Medical Spanish Terminology – Flashcards
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answersquestion
Medir
answer
To measure
question
¿Cuánto pesa?
answer
How much do you weigh?
question
¿Cuánto mide?
answer
How much do you measure?
question
Queja
answer
Complaint
question
La paciente se queja se...
answer
The patient complains of...
question
Receta
answer
Prescription
question
Análisis
answer
Any test that goes to the lab
question
Sangre
answer
Blood
question
Orina
answer
Urine
question
Materia fecal
answer
Feces
question
Flujo
answer
Vaginal fluid
question
Flema
answer
Phlegm
question
No beba antes de la cirugía
answer
Don't drink before the surgery
question
No coma antes de la cirugía
answer
Don't eat before the surgery
question
Sufrir
answer
To suffer
question
No sufra. Tome la medicina.
answer
Don't suffer. Take the medication.
question
Cara/o
answer
Expensive
question
El medicamento caro
answer
The expensive medicine
question
Barata/o
answer
Cheap
question
Las medicinas genericas son baratas
answer
Generic medications are cheap
question
Las medicinas marcas son caras
answer
Brand medications are expensive
question
¿Cuánto bebe?
answer
How much do you drink?
question
¿Cuántos cervesas bebe en una semana?
answer
How many beers/drinks do you drink in a week?
question
Sala se espera
answer
Waiting room
question
Traer
answer
To bring
question
¿Cuándo fue la última vez que vio un doctor/médico?
answer
When was the last time you saw a doctor?
question
Ví un doctor ayer.
answer
I saw a doctor yesterday.
question
temblores
answer
tremors
question
tenso/a
answer
tense
question
¿Usted mas cansada que antes?
answer
Are you more tired than before?
question
inquieto/a
answer
hyper
question
mariado
answer
dizzy
question
Tengo mareos.
answer
I have dizziness.
question
Atacque de pánico
answer
panic attack
question
latir
answer
to beat
question
¿Su corazon late más rapidamente?
answer
Does your heart beat more quickly
question
falta de aire
answer
shortness of breath
question
problemas con concentración
answer
problems with concentration
question
problemas para dormer
answer
problems sleeping (always "problemas PARA [infinitive]")
question
problemas con apetito
answer
problems with appetite (always "problemas CON [noun]")
question
equilibrio
answer
balance
question
preocupado/a
answer
worried
question
¿Esta preocupado siempre?
answer
Are you always worried?
question
¿Esta iritable?
answer
Are you irritable?
question
angustia/angustiado/a
answer
anguish/anguished
question
alcohol ("alcol")
answer
alcohol
question
drogas
answer
drugs
question
borracho/a
answer
drunk
question
emborracharse
answer
to get drunk
question
¿Cuando bebe alcohol, emborracharse?
answer
When you drink alcohol, do you get yourself drunk?
question
¿Usted bebe hasta emborracharse?
answer
Do you drink to the point of getting yourself drunk?
question
¿Cuando usted para de beber, tiene temblores?
answer
When you stop drinking, do you have tremors?
question
¿Cuando no se emborracha, tiene temblores?
answer
When you're not drunk, do you have tremors?
question
Sudores
answer
sweat
question
¿Tiene vomitos?
answer
Do you have vomiting?
question
¿Usted falta al trabajo cuando se emborracho?
answer
Do you miss work when you get yourself drunk?
question
intoxicación/intoxicado/a
answer
intoxication/intoxicated (from food: alcohol, or food poisoning)
question
envenenamiento
answer
poison (from chemicals, not food)
question
envenenado/a
answer
poisoned (from chemicals, not food)
question
alcoholicos anonimos
answer
alcoholics anonymous
question
rehabilitación
answer
rehab
question
hizo rehabilitación
answer
have you done rehab?
question
resaca/ "cruda"(Mexico)
answer
hangover
question
bebidas blancas
answer
vodka, tequila (strong drinks)
question
pino rojo
answer
red wine
question
alcoholismo
answer
alcoholism
question
¿Tiene historia de alcoholismo en su familia?
answer
Do you have a history of alcohol in your family?
question
¿Usa drogas?¿Que usa?
answer
Do you use drugs? What do you use?
question
cocaina
answer
cocaine
question
"LSD"
answer
LSD
question
amfetaminas
answer
amphetamines
question
eztasies
answer
ecstasy
question
jarabe para la tos
answer
cough syrup
question
medicamentos recetados
answer
prescription meds
question
analgesico
answer
pain killer (strong)
question
¿huele pegamentos?
answer
Do you sniff glue?
question
oler
answer
to smell
question
¿Como esta su animo?
