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5.12: Vocabulario- Enfermedad y salud

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    • Erica Brown, Alejandra Escudero, María Cristina Montoya, & Elizabeth Small
    • SUNY Oneonta via OER SUNY

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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

    Flu virus
    la gripa o la gripe (flu)
    cough
    la tos
    fever
    la fiebre
    infection
    la infección
    The hit
    el golpe
    swelling
    la hinchazón (swelling)
    photo of a scraped knee with bandage
    la raspadura (scrape)
    bandages
    la herida (wound)
    allergies
    la alergia
    Man clutching stomach
    el dolor de estómago
    Scars on an arm
    la cicatriz (scar)

    Play AudioAlgunos verbos usados en el tema de la salud.

    broken bone
    romperse un hueso
    strained muscle
    torcerse un músculo/un tendón
    An
    lastimarse (to injure oneself)
    Detail from painting of woman swooning (fainting)
    desmayarse (to faint)
    cough
    toser
    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

    Pregnant woman
    estar embarazada
    doctor talking to patient
    tener síntomas de…
    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

    icon of a heart with ekg graph superimposed over it
    el ataque al corazón
    wheelchair
    la silla de ruedas
    doctor writing prescription
    la receta médica (prescription)
    Man wearing bandage having just had a vaccine shot
    la vacuna (vaccine)
    pill with bacteria in "no" circle
    el antibiótico
    various pills
    la pastilla
    thermometer
    el grado de temperatura
    surgeon
    el cirujano/ la cirujana
    Hospital directory listing specialists
    el especialista
    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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