Libro

English-Spanish Dictionary
of Health Related Terms

Diccionario de Términos de Salud en Español e Inglés

California Office of Binational Border Health

ii

June 2003

For more information about this document, contact the following agencies: California-Mexico Health Initiative California Policy Research Center University of California Office of the President 1950 AddisonStreet, Suite 203 Berkeley, CA 94720-7410 (510) 643-4089 Fax: (510) 642-7861 http://www.ucop.edu/cprc/cmhi.html

California Office of Binational Border Health California Department of Health Services 3851 Rosecrans Street, Mail Station P-511B San Diego, CA 92138-5524 (619) 692-8472 Fax: (619) 692-8821 http://www.dhs.cahwnet.gov/ps/dcdc/COBBH/

iii

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PageINTRODUCTION ........................................................................................vii Acknowledgements ..............................................................................viii

CHAPTER 1: The Human Body........................….......................................1 Bodyparts........................................................................................................1 Circulatory System......................................…................................................3 Digestive System..............................................…...........................................3 Skeletal System...............................................................................................3 ReproductiveSystem.......................................................................................3 Respiratory System..........................................................................................4 Urinary System................................................................................................4Senses..............................................................................................................5 CHAPTER 2: Signs and Symptoms.............................................................5 • Vocabulary........................................................................................5 CHAPTER 3: Medical Examination..........................................................15 PersonalData.................................................................................................15 Medical History.............................................................................................15 General Instructions.......................................................................................16 CHAPTER 4: Institutions and Personnel..................................................17 Institutions andClinics...................................................................................17 Hospital...........................................................................................................18 Personnel.........................................................................................................19 CHAPTER 5: Treatment Procedures, Instruments, Supplies andMedications....................................................................................................20 Treatment and Procedures...............................................................................20 Instruments and Supplies.................................................................................21 Medications......................................................................................................22Instructions on Taking Medications.................................................................23 CHAPTER 6: Communicable Diseases........................................................24 Immunizations and Vaccine Preventable Diseases..........................................24 • Diseases.......................................................................................24 •...