S1 - The hospital (I)

● hospital - spital, unitate spitalicească

● hospital acquired infection = nosocomial infection = infecție spitalicească/ nosocomială
○ the most common: staphylococcus aureus, urinary infection, respiratory infection
● hospital care - îngrijire spitalicească
● hospital chart - foaie de observație clinică
● hospital equipment - echipamente spitalicești
○ equipment (sg.); for pl. - 5 pieces of …
○ e.g.: We have bought new equipment/ five new pieces of equipment.
● hospital gangrene = pressure gangrene = pressure sore = bed-sore = escară de decubit, ulcer
de decubit
● sore throat = gât inflamat (roșu în gât)
● hospital orderly = orderly = hospital porter = brancardier
● stretcher = targă - used in case of accidents
● stretcher bearer = cel care poartă targa
● gurney = targă; used in the ambulance
● trolley = targă; for carrying a patient
● hospital personnel = hospital staff
● hospital private room = rezervă de spital
● hospital stay = sejur spitalicesc, perioadă de internare
● hospital training = stagiu de pregătire în spital
● hospital ward = salon de spital
● nurse = asistentă medicală; doică
● nurse aid = nurse’s aide = infirmier, infirmeră
● operating room/ operating theatre
● operating room nurse/ operating theatre nurse = asistentă de sală
● dental nurse = dental assistant = asistent dentar
● charge nurse = ward sister (B.E) = asistentă șefă de secție
● head nurse = asistentă șefă
● male nurse = asistent medical
● to nurse = a nutri, a hrăni, a alăpta; a îngriji un bolnav
● nursing = profesia de asistent medical; îngrijire a bolnavilor
● nursing home = home for the aged = old people’s home = cămin de bătrâni, azil de bătrâni
● admission, hospitalization
● day hospitalization/ night hospitalization
● asylum = azil
● lunatic asylum
● emergency department = UPU - unitate primiri urgențe
● to range from = to vary
● illness = disease, malady, sickness, disorder, ailment, affliction, condition, morbus
● condition, affliction, ailment - afecțiune
● district hospital = spital județean/ de regiune/ de sector/ zonal
● municipal hospital

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● pediatric hospital
● ophthalmic hospital = eye hospital
● health-care facility
● intensive care unit = ATI - anestezie și terapie intensivă
● long-term care/ short-term care
● valetudinaria - valetudinariu, spital; infirmiere într-o mare casă romană
● BC = before Christ/ now/ A.D = anno domini
● widespread = larg răspândit, universal, generalizat
● layout = schemă, plan, desen; dispoziție, așezare, distribuire
● remains = resturi, rămășițe
● human remains = human bones = oseminte umane
● find = obiect găsit, achiziție
● hostel = cămin, pensiune, internat
● endowment = înzestrare, dotare
● medical endowment = medical facilities
● leper = leprosy pacient = lepros
● leprosy = Hansen's disease = lepră, boala Hansen
● insurance = asigurare
● medical insurance
● insurance broker = agent de asigurare
● insurance coverage = acoperirea riscurilor în asigurare
● insured = asigurat
● insurer = asigurător
● accident insurance
● to donate - the donor - the recipient
● to found = a fonda
● to fund = a finanța
● charity = caritate, operă filantropică
● conversely = dimpotrivă, invers, opus
● whereas = while
● to unit = unitate, serviciu, secție; unitate de măsuri; aparat, dispozitiv, instalație
● decontamination
● efficiency/ inefficiency
● personnel = staff
● wheelchair
● to accommodate = a găzdui, a adăposti
● to operate = a opera, a efectua o operație chirurgicală; a manipula, a manevra, a conduce; a
dirija
● to admit to hospital = to hospitalize
● individual room = private room = rezervă
● movable partition = paravan
● detrimental to their privacy = disadvantageous
● to operate on the patients/ on the chest = to perform/ do surgery
● to diagnose
● diagnostician

