Health service - basic vocabulary

HEALTH SERVICE - Basic Vocabulary

Organ – organ

Head – cap

Eye – ochi

Eyesight – vedere, vaz

Ear – ureche

Nose – nas

Tooth, pl. teeth – dinte

Mouth – gura

Tongue – limba

Throat – gat

Tonsils – amigdale

Bronchial tubes – bronhii

Lung – plaman

Chest – piept

Back – spate

Heart – inima

Stomach – stomac

Liver – ficat

Kidney – rinichi

Appendix – apendice

Hand – mana

Arm – brat

Leg – picior

Foot, pl. feet – laba piciorului

Ankle – glezna

Skin – piele

Blood – sange

Haemoglobin – hemoglobina

Diseases – boli

~ of the eye – boli de ochi

~ of the ear, nose and throat – boli de nas, gat si urechi

~ of the skin – boli de piele

Illness – boala, rau, maladie

Trouble / complaint – afectiune, suferinta

Ailment – indispozitie, suferinta

Pain – durere, suferinta

Ache – durere (de cap, dinti, stomac etc.)

Headache – durere de cap

Backache – durere de spate

Stomach-ache – durere de stomac

Toothache – durere de dinti

Cramp – crampa, carcel, junghi

Neuralgia – nevralgie

Spleeplessness / insomnia – insomnie

Attack / fit – criza, atac

Indigestion – indigestie

Cut – taietura

Symptom – simptom

Prescription – reteta

Treatment – tratament

Epidemic – epidemie

Cure – 1. Remediu, leac, 2. Tratament, cura

Care – ingrijire

Exercise – exercitii (fizice), miscare

Recreation – recreere, odihna

Rest – odihna

Emergency – caz urgent, urgenta

Ambulance – ambulanta, salvare

Stretcher – targa

Stethoscope – stetoscop

Needle – ac

Injection – injectie

Survey – studiu, statistica

Hazard – risc, pericol

Warning – avertisment

Chill / shivers – raceala, frisoane, friguri

Cold – raceala, guturai

Flu – gripa

Tonsilitis – amigdalita

Pharyngitis – faringita

Bronchitis – bronsita

Scarlet fever – scarlatina

Measles – pojar

Mumps – oreion

Whooping cough – tuse convulsiva

Chicken pox – varsat de vant, varicela

Arteriosclerosis – ateroscleroza

Gastritis – gastrita

Ulcer – ulcer

Anaemia – anemie

Diabetes – diabet

Asthma – astm

Tuberculosis – tuberculoza

Emphysema – emfizem

Rheumatism – reumatism

Sciatica – sciatica

Nervous breakdown – nevroza, astenie

Cancer – cancer

Malaria – malarie

Typhoid fever – febra tifoida

Cholera – holera

Small-pox – variola, varsat

Surgery – 1. Cabinet medical 2. Chirurgie

Children’s surgery – cabinet medical pentru copii

Health centre – dispensar

Health resort – statiune climaterica

Hospital – spital

Maternity hospital – maternitate

Clinic – clinica

Sanatorium – sanatoriu

Ward – salon (de spital)

Casualty department – sectia de urgenta

Operating theatre – sala de operatii

Plastic surgery – chirurgie plastica

Analysis / blood test – analiza / analiza de sange

(Local) anaesthetic – anestezie (locala)

Bloodshot – coongestionat

Contagious / catching – contagios, molipsitor

Convalescence – convalescenta

Curable / incurable – curabil / incurabil

Sensation of nausea – senzatie de greata

Bleeding / haemorrhage – hemoragie

Infirm / infirmity – infirm / infirmitate

Invalid / invalidity – invalid / invaliditate

Faint – lesin

Injury leziune, rana

Massage – masaj

Metabolism - metabolism

Mad / insane – madness / insanity – nebun - nebunie

Poisoning - otravire

Palpitation / throbbing – palpitatie

Concussion of the brain – comotie cerebrala

First aid – primul ajutor

X-rays – raze X

First-aid man – sanitar

Symptom – simptom

Blood transfusion – transfuzie de sange

Vaccine / vaccination – vaccin / vaccinare

Health service – asistenta medicala

Drainage – canalizare

Sanitation – igiena, salubritate publica

Doctor – medic, doctor

Physician – doctor in medicina, persoana autorizata sa practice medicina (dar nu chirurgia)

