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pain = ache
painful = achy
ache beareable,lasting (suportabil) -> toothache
pain membre, back
Suffix: -algia -> arthralgia, myalgia, neuralgia
painkillers = analgesics
joint = articulation
Prefix : arthro-
Carefully carelessly
Listen to stomach = auscultation of the stomach
Palpation = palpare
Percution = tapping
Length -> to lengthen
Nostril = nara
DOB = date of birth
Blocked nose = stufy nose = congested nose = obstructed nose -> decongestant
Otolaryngology = ORL - otorhinolaryngology
Steroid adj. steroidal nonsteroidal
Oral examination
Written examination
Reset examination = restanta
To sit for an examination
Sight = vision
Bald = chel
To faint = a lesina
Swab = tampon
Blood bleed -> bleeding = bloodloss = hemorrhage
Epistaxis bleeding of the nose
Waist = talie
To atrophy = to waste away = a se atrofia
Tick = capusa
Tic = tic nervos
Eye -> prefix: ophtalmo-
Femur = thigh bone (pl. femora, adj. femoral)
To borne = a cara, purta
Sneezing = stranut
To cough = a tusi
Couch = tussis -> antitussives
Dry cough tuse seaca
Whooping cough= pertussis = tuse productive
Pathogen = germ = microbe
To enhance = to augment = to improve
Infectious = contagious = transmissible noninfectious
Cannula (pl. cannulae) = branula
To heal = to cure a disease
To treat tratat, nu neaparat vindecat (AIDS, cancer)
Curable/healable disease
Wound (mai severa) = injury = lesion
To groan with pain = a urla de durere
Pitt = groapa
Scar = cicatrix (pl. cicatrices)
To soar = a creste (pt temp)
To sore = a durea
Bedsore = escara
Alopecia = baldness
Candida = thrush
Dyspepsia = indigestion
Hemorrhoids = piles
Herpes zoster = shingles
(o)edema = swelling = inflammation
Rubella = German measles = rubeola
Urticaria = heatspot = nettle rash
Arteriosclerosis = hardening of the arteries
Cerebral palsy = spastic
Eructation = belching
Halitosis = bad breath
Infectious mononucleosis = glandular fever
Poliomyelitis = polio
Rubeola = rujeola = measles
Varicella = chickenpox
Variolla = smallpox
Bursitis = housemaids knee = bursita
Cerebral infarction/bleeding = stroke = CVA cardio-vascular accident
Flatulence = wind = gas
Herpes simplex = cold sore
Myocardial infarction = heart attack
Pyrosis = heartburn
Tendonitis = tendinita
Verruca (pl. verrucae) = warts = negi
Sequela (pl. sequelae) = sechele
To diagnose = to make a diagnosis (diagnostician, diagnosis pl. diagnoses)
Symptom subjective, felt by the pacient
Sign objective, observed by the doctor
Strain of virus = tulpina virala
Mumps = oreion
To defecate -> fecal adj for faeces
Sewage = reziduuri
Contaminated by
ENGLEZA 4
To administer medication = a elibera medicamente (farmacie)
Order = prescription = medication order = reteta
Workweek = saptamana de lucru
To deal with = to cope with = to face = to discuss
ER = emergency room (UPU)
Intensive Care Unit = ATI (Anestezie+terapie intensiva) reanimare
Recovery room = salon postoperator
Private room = rezerva de spital ( pt 2 pacienti)
Laymans terms = with simple words = nonspecial terms = not a professional
To persuade = to convince
Self-indulgent pacient = delasator
People skills to know how to talk to the pacient
Bedside manner = buna conduita chairside manners for dentistry
To comfort = to calm
Undergraduate studies = studii de licenta
MD Doctor of medicine dupa licenta bachelor studies pt alte domenii
Graduate education = master
Doctors degree PhD = doctorat
Organic inorganic
To graduate a school to pass the final exam
To complete a school without a diploma
Internship = hands-on hospital training = stagiu
Intern stagiar
Residency = specialty training
Resident = specialist in training
Subspecialty training = fellowship training = supraspecializare
Fellow = subspecialist in training
Rotating internship mai multe module
Straight internship 1 modul
Primary care physician first doctor to go to
Secondary care physician = specialist
Adolescents = teenagers
Blood prefix: hemo (hemorrhage), hemato- (hematologist)
Spleen -> adj. splenic
Splenectomy removal of the spleen
