)
• Mole (lunar)
• Monkey Pole (palo para levantarse)
• Mumps (paperas)

N

• Nosebleed (hemorragia nasal)
• Numb (entumecido)
• Nursing Officer (supervisor)

O

• Observations Chart (gráfica)
• Operating Theatre (quirófano)
• Outpatients (consultas externas)

P

• Paramedic (ambulanciero)
• Part-time (media jornada)
• Pathology (medicina interna)
• Pillow (almohada)
• Porter (celador)
• Promotion (ascenso)

R

• Rash (sarpullido)
• Relieve (aliviar)
• Rewarding (gratificante)
• Runny Nose (moqueo)

S

• Scale (báscula)
• Scalpel (bisturí)
• Scar (cicatriz)
• Scrub Nurse (instrumentista)
• Severed (seccionado)
• Sickness (malestar)
• Sleeve (manga)
• Sneezing (estornudando)
• Sore Throat (dolor de garganta)
• Specialize (especializarse)
• Speech Therapist (logopeda)
• Spleen (bazo)
• Spoon (cuchara)
• Spot (grano)
• Sprain (esguince)
• Stethoscope (fonendoscopio)
• Stitches (puntos)
• Stomach Ache (dolor de barriga)
• Stretcher (camilla)
• Sunburn (quemado del sol)
• Swelling (hinchado)
• Swollen (inflamado)
• Syringe (jeringa)

T

• Tender (sensible)
• Tissues (tejidos)
• Tray (bandeja)
• Trolley (carrito)

W

• Ward (planta de hospital)
• Wound (herida)
• Weigh (peso)

X

• X-Ray Machine

Pain

• Pain Relief (referido)
• A Throbbing Pain (pulsátil)
• A Sharp Pain (punzante)
• A Burning Pain
• A Stabbing Pain (apuñalar)
• A Shooting Pain (irradiado)
• A Dull Ache (dolor moderado)
• A Gnawing Pain (mordedura roedor)
• A Cramping Pain (calambre)
• Steady (estable)

Pain Intensity

• Mild (leve)
• Agonizing/Unbearable/Excruciating (insoportable)
• Slight (ligero)
• Sore (inflamado)

Prepositions

• Across (al otro lado)
• Around (alrededor de)
• Away From (alejar de)
• Down (bajar)
• Into (en)
• Out (fuera)
• Over (pasar por encima)
• Past (por delante)
• Through (a través de)
• Toward (hacia)
• Under (debajo de)
• Up (subir)
• Onto (en, sobre)
• At (en, junto a)
• On
• In

Describing

• There is/are…
• On the left/right…
• The patient is…
• Behind the nurse…
• On the wall…
• I can see…

Questions

• Where is the pain?
• When did it start hurting?
• How bad is the pain?
• What type of pain is it?
• Can you describe the pain?
• Is it in the same place or does it move?
• Is the pain getting better/worse?
• What helps it feel better?

Instructions

• Can you clench your fist?
• Show me your hands please.
• Could you open your mouth?
• Just lift your arm, please.
• Take a deep breath.
• Say "ahhh!"
• Grip the bar tightly.
• Can you read the letters?
• Cough please.
• Can you bend your leg?
• Stretch as far as you can!
• Can you touch your toes?
• Can you try to stand on one leg?
• Can you turn over, please?
• You can close your mouth now.
• Could you lie down, please?
• And hold your breath.
• Just roll up your sleeve, please.
• Can you rest your arm here?
• Don’t worry! Relax!