Children’s doctor / pediatrician – doctor de copii

General practitioner / G.P. – medic generalist

Senior practitioner – medic cu experienta

Specialist (doctor) – medic specialist

Nerve specialist / neurologist – specialist in boli de nervi

Therapeutist – medic internist

Stomatologist – medic stomatolog

Dentist – dentist

Oculist / eye-specialist / ophthalmologist – oculist, specialist de ochi

Optician – optician

Gynaecologist – ginecolog

Urologist - urolog

Locum – doctor care tine locul unui coleg

Surgeon – chirurg

Midwife – moasa

Nurse – asistenta medicala

Sister – asistenta principala

Matron – asistenta sefa

Medical officer – doctor de salon

Superintendent – medic sef

Medicine – 1. Medicina 2. Medicament

Drug – 1. Medicament 2. Drog

Pain-killer – sedativ, calmant

Drops – picaturi

Pill – pilula

Tablet – tableta

Powder – praf

Tonic / pick-me-up – tonic

Mixture – mixtura, potiune

Ointment – alifie, pomada

Cream – crema

Herb – planta medicinala

Cotton – vata

Pad of cottonwool – tampon de vata

Dressing – pansament

Oxygen supply – cantitate de oxigen

Appliance – aparat, instrument

Plaster – ghips

Soothing effect – efect calmant

Lack of vitamines – lipsa de vitamine

Dental plate, denture – proteza dentara

Good / bad, poor / feeble, uncertain health – sanatate buna / subreda / precara

Healthy – sanatos

Sick – bolnav (folosit atributiv)

Ill – bolnav (folosit predicativ)

Common                       obisnuita, frecventa

Mild                              usoara

Serious                                      grava

Chronic                         cronica

Curabile                      disease boala   curabila

Incurable                      incurabila

Contagious                   contagioasa

Infectious        infectioasa

Pulmonary                    pulmonara

Respiratory                   respiratorie

Digestive                      digestiva

Surgical - chirurgical

Wholesome – (d. mancare) hranitor, nutritiv

Regular – (d. viata, mese) regulat, ordonat

Strict – (d. regim) sever, strict

Thorough – minutios, amanuntit, serios

Long-sighted – prezbit

Short-sighted – miop

Cross-eyed – sasiu

Blind – orb

Colour-blind – suferind de daltonism, daltonist

Deaf – surd

Dumb – mut

Deaf and dumb – surdomut

Lame – schiop

Hunchback – cocosat

Mentally deficient – deficient mintal

One-armed – ciung

To sit in a draught – a sta in curent

To catch a cold – a raci

To have a sore throat – a avea dureri in gat; a-l durea gatul

To have a running nose – a-I curge nasul

To have a clogged nose – a avea nasul infundat

To have / run a high temperature / to feel feverish – a avea temperatura / febra

To feel giddy – a avea ameteli

To cough – a tusi

To sneeze – a stranuta

To sweat – a transpira

To be seized by cramp – a fi apucat de, a avea crampe / carcei / un junghi

To feel – a se simti

To feel well – a se simti bine

To feel unwell – a nu se simti bine

To feel slightly unwell – a nu se simti prea bine

To suffer from – a suferi de

To die of – a muri de

To afflict – a face sa sufere, a afecta

To be liable to – a fi predispus la

To cut (one’s arm) – a-si taia / a se taia la (brat)

To sprain – a suci, a-si scranti (o incheietura, glezna)

To break (one’s leg, ankle) – a-si fractura (piciorul, glezna)

To slip – a aluneca

To register with a GP – a se inscrie, a fi luat in evidenta (la o policlinica, doctor etc.)

To make an appointment – a fixa o ora de consultatie

To go to the doctor’s surgery – a merge la cabinetul medical

To send for the doctor – a trimite dupa doctor, a chema doctorul

To get medical help – a primi ajutor medical

To examine – a examina, a consulta

To take / to feel somebody’s pulse – a lua pulsul cuiva

To sound somebody’s chest – a asculta plamanii cuiva

To take somebody’s blood pressure – a lua cuiva tensiunea

To be operated on for… - a fi operat de…

To undergo an operation – a fi supus unei operatii

To perfom an operation / to operate (on somebody) (for something) – a opera (pe cineva) (de ceva)

To clean up / to dress a wound – a curata / a pansa o rana

To be injured in an accident – a fi ranit intr-un accident

To drop / the temperature is dropping – a scadea temperatura

To be treated for… – a fi tratat de…

To perspire – a transpira

To vaccinate, to inoculate – a vaccina

To recommend – a recomanda

To prescribe – a prescrie

To write a prescription – a scrie o reteta

To make up a prescription – a prepara o reteta

To stay in bed – a sta in pat

To go to the hospital – a merge la spital

To take medicine – a lua medicamente

To gargle – a face gargara

To inhale – a face inhalatii

To keep oneself warm – a sta la caldura

To get overworked / overtired – a se surmena, a se extenua

To get over-excited – a avea emotii puternice

To keep a diet – a tine regim

To keep the weight down – a-si mentine greutatea, a nu se ingrasa

To lead a regular life – a duce o viata regulata

To recover – a –si reveni, a se insanatosi

To supervise – a supraveghea

To go on one’s rounds – a face vizita (in spital)

