(MEDP) - La Asistencia Médica: En El Consultorio Vocabulary Lesson
La Asistencia Médica: En El Consultorio Vocabulary
Key Terms
- la herida: wound
- la venda: bandage
- la aguja: needle
- la depresión: depression
- la enfermedad: disease; illness
- el malestar: discomfort
- la obesidad: obesity
- la respiración: breathing
- la tensión (alta/baja): (high/low) blood pressure
- el virus: virus
- contagiarse: to become infected
- desmayarse: to faint
- empeorar: to get worse
- estar resfriado/a: to have a cold
- permanecer: to remain
- ponerse bien/mal: to get well/sick
- tener buen/mal aspecto: to look healthy/sick
- agotado/a: exhausted
- inflamado/a: inflamed
- la alimentación: diet (nutrition)
- la autoestima: self-esteem
- el bienestar: well-being
- el estado de ánimo: mood
- adelgazar: to lose weight
- descansar: to rest
- engordar: to gain weight
- estar a dieta: to be on a diet
- mejorar(se): to improve
- prevenir (e:ie): to prevent
- relajarse: to relax
- trasnochar: to stay up all night
- la cirugía: surgery
- el/la cirujano/a: surgeon
- la consulta: doctor's appointment
- los primeros auxilios: first aid
- el analgésico: painkiller
- el calmante: sedative; painkiller
- los efectos secundarios: side effects
- el jarabe: syrup
- el tratamiento: treatment
- la vacuna: vaccine
- la venda: bandage
- el yeso: cast
- curarse: to be cured
- recuperarse: to recover
- sanar: to cure
- tratar: to treat
- vacunar(se): to vaccinate/to get vaccinated
- curativo/a: healing
- la gripe: flu
Vocabulary Practice
Now that you have received the vocabulary terms for this module, let's practice the pronunciation of these terms. View the presentation below to hear the words pronounced by a native Spanish speaker.
Let's practice the vocabulary with some activities that help reinforce the terms. Please complete the following activity.
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