answer
(colloquial) How's your mood?
question
Estoy mal de animo.
answer
I'm in a bad mood.
question
tanto
answer
too much/so much
question
robar
answer
to steal
question
delirio de persecución
answer
delusions of persecution
question
No tengo ganas de comer/sexo.
answer
I don't have the desire to eat/have sex.
question
¿Cual es su fecha de nacimiento?
answer
What is your birthdate?
question
¿Qué año es?
answer
What year is it?
question
Voy a decir tres palabras, y por favor repiten las palapras en pocos minutos.
answer
I'm going to say three words, and please repeat them in a few minutes.
question
fuerza
answer
strength
question
Dibuje un reloj y poner la hora, por favor.
answer
Draw a clock & put the hour please.
question
¿Qué es dos mas dos?
answer
What is two plus two?
question
mamas/cenos
answer
breasts
question
nuca
answer
back of the neck
question
Ponga sus manos en su nuca
answer
Put your hands on the back of your neck.
question
*Se acuesta, por favor*
answer
Lay down, please
question
acostarse (irr)
answer
to lay (yourself) down
question
Se levanter, por favor
answer
Get up, please
question
*Parese, por favor*
answer
Stand up, please
question
Sientese, por favor
answer
Sit down, please
question
lump
answer
bulto
question
axila
answer
axilla
question
ganglios
answer
lymph nodes
question
*ingle*
answer
groin
question
pezón
answer
nipple
question
areola
answer
areola
question
estribos
answer
stirrups
question
¡Relájase! o ¡Se relaje!
answer
Relax!
question
¡Cálmese! o ¡Tranquilla!
answer
Calm down!
question
espéculo
answer
speculum
question
instrumento
answer
instrument
question
No duele.
answer
Doesn't hurt
question
*Respire profundo, por favor.*
answer
Breathe deeply, please
question
tacto
answer
palpation (for genitals)
question
Voy a ser un tacto vaginal/anal.
answer
I'm going to do a vaginal/anal palpation.
question
palpar
answer
to palpate (outward body parts)
question
gynecólogo/a
answer
gynecologist
question
menarca
answer
menarche
question
menstruaciónes
answer
menstruations
question
períodos
answer
periods (menstrual)
question
¿Cuántos días su ciclo dura?
answer
How many days does your cycle last?
question
Cuántos dias hay entre un período de un otro período?
answer
How many days are there in between one period and the next period?
question
¿Cuántos dias su periodo/menstruación dura?
answer
How many days are there in your period/menstruation?
question
abundante
answer
heavy
question
normal
answer
normal
question
poco/a
answer
light
question
¿Sus períodos son poco?
answer
Are your periods light?
question
tampones/ toallas femeninas
answer
tampons
question
¿Cuántas veces cambia sus tampones cada dia?
answer
How many times do you change your tampons each day?
question
sindrome premenstrual
answer
PMS
question
depremido/a
answer
depressed
question
espasmos
answer
cramps (menstrual)
question
cintura
answer
waist/lower back
question
¿Tiene flujo?
answer
Do you have vaginal discharge?
question
¿Su flujo huele mal?
answer
Does your vaginal discharge smell bad?
question
oler (irr)
answer
to smell
question
enfermedades venereas
answer
venereal diseases
question
VIH positivo
answer
HIV +
question
SIDA
answer
AIDS
question
virus del papiloma humano
answer
HPV (human papilloma virus)
question
vacuna
answer
vaccine
question
vacuna contra el virus del papilloma humano
answer
vaccine against HPV
question
*llagas*
answer
sores
question
¿Usa algun medo de anticonceptivo?
answer
Do you use any mode of contraception?
question
pareja
answer
partner
question
el diafragma
answer
diaphragm
question
el diu; "espiral"
answer
intrauterine device
question
ligadura de trompas
answer
tubal ligation
question
vasectomia
answer
vasectomy
question
parche
answer
patch
question
histerectomia
answer
hysterectomy
question
¿Hace cuánto tuvo un histerectomia?
answer
How long has it been since you had a hysterectomy?
question
menopausia
answer
menopause (no period for 1 year)
question
pre-menopausia
answer
pre-menopause
question
¿Usted esta en menopausia?
answer
Are you in menopause?
question
Sangrado
answer
bleeding (any kind of abnormal bleeding)
question
aborto espontáneo
answer
spontaneous abortion
question
calores
answer
hot flashes
question
cambios de humor
answer
changes in mood
question
*ultimamente*
answer
recently/lately
question
¿Cuántas libras?
answer
How many pounds?
