C1 · Advanced
Specialist Clinical Vocabulary
Understand vocabulary for procedures, specialists and selected anatomical structures, and ask for clarification of unfamiliar clinical language.
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- Words & phrases
- 62
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
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Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- an autopsy, post-mortem
- an amputation
- a blood transfusion
- a cardiologist
- a stroke
- a fracture
- dehydration
- an injury, trauma
- an ailment, disorder
- respiration, breathing
- to admit (to hospital)
- to discharge (from hospital)
- to resuscitate
- an anesthesiologist, anesthetist
- a pathologist
- an ultrasound scan
- radiotherapy, radiation treatment
- a concussion
- sepsis, blood poisoning
- a tumor, growth
- benign
- a retina
- a ligament
- a C-section, cesarean section
- a heart valve
- an overdose
- a needle, cannula
- an abscess, boil
- a gallstone
- a kidney stone
- a pediatrician
- an ophthalmologist
- a hysterectomy
- a mastectomy
- an appendectomy
- a vasectomy
- bronchitis
- laryngitis
- tendonitis
- claustrophobia
- claustrophobic
- a syndrome
- pathology
- etiology
- hypertension
- cardiovascular
- an onset
- a lesion
- idiopathic
- congenital
- degenerative
- autoimmune
- a sequela
- a myocardial infarction
- refractory
- to titrate
- inoperable
- an uncertain prognosis
- treatment adherence
- within normal limits
- to hyperventilate
- to regress
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Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Clinical Procedures and Specialist Terms
- Lesson 2
Handing Over a Trauma Case
Where this unit fits
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