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● outpatient = OP = pacient ambulatoriu
● outpatient care = ambulatory care = îngrijire ambulatorie, consultație ambulatorie
● outpatients clinic = outpatient department = OPD = ambulator
● admission = admitere, intrare, acces; internare
● discharged patient = pacient externat
● date of admission = data admiterii, data internării în spital
● admission to a hospital = hospital admission = internare în spital
● admissions office = birou de internare
● admission file = foaia de internare
● admission chart
● to admit to a hospital = a interna, a spitaliza
● inpatient = hospital patient = hospitalized patient = pacient internat într-un spital, bolnav
spitalizat
● injury = rană, traumatism - termen general
● head injury = traumatism cranian
● wound = rană
● to injure
● injured tissue = țesut afectat
● injured = rănit (adj.)
● the injured = răniții (subst.)
● normally =
● ambulance driver
● ambulance personnel
● air ambulance
● casualty = accident, dezastru; morți, răniți
● casualties = the injured/ dead people
● to sustain casualties = a suferi pierderi
● rounds
● either or = fie așa, fie așa
● neither nor = nici așa, nici așa
● both by their own means = și așa și așa
● emergency = urgență, necesitate extremă, pericol
● emergency department ED = casualty department = accident & emergency A&E = emergency
room ER = secție de urgență, UPU, cameră de gardă
● prior = anterior, precedent
● ambulance = emergency vehicle = ambulanță, salvare
● ambulance personnel = personal de pe ambulanță, ambulanțieri
● ambulance service = serviciu de ambulanță
● intensive care unit = ATI = anestezie și terapie intensivă
● to undergo surgery = to have a surgery done
● childbirth = parturition = naștere, parturiție
● bioassay = biotest
● restoration = restaurare, restaurație
● restorative = reparator, întăritor, tonic, fortifiant
● to restore = a restitui, a înapoia; a repara, a restaura; a restabili, reintegra

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● puerperium = lehuzie
● puerpera = the woman who just gave birth
● ped/o
● pediatrician
● pediatrics
● pes - pedes - pedestrians
● pedal pulse
● surgical correction
● amorphous = shapeless
● reconstructive surgery
● hand surgery
● microsurgery
● treatment of burns
● geriatrician = geriatru
● geriatrics = geriatrie
● assistance = asistență, sprijin, ajutor
● emergency medical assistance = ajutor medical de urgență
● to deliver = a naște, a asista o femeie la naștere; a livra
● delivery = naștere, travaliu; livrare, acordare
● obstetrician and gynecologist = OB GYN
● midwife = moașă
● urologist = urolog
● andrologist = the doctor that deals with male
● hence - de unde și

S2 - The hospital (II)

● clinic = centru medical, clinică gratuită; unitate medicală (spital, secție) unde se țin cursuri
pentru studenți, în prezența bolnavilor; lecție clinică ținută într-un spital
● clinical = clinic
● to suit = a se potrivi
● suit = costum
● scrub suit
● well, wellness
● fit, fitness
● epileptic fit/ crisis
● unhealthy/ healthy
● to undergo treatment = a face un tratament/ a urma
● coma patient = comatose patient
● health care consumer = consumator de îngrijiri de sănătate
● to back up = a susține, a sprijini
● coronary care unit (CCU) = cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) = cardiovasculare intesive care
unit CVICU) - unitate de terapie intensivă coronarieni, secție de terapie intensivă coronariană
● dispensary = farmacie, policlinică, dispensar

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● to dispense = a distribui, a elibera medicamente
● dispensing = eliberare de rețete, pereparare de rețete
● behavioural health services
● dentistry = dentist
● drug dispenser = chemist = pharmacist
● dispensary = farmacie, policlinică, dispensar
● to dispense = a distribui, a elibera medicamente
● record = dosar, registru, document, fișier, disc; înregistrare
● medical record
● pharmacy
● chemists = drug store (they have cosmetic products)
● ICU = intensive care unit
● to metastasize = to spread
● the patient consults the doctor
● the doctor examines the patient
● NNTI
● inflammation of the tonsils = tonsillitis (sg.), tonsilitides (pl.)
● bronchitis (sg.), bronchitides (pl.)
● pharyngitis (sg.), pharyngitides (pl.)
● to drain = a drena

S3 - The hospital, medical

vocabulary
● pharmacist = drug dispenser (syn.)
● ocupational disease = boală profesională
● ocupational medicine = medicina muncii
● ocupational hazard = risc profesional
● letter of referral = bilet de trimitere
● baldness/ hairloss/ alopecia
● habit spasm
● alopecia = baldness
● candida = rash
● dyspepsia = indisgestion,
● hemorrhoids = piles
● herpes zoster = shingles
● edema = swelling
● rubella = German measles
● urticaria = nettle rash
● arteriosclerosis = the hardening of the arteries
● cerebral plasy = to be spastic
● eructation = belching
● halitosis = bad breath