question
tejido
answer
tissue
question
el exámen de densidad osea
answer
bone density test
question
osteoporosis
answer
osteoporosis
question
globulos rojos
answer
RBCs
question
globulos blancos
answer
WBCs
question
Durante un infección, los globulos blancos son altos
answer
During an infection, WBCs are high
question
factores de coagulación
answer
coagulation factors
question
*coagulos*
answer
clots
question
riñones
answer
kidneys
question
Antigen prostatico
answer
PSA (prostate serum antigen)
question
punción lumbar
answer
lumbar puncture
question
sacar
answer
to take
question
liquid cefalo raquideo
answer
CSF
question
raquideo
answer
spine
question
meningitis
answer
meningitis
question
*esonancia magnetica*
answer
MRI
question
tomografía computada
answer
CT
question
celulas
answer
cells
question
cuello de utero
answer
cervix
question
examen de papaniculau
answer
Pap smear
question
embarazada
answer
pregnant (state)
question
embarazo/a
answer
pregnancy (noun)
question
cenos, mamas, pechos
answer
breasts
question
*incomodo*
answer
uncomfortable
question
Voy a aplicar un poco presion de su mamma, y ver imagen de su tejidos mamas.
answer
(Explain mammogram)
question
echografia vaginal
answer
ultrasound
question
sonda (de vejiga)
answer
catheter (urinary)
question
sonar
answer
sound
question
*herida
answer
* wound
question
heridas por arma de fuego/por armas blancas
answer
gunshot wounds/knife wound
question
*mordedura*
answer
bite (from an animal with teeth/fangs)
question
*picadura*
answer
bite (from insect)
question
avispa
answer
wasp
question
abejas
answer
bees
question
ormigas
answer
ants
question
araña
answer
spider
question
serpiente,víbora, culebra
answer
snake
question
chinches
answer
ticks
question
Que trago?/Sabe que trago?
answer
What did you swallow? Do you know what you swallowed?
question
un frasco de aspirinas
answer
a bottle of aspirins
question
recaillda
answer
relapse (to "re-fall")
question
pastillas anticonceptivas
answer
contraceptive pills
question
productos de limpieza
answer
cleaning products
question
detergente
answer
detergent
question
disinfectante
answer
disinfectant
question
veneno
answer
poison
question
Cuánto liquido trago?
answer
How much liquid did you swallow?
question
Remedio casero
answer
household remedy
question
envenenamiento
answer
poisoning (chemical)
question
intoxicación por alimentos
answer
poisoning (food)
question
Indujo el vomito?
answer
Did you induce vomiting?
question
Llámame si necesita mas medicinas.
answer
Call me if you need more medicine
question
*Efectos colaterales*
answer
side effects
question
mareos
answer
dizziness
question
la boca seca
answer
dry mouth
question
orina con frecuencia
answer
frequent urination
question
va a perder apetito
answer
you're going to lose appetite
question
su orina va a olor diferente
answer
your urine is going to smell differently
question
salpullido, erupción
answer
rash
question
visión borrosa
answer
blurry vision
question
zumbidos en sus orejas
answer
ringing in your ears
question
acostarse (ue)
answer
to go to bed/lay down
question
casarse (con alguien)
answer
to get married (with someone)
question
desmayarse
answer
to faint
question
despertarse (ie)
answer
to wake up
question
enfermarse
answer
to get/become sick
question
quedarse
answer
to stay, remain
question
coagulos
answer
clots
question
toallas femininas
answer
tampons
question
¿Cuantas toallas femininas usa?
answer
How many tampons do you use?
question
abortos espontaños
answer
miscarriages
question
"pérdidas"
answer
spotting (colloquial)
question
hígado
answer
liver
question
hemorragias
answer
hemorrhages
question
síndrome de Down
answer
Down's Syndrome
question
paladar hendido
answer
cleft palate
question
labio leporino
answer
cleft lip
question
cianotico
answer
cyanotic
question
cataratas
answer
cataracts
question
contagiar(se)
answer
to catch/transmit
question
Me contagio...
answer
I caught/transmitted...
question
¿Cuánto duro?
answer
How long did ....last?
question
¿Hace cuánto...?
answer
How long have you had ...(currently)?
question
ulceras
answer
ulcers
question
partes privadas
answer
private parts
question
íngles bultos
answer
inguinal lumps
question
"sida"
answer
AIDS
question
el virus de papiloma/VIH
answer
HPV
question
verrugas
answer
warts
question
tratamiento
answer
treatment
question
¿Cómo se cuida?
answer
How do you take care of yourself (contraceptive-wise)?
