Vocabulary related to helping professions
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abandon | to leave someone, especially someone you are responsible for |
abnormal | very different from usual in a way that seems strange, worrying, wrong, or dangerous |
accommodate | to provide someone with a place to stay, live, or work |
acute pain | short-term pain |
adaptable | able to change in order to be successful in new and different situations |
adaptation | the process of changing something to make it suitable for a new situation |
adequate/sufficient | enough in quantity or of a good enough quality for a particular purpose |
adjustment | a change in the way that someone behaves or thinks |
advocate | someone who publicly supports someone or something |
achieve | to successfully complete something or get a good result, especially by working hard |
aid | help, such as money or food, given by an organization or government to a country or to people who are in a difficult situation; something such as a machine or tool that helps someone do something |
anaesthetist | a doctor or nurse specially trained to give people anaesthetics, especially during an operation |
applicant | a person who applies for a job/training etc. |
assessment | a process in which you make a judgment about a person or situation, or the judgment you make |
assistance | help or support |
benefit | an advantage, improvement, or help that you get from something |
bond | something that unites two or more people or groups, such as love, or a shared interest or idea |
cardiologist | a doctor working in cardiology |
cardiology | deals with the conditions of the heart |
care | the work of caring for or attending to someone or something |
cause | give rise to; be the cause of an action or event |
circumstance | the conditions that affect a situation, action, event |
civil | relating to the people who live in a country; |
coherent | if someone is coherent, they are talking in a way that is clear and easy to understand |
commitment | a promise to do something or to behave in a particular way; an amount of money that you have to pay regularly |
compassion | a deep awarenes of and sympathy for another's suffering |
content | subject matter (the content of a book: It is about…) |
dentist | a doctor working in dentistry |
dentistry | deals with the condition of the mouth and teeth |
diarrhoea | frequent and watery bowel movements |
disease/illness | an impairment of health |
geriatrician (gerontologist) | a doctor working in geriatrics (gerontology) |
geriatrics (gerontology) | deals with old people and their illnesses |
gnawing pain | feeling of biting |
GP | a general practitioner; a family doctor |
griping pain | a sudden severe pain in your stomach |
gynaecologist | a doctor working in gynaecology |
gynaecology | deals with conditions and illnesses which affect only women |
health insurance | insurance which will pay the cost of your medical treatment |
chiropodist | a doctor working in chiropody |
chiropody | the treatment and prevention of foot injuries and deseases |
chronic pain | long-term pain |
individual | a person |
midwife | a specially trained nurse whose job is to help women when they are having a baby |
mould | a fungus |
n/a | not applicable – not known, has not been stated |
nociceptive pain | caused by stimulation of nociceptors, which are pain receptors for tissue injury |
nurse | someone whose job is to look after people who are ill or injured, usually in a hospital |
obstetrician | a doctor working in obstetrics |
obstetrics | deals with the birth of children |
oncologist | a doctor working in oncology |
oncology | deals with cancer and tumours |
ophthalmologist | a doctor working in ophthalmology |
ophthalmology | deals with the condition of the eyes |
orthodontics | the skill or job of helping teeth to grow straight when they have not been growing correctly |
orthodontist | a doctor working in orthodontics |
orthopaedics | deals with illnesses or injuries of bones and muscles |
orthopaedist | a doctor working in orthopaedics |
paediatrician | a doctor working in paediatrics |
paediatrics | deals with children and their illnesses |
pain | ache |
paramedic | someone who has been trained to help people who are hurt or to do medical work, but they are not a doctor or a nurse |
patient | a person in need of medical help |
psychiatrist | a doctor working in psychiatry |
psychiatry | the study and treatment of mental illnesses |
relocate | if a person or business relocates, or if they are relocated, they move to a different place |
respiratory | breathing (respiratory problems) |
scrub nurse | a nurse trained to help surgeons in the operating theatre |
severe pain | deep pain |
shelter | a structure that provides protection from danger |
shooting pain | a severe pain that starts in one place then quickly moves to another |
skill | ability that has been acquired by training |
somatic pain | usually feels like a constant aching or gnawing sensation |
stool | solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels |
surgeon | a doctor who performs operations in a hospital |
symptom | any sensation or change in bodily function; usually associated with a disease |
syringe | injection |
throbbing pain | a feeling of pain that regularly starts and stops (pulsující bolest) |
tissue | the material formed from cells |
triage nurse | a nurse who makes the initial assessment of a patient’s condition |
ultrasound scan | a medical examination of the inside of someone’s body that is done using sound that is too high to hear; it produces an image (e.g. an unborn child in the uterus) |
unconventional | not usual, or not done in the usual way |
undergo | if you undergo a change, an unpleasant experience etc, it happens to you or is done to you |
voluntary | work or service that is done by people who do it because they want to, and who are not paid |
volunteer | people who do work or service because they want to, and who are not paid |
vomit | to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth |
ward | a hospital department (e.g. cardiology) |
welfare | someone's welfare is their health and happiness; money that is paid by the government in the US to people who are very poor or unemployed |
X-ray | a medical examination of the inside of someone’s body using X-rays (i.e. a type of radiation); it produces an image (e.g. bones) |
Ultime modifiche: sabato, 11 gennaio 2020, 20:34