To report on a patient – a raporta despre starea unui pacient

To give an injection – a face o injectie

To have an X-ray taken – a face o radiografie

To smoke – a fuma

To give up smoking – a renunta la fumat

To pollute – a polua

To paralyse – a paraliza

To light (up) (a cigarette) – a aprinde o tigara

Routine examination / check-over – examen (medical) obisnuit

Medical certificate – certificat medical

Sick / maternity / rest leave – concediu de boala / de maternitate / de odihna

Umpteen cures – nenumarate leacuri

How are you? – cum te simti? Ce mai faci?

What’s the trouble? – ce s-a intamplat? Ce te doare? Ce ai?

How are you getting on? – cum te simti?

He has poor eyesight – are vederea slaba

To enjoy good health a se bucura de o sanatate buna

BRITAIN’S NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

For thirty years now there has been a national health service in Britain.

The aim of the National Health Service is to give free medical advice and treatment to anybody and everybody who needs it.

The care and the advice provided is comprehensive; it covers the services of a general practitioner, hospital specialists, hospitals for  the chronically and the mentally ill, opticians, midwives, dentists – also the drugs and appliances prescribed.

But the general practitioner – the family doctor – is the king pin. It is on him that the whole system pivots.

Every person of sixteen years of age and over can register with a general practitioner (parents and guardians register for the undersixteens).

Now let’s look at a typical patient. Mr Smith is feeling slightly unwell with a headache, but is not ill enough to stay in bed. He decides to go to see the doctor.

Mr Smith can either phone the doctor’s receptionist to make an appoinment to see the doctor at a particular time during the day or, if the doctor doesn’t operate an appoinment system, he just turns up at the doctor’s surgery.

If Mr Smith was so ill that he had to stay home in bed, he would telephone the doctor’s receptionist and arrange for the doctor to come and see him at his home “after surgery”, when the doctor goes “out on his rounds”.

If Mr Smith’s ailment is a minor one, the doctor will prescribe accordingly, sign a medical certificate for Mr Smith if he is too ill to go to work, and probably arrange to see him again.

Mr Smith takes the prescription to the nearest chemist. At the chemist he will for the first time bring out his money. He will pay 75 pence per item on the prescription, no matter how expensive the item. However, people under the age of fifteen or over sixty/five or pregnant women are exempt from payment. Other people who are also exempt from payment include some people who have very low incomes or who are suffering from a chronic illness.

If it is a question of a serious operation and/or hospital treatment, Mr Smith will be well provided for.

Most British hospitals are owned by the State and maintaned by contributions from the National Health Service.

Besides General Hospitals for injured persons and those suffering from different diseases, there are maternity hospitals for expectant mothers; and special hospitals, for diseases of the eye, diseases of the ear, nose and throat; diseases of the skin; as well as for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and cancer.

General Hospitals provide accommodation and treatment for in-patients, who all the time they are ill remain within the hospital and who are allowed to see their relatives and friends only at fixed hours. At the same time they provide for out-patients, who attend for treatment at stated times and at regular intervals.

The rooms in a hospital in which the patients stay are called wards. A sister is in charge of the nurses and patients in a ward, and looks after everything in it including its proper ventilation and heating. She goes with the medical officer on his rounds of the ward, and reports on each patient. She notes the doctor’s instructions and takes subsequent action. In all her work she is helped by a staff of day-nurses and night-nurses. The whole of the hospital nursing staff is in the charge of the matron.

The superintendent has charge of the whole hospital. He is a senior practitioner of wide experience. He takes special care of the operating theatre, where surgical operations are performed. He is helped by a staff of physicians and surgeons.

DIALOGUES AT THE DOCTOR’S

It looks as if you were going to faint.

You ought to see / consult a doctor.

Dr. B sees his patients on Tuesday and Friday between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Let’s call / have the doctor in.

A doctor must be sent for. (trebuie sa chemam doctorul)

Take a seat in the waiting-room, the doctor will see you directly. (luati loc in sala de asteptare, Dl. Doctor va primeste imediat)

How long do you think I am likely to wait? It all depends. It may take an hour.

Now it’s your turn. Will come into the surgery/consulting room?

What do you complain of? (ce va supara?)

I haven’t been feeling at all well the last days.

