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15.3: Vocabulario- Enfermedad y salud

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    Objetivos

    Recognize vocabulary related to illness and health

    Enfermedad y salud

    Play AudioLas enfermedades comunes y condiciones delicadas de salud del diario vivir

    swelling
    la hinchazón (swelling)
    photo of a scraped knee with bandage
    la raspadura (scrape)
    bandages
    la herida (wound)
    Scars on an arm

    Play AudioAlgunos verbos usados en el tema de la salud.

    An
    lastimarse (to injure oneself)
    Detail from painting of woman swooning (fainting)
    desmayarse (to faint)
    Dog with a plastic head cone (to help recuperation)
    recuperarse (to recuperate)
    Foot pain
    doler (o < ue) (similar usage as “gustar”, e.g. A José le duelen los pies = José’s feet hurt.)

    Condiciones físicas y psicológicas de cuidado

    man holding his jaw
    tener un dolor de muela (to have a toothache)
    picture of trees with spinning effect
    estar mareado/a (to be dizzy)

    Play AudioEn el consultorio médico y las emergencias en el hospital

    doctor writing prescription
    la receta médica (prescription)
    Man wearing bandage having just had a vaccine shot
    la vacuna (vaccine)
    surgeon
    el cirujano/ la cirujana
    picture of a nurse with a patient
    el enfermero / la enfermera

    Otras palabras

    magnified blood cells
    la sangre (blood)
    Picture of a health insurance card
    el seguro de salud (health insurance)

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    Emfermedad y salud

    Las enfermedades comunes y condiciones delicadas de salud del diario vivir

    • la gripa o la gripe (flu)
    • la tos (cough)
    • la fiebre (fever)
    • la infección (infection)
    • el golpe (The hit)
    • la hinchazón (swelling)
    • la raspadura (scrape)
    • la herida (wound)
    • la alergia (allergy)
    • el dolor de estómago (stomach pain)
    • la cicatriz (scar)
    • Algunos verbos usados en el tema de la salud.
    • romperse un hueso (break a bone)
    • torcerse un músculo/un tendón (strain a muscle/tendon)
    • lastimarse (to injure oneself)
    • desmayarse (to faint)
    • toser (to cough)
    • recuperarse (to recuperate)
    • doler (o < ue) (to hurt; similar usage as “gustar”, e.g. A José le duelen los pies = José’s feet hurt.)

    Condiciones físicas y psicológicas de cuidado

    • estar embarazada (be pregnant)
    • tener síntomas de… (have symptoms of…)
    • tener un dolor de muela (to have a toothache)
    • estar mareado/a (to be dizzy)

    En el consultorio médico y las emergencias en el hospital

    • el ataque al corazón (heart attack)
    • la silla de ruedas (wheelchair)
    • la receta médica (prescription)
    • la vacuna (vaccine)
    • el antibiótico (antibiotic)
    • la pastilla (pills)
    • el grado de temperatura (degree of temperature)
    • el cirujano/ la cirujana (surgeon)
    • el especialista (specialist)
    • el enfermero / la enfermera (nurse)

    Otras palabras

    • la sangre (blood)
    • el seguro de salud (health insurance)

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