question
diafragmas
answer
(gynecological) diaphragms
question
parejas
answer
(sexual) partners
question
el diu/"espiral"
answer
IUD (intrauterine device)
question
salpullido
answer
rash
question
¿Amamantó los niños?
answer
Did you breastfeed your children?
question
Amamantar
answer
to breastfeed
question
¿Cuántos meses amamantó los niños?
answer
How many months did you breastfeed your children?
question
sensibles
answer
tenderness
question
prematuros
answer
premature
question
¿Si tuvo niños prematuros?
answer
Have you had preemies?
question
¿Si tuvo niños que pesan mas de diez libras?
answer
Did you have kids weighing more than 10 pounds?
question
¿Tuvo diabetes durante el embarazo?
answer
Did you have diabetes during the pregnancy?
question
¿Cuántas libras pesan su niño?
answer
How much did your baby weigh?
question
¿Hay cumbias en su apetito?
answer
Are there changes in your appetite?
question
grasas
answer
fat
question
fibras
answer
fiber
question
carbiogratos
answer
carbs
question
pelvis
answer
pelvis
question
bulto
answer
lump
question
Tose, por favor.
answer
Cough, please.
question
Ponga sus piernas en los estribos.
answer
Put your legs in the stirrups.
question
Relájese.
answer
Relax.
question
Empujar/pujar
answer
to push
question
Puje, por favor
answer
Push, please
question
Haga esto, por favor.
answer
Do this, please.
question
¿Hace cuánto tiene dolor?
answer
For how long have you had this pain?
question
¿Qué mejor el duro?
answer
What makes the pain worse?
question
vegiga
answer
bladder
question
orina
answer
urine
question
prostata
answer
prostate
question
urgencía
answer
urgency
question
el chorro
answer
(urine) stream
question
¿Tiene dificultamente para empezar el chorro?
answer
Do you have difficulty starting your (urine) stream?
question
débil
answer
weak
question
tenesmo
answer
hesitation
question
piedras (en la vegiga)
answer
stones (bladder)
question
llagas
answer
sores
question
errojisimientos
answer
redness
question
¿Cuándo fue su última regla?
answer
When was your last period?
question
sudores de noche
answer
night sweats
question
estrogeno
answer
estrogen
question
progesterona
answer
progesterone
question
seca/o
answer
dryness
question
sequedad vaginal
answer
vaginal dryness
question
¿Tiene dolor cuando tiene sexo?
answer
Do you have pain when you have sex?
question
sangrado
answer
bleeding
question
cansancio
answer
fatigue
question
¿Esta más cansada que antes?
answer
Are you more tired than before?
question
¿Tiene problemas para dormir?
answer
Do you have problems with sleeping?
question
recientemente
answer
recently
question
ultimamente
answer
lately
question
huesos
answer
bones
question
prueba
answer
test
question
calambres
answer
cramping (in legs)
question
hierro
answer
iron
question
¿Usa drogas?
answer
Do you use drugs?
question
hinchado
answer
swollen
question
medir (ie)
answer
to measure
question
Mido...
answer
I measure...
question
Mide...
answer
he/she/you(F) measure...
question
¿A qué hora...?
answer
At what time...?
question
mediodia
answer
mid-day
question
medianoche
answer
midnight
question
Son las doce y media.
answer
It's 12:30.
question
Son las dos menos cuarto.
answer
It's 1:45.
question
globulos blancos/rojos
answer
white/red blood cells
question
entre
answer
between
question
plaquetas
answer
platelets
question
millon
answer
million
question
billon
answer
billion
question
trillon
answer
trillion
question
¿Qué hora es?
answer
What time is it?
question
"Son las doce y catorce."
answer
It's 12:14.
question
"Tomar el pecho"
answer
to take the breast (colloquial term for breastfeeding)
question
sita
answer
appointment
question
tragar
answer
to swallow
question
¿Cuándo empezó fumar?
answer
When did you start smoking?
question
¿Cuántos años fumó?
answer
How many years did you smoke?
question
angina de pecho
answer
chest pain
question
**bonus: 4 normal factors triggering chest pain?
answer
1. cold 2. lots of food 3. exertion 4. stress
question
"anginas" (can mean 2 things...)
answer
1. sore throat OR 2. pain in tonsils
question
Mucho gusto
answer
nice to meet you
question
¿Porqué usted está aqui hoy?
answer
Why are you here today?
question
opresión
answer
tightness (1st sign of chest pain)
question
ardor en el pecho
answer
burning in the chest
question
¿Hace cuánto tiene este dolor?
answer
For how long have you had this pain?