Infectious disease specialist
Pulmonologist = pneumolog
Allergy -> allergist
Congestant decongestant
Stamina = resistance
Genito-urinary = uro-geniral (ro)
Congenital related to hereditary -> present at birth
Anesthesia = anestezie
Anesthetic = anesthetic
To anesthetise
Anesthesiologist
Dermatologist = skin doctor
Obstretician -> obstretics
Labor pain = travaliu
Childbirth = parturition
Fracture = broken bone
Degenerative = progressive, worsening, deteriorating
Crossed eyes = squint = strabism
Throat = pharynx
Stapedectomy = removal of the stapes
Ciocanel = hammer = malleus (pl. mallei)
Nicovala = anviel = incus (pl. incudes)
Scarita = stirrup = stapes (stapedes)
Hysterectomy removal of the uterus
Orchiectomy removal of the testes
Obstretician-gynecologist (OB-GYN)
Anamnesis discussion between the doctor and the pacient
Healthcare = medicalcare
To monitor = to supervise = to watch
Side effect nu neaparat negativ (ex. Feeling hungry)
Adverse reaction - sigur negative (ex. Vomiting)
Asymptomatic disease
To refer to = to send to
Surgery -> adj. surgical
Self employed solo practitioners = cabinet particular
Comprehensive = complete (health care)
Affiliated with = associated
On-/ offduty
On call = de garda
On call room = camera de garda
On call report = raport de garda
Hectic = agitated = stressful
office = cabinet
to make rounds = a face vizita prin spital
nursing care
to nurse a pacient - doar asistenta
to attend a pacient asistenta + doctor
to keep up with
reward = recompense
shift = tura
oncall schedule
appointment la cab. medical
home visit la pacient acasa
colostomy
rhinoplasty
angioplasty
hernia = rupture
herniated disk = ruptured disk
e.g. = exempli gratia = for exemple
i.d. = id est that is
small bowel = small intestine
pancreas -> pl. pancreata
thoracic = thoracal
proctologist -> colon + rect
to mould = a da forma
pediatrician -> pediatrics
graft = grefa
to graft = a grefa
recipient = primitor
donor
prior to = before
attending physician/surgeon = medic curand
to attend pacients needs
CPR = cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
Ongoing = continuous
Mastopexy = breast lift surgery
To cut out = to remove = to excise
ENGLEZA 8
Dental Fillings
DENTAL IMPLANTS
Similar to = alike
Substitute for = replace
To trigger = to start = to cause
To strink = to narrow
Muscle strain = intindere musculara
Stable unstable
To exhibit = to show
Unearthed = dezgropat
to prevent = to avoid
prevention = prophylaxis
sweating = perspiration
to sweat = to perspire
excessive sweating = diaphoresis
skin = integument
pallor = paleness
to ascertain = to establish
fainting = collapse = syncope
fear -> suffix: - fobia
nausea = greata
antiemetics = antivomitive
antipiretics = antifebrile
to moisten
puls = heartbeat
tight loose
to oxygenate to deoxygenate
heart -> prefix: cardio-
narrowing = stenosis
arteries -> prefix: arterio-
exercion = efort
overexercion = suprasolicitare
digestion indigestion
indigestion = dyspepsia
thrombosis
embolus
myocardial infarction = heart attack
to clot = to coagulate
coagulation = clotting
clammy = umed + rece (hands)
previous = before, anterior
orthostatic position
cardiac arrest = cardiac stop
to commence = to start, to begin
disorder = disease
phase = stage, level
to breathe in = to inspire = to inhale
to breathe out = to expire = to exhale
epilepsy = fits
sleepy = drawsy
drowsiness = sleepiness
steroidal nonsteroidal (medication)
range = variety
dosage = quantity
severe allergic reaction = anaphylactic reaction
dyspnea = difficulty in breathing
vomiting = emesis
wheezing = suierat
acut cronic
allergy -> allergist
mellitus diabetes = diabet zaharat
insipidus diabetes = diabet insipid
lightheadedness
paresthesia
to respond = to answer, to give signs
deep -> to deepen superficial
paralysis -> sufix: -plegia
Monoplegia -> un membru paralizat
Paraplegia -> membre inferioare paralizate
Hemiplegia -> jum. dr/stg paralizata
Tetraplegia -> de la gat in jos
Panplegia -> paralizie totala
Lung -> adj. pulmonary
Gut = intestine (adj. intestinal)
Blunt = tocit
Choking = a se ineca