A

abscess r Abszess

acne e Akne pimples Pickel (pl.)

ADD ADS (Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Strung = Attention Deficit Disorder) ADHD ADHS (Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