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● infectious mononucleosis = glandular fever
● poliomyelitis = polio
● rubeola; morbilli
● varicella
● bursitis = housemaids knee
● cerebral infarction/ bleeding = stroke
● flatulence
● herpes simplex = cold sore
● myocardial infarction = heart attack
● pyrosis = heartburn
● tendonitis = tennis elbow
● verrucae = warts

S4 - Physicians and medical

specialties (I)
● to nurse a patient
● to take care of a patient/ to attend
● attending list
● attending physician = medicul curant
● attendant
● cure
● heal
● treat
● living will = testament
● skilled
● skilful
● to make a diagnosis
● suitable - unsuitable
● proper - improper
● layman - nonspecialized
● a diet in which you have to use a small quantity of salt - low salt diet
● a diet in which you have to use no salt - salt free/ no salt diet
● subspecialty
● senior specialist
● sophomore
● first year student/ freshman/ fresher
● junior/ third year student
● senior/ 4rd year student
● bachelor
● bachelor of arts (BA)
● graduate student = masterand (M.A sau M.Sc.)
● PhD

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● orthopedist
● osteopath
● ophthalmologist
● optometrist
● examiner
● examinee
● patient on pass = pacient învoit
● to pass a stone = a elimina o piatră
● pass water/ urine
● pass stools
● defecate
● geriatrician
● cardiologist
● gastroenterologist
● gerontologist
● reumatologist
● pulmonologist
● neonatologist
● perinatologist
● disease attributes
● stamen
● decongestant
● nerve supply
● innervation
● genitourinary system = sistemul urogenital
● to operate on/ to perform a surgery
● to operate a machine/ to use
● skeletal-muscular system = sistemul osteo-muscular
● operating room/ OR/ O.R/ operating theater = sală de operație
● laboratory/ lab - laborator
● laboratory analysis
● laboratory test/ lab test
● laboratory testing
● laboratory assistant
● dental laboratory
● lab coat
● scrub
● laboratory findings
● lab equipment = aparatură de laborator
● lab technician = tehnician de laborator
● specialized laboratory
● report = rezultatul examenelor de laborator
● lab examination
● radiologist
● oral radiologist = radiolog bucodentar

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● anesthesiologist = anestezist
● anesthetic = anestezic
● anesthetist

S5 - Physicians and medical

specialties (II)
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● dermatologist = skin doctor
● ophtalmologist = eye doctor
● stapedectomies = removal of stapedos
● complicație în timpul nașterii = labor complication
● contract de muncă = labor agreement
● anti-pyretics = medicamente care combat febra
● broken bone = fracture
● open/ closed fracture
● office hours/ business hours
● cabinet privat = private practice = private office
● vizită la cabinet = office visit
● asigurare de sănătate= health insurance
● asigurare de invaliditate= disability insurance
● to be on-duty/ off-duty = to be at work/ în afara orelor de serviciu
● to make rounds = to make visits
● hospitalized patients = in-patients
● to be on call = a fi de gardă
● house call = vizită la domiciliu
● performance criteria = cirteriu de performanță
● drawback = disadvantage = detriment, deficență
● hardship = obstacle = dificultate, greutate

S7 - Disease: its symptoms and

treatments (I)
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● criteria of classification of diseases
○ the cause of the disease - etiology
○ by the system of the body affected
○ by severity: severe - minor - mild
○ by form of treatment: medication & surgical
○ by recurrence: relapsed/ reappearance
○ by the outcome = result

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● symptoms
● a group of symptoms forms a syndrome
● to make a diagnosis = to diagnose
● condition = ailment = affliction
● benign = non-cancerous = benignity
● malign = malignancy
● is the disease localized or wide-spread?
● runny nose
● communicative = contagious = catching = communicable
● non-contagious
● contagiousness, contagiosity
● treatment of choice = tratament de elecție
● prophylaxis
● cough-relieving
● suppressant
● nauseate
● WBC = white blood cells
● RBC = red blood cells
● ability; cu prefixele negative ”in-”, ”dis-”
● to poison
● intoxicație medicamentoasă = drug poisoning = drug intoxication = drug toxicity
● intoxicație de la alimente = food poisoning = foodborne
● nicotonisim = nicotine poisoning
● rapel = revaccinare