I often have giddy turns. (am adesea ameteli)

I cough at times. I have got a fit of sneeze.

My nose is all clogged up. (nasul este infundat de tot)

I have frequent headaches. What can I do to get rid of my headache?

I have a sore throat; I am quite hoarse. (ma doare gatul, sunt tare ragusit)

I got chilblains on my hands/feet. (am degeraturi la maini/picioare)

I have spoiled my stomach. (mi-am stricat stomacul)

I have got a stomach ache. I feel a pain in my belly.

I feel a pain in the chest when I breathe.

I have sharp pains in the back. (am dureri violente in spate)

The loins hurt me. (ma dor salele)

I often suffer from heart troubles.

My ears tingle. (imi tiuie urechile)

I am badly hurt. The wound is still bleeding.

I have sprained my ankle; it is swollen. (mi-am scrantit glezna; este umflata)

I have cut my finger with a sharp knife. I hope it’s not a serious injury. No it’s only a scratch.

I have got a burn/ a scald. Can you prescribe something for me to cure the wound? (m-am oparit/ ars, imi puteti prescrie ceva pentru a-mi vindeca rana?)

What’s wrong? How long have you been ill? When were you taken ill? How long has it been hurting?

Show me/stick out your tongue. Just as I thought. It is quite furred.

Open your mouth. The uvula is swollen. And what a state your teeth are in! (Deschideti gura. Omusorul este inflamat. Si in ce stare sunt dintii dv.!)

Take off your coat. Undo the buttons of your shirt. (Scoateti-va haina. Deschideti nasturii de la camasa)

Strip to the waist. (dezbracati-va pana la mijloc)

Breath in and out deeply. Hold your breath.

I’ll take your temperature. Keep the thermometer under your armpit. (Am sa va iau temperatura. Tineti termometrul la subtioara)

Does it hurt you when I press here? (Va doare cand apas aici?)

Have you ever suffered from …?

I had my tonsils removed. (mi-au fost scoase amigdalele)

You seem to be very sensible to…

For the time being I am not prescribing you any medicine/treatment. Taking those pills will do more harm than good. (Pentru moment nu va prescriu nici un medicament/tratament. Medicamentele acelea va fac mai mult rau decat bine)

A change of air will do much good. (O schimbare de aer va va face mult bine)

Keep indoors for a few days. (Stati in casa pentru cateva zile)

Take this medicine three times a day after meals.

Drink this on an empty stomach.

Smear the bruise/wound with this antiseptic ointment. (Ungeti vanataia/rana cu acest unguent antiseptic)

Check up your blood pressure and have the haemogram made. (Controlati-va tensiunea arteriala si faceti-va hemograma)

Tha pains might be due to a(n)… as well as to a(n)… (durerile s-ar putea datora unui/unei… ca si unui/unei…)

I cannot deal with your case, I’ll recommend you to a specialist in… (Nu ma pot ocupa de cazul dvs. Va voi recomanda unui specialist in…)

You’ll be completely restored provided you stick to the treatment I’ve prescirbed for you. (Va veti vindeca numai daca veti urma cu strictete tratamentul ce vi l-am prescris)

I’m sorry, doctor, but the medicine hasn’t done me any good.

I feel much relieved. Can you give me a certificate to say that I’m fit to work / I can get the situation I am applying for… (Ma simt mult mai usurat. Puteti sa-mi dati un certificat care sa ateste ca sunt apt pentru munca / pot ocupa serviciul pe care il solicit…)

What’s the matter with you? You look rather seedy. (Ce s-a intamplat? Arati cam indispus)

See, my cheek is swollen. (Uite, mi s-a umflat maseaua)

Sit down on this chair and lean your head back. (Luati loc pe scaun si lasati capul pe spate)

Sit still, please. What tooth is it that hurts you? (Stati linistit, va rog. Care dinte va doare?)

You have also a hollow molar in the upper jaw. (Mai aveti o masea cariata in maxilarul superior)

The filling/stopping has come out. (A cazut plomba)

I shall clean out the cavity and fill/stop it. (Voi curata si plomba cavitatea)

Rinse your mouth with this antiseptic mouth wash. (Clatiti-va gura cu antiseptic)

Should you have any troubles, put a little cotton dipped in ether into the hollow of the tooth. (Daca veti avea vreo suparare, puneti putina vata inmuiata in eter in cavitatea dintelui)

If the tooth keeps aching come again. I’ll have to kill the nerve. (Daca dintele continua sa va doara, reveniti. Va trebui sa omor nervul)

Avoid sitting in a draught or you’ll be having an earache on the top of that. (Evitati sa stati in curent ca sa nu capatati pe deasupra si o durere de urechi)