question
Hace cuanto horas.
answer
For 4 hours.
question
¿Adónde va el dolor?
answer
Where does the pain go?
question
¿Es diabetico?
answer
Are you diabetic?
question
murió
answer
he/she died
question
período/regla/menstruación
answer
period
question
¿Es su menstruactión regular?
answer
Is your period regular?
question
durar
answer
use when you want to know the beginning ; end
question
¿Cuánto dura su regla?
answer
How long is your period?
question
¿Cuántas días dura su periodo?
answer
How many days is your period?
question
un ciclo
answer
a cycle
question
¿Cuántos días tiene su ciclo?
answer
How many days do you have in your cycle?
question
siguente
answer
next
question
¿Tiene dolor de cabeza antes de regla?
answer
Do you have headaches before your period?
question
iritable
answer
irritable
question
iritabilidad
answer
irritability
question
embarazos
answer
pregnancies
question
Si no toma la medicación, usted va a tener la presión alta siempre.
answer
If you don't take the medication, you're going to always have high BP.
question
Tome, la medicación, sino la presión va a subir.
answer
Take the medication, otherwise your BP is going to increase.
question
Quizá necesita cirugia.
answer
Maybe you need surgery.
question
querar
answer
to stay
question
Quizá necesita querar en el hospital una día más.
answer
Maybe you need to stay in the hospital one more day.
question
El niño tiene un resfrío.
answer
The boy has a cold.
question
Respire grande, por favor.
answer
Breathe big, please.
question
"le corre" la nariz
answer
"runny nose"
question
la nariz "tapada"
answer
"stuffy nose"
question
¿Tiene problemas para respirar?
answer
Do you have problems breathing?
question
¿Tiene problemas para respirar la nariz?
answer
Do you have problems breathing through your nose?
question
la oreja
answer
outer ear
question
oir
answer
to hear
question
¿Puede oir esto?
answer
Can you hear this?
question
Diga cuando escucha(lo).
answer
Tell me when you can hear (it).
question
¿Tiene mucho infeccioned del oido?
answer
Do you have a lot of ear infections?
question
audición
answer
audition/hearing
question
¿Tiene menor del audición?
answer
Do you have decreased hearing?
question
disminucion
answer
diminishing
question
el dolor sordo
answer
dull pain
question
zumbido
answer
ringing
question
campañitas
answer
"little bells"
question
¿Cuándo oye el zumbido con mas frecuencia?
answer
When do you hear the ringing most frequently?
question
la punta de la lengua
answer
the tip of the tongue
question
Muerda fuerte, por favor.
answer
Bite hard, please.
question
Diga "Aaah."
answer
Say "Aaah."
question
Baja lengua
answer
tongue depressor
question
Trague, por favor.
answer
Swallow, please.
question
ronquera
answer
hoarseness
question
engripado
answer
flu
question
resfriado
answer
cold
question
gripe
answer
influenza
question
moretones
answer
bruises
question
miedo
answer
fear
question
ansiedad
answer
anxiety
question
angustia
answer
anguish
question
confundido/a
answer
confused
question
deprimido/a
answer
depressed
question
incómodo/a
answer
uncomfortable
question
quemado/a
answer
burned
question
pálido/a
answer
pale
question
Yo fumaba mucho.
answer
I used to smoke a lot.
question
Yo fumé para tres años.
answer
I smoked for 3 years.
question
notar
answer
to notice
question
Notó...
answer
I notice...
question
biopsias
answer
biopsies
question
granos
answer
pimples
question
mejillas
answer
cheeks
question
menton
answer
chin
question
frente
answer
forehead
question
cicatriz
answer
scar
question
benigno/maligno
answer
benign/malignant
question
picadura
answer
bite (from insect or snake)
question
mordedura
answer
bite (from mammal)
question
¿Huele mal?
answer
Does it smell bad?
question
¿Cuánta leche bebe su niña?
answer
How much milk does your baby drink?
question
¿Cuándo va a regresar?
answer
When are you going to come back?
question
vomitos
answer
vomit
question
¿Tiene vomitos con sangre?
answer
Do you have blood in your vomit?
question
la materia fecal
answer
feces
question
el sudor
answer
sweat
question
la cera
answer
earwax
question
¿Usted amamanta?
answer
Do you breastfeed?
question
pesar
answer
to weigh
question
toser
answer
to cough
question
mover
answer
to move
question
mueve el intestino
answer
to move the bowels
question
sufrir (de)
answer
to suffer (from)
question
todavia
answer
still
question
¿Todavia tomar esta medicina?
answer
Do you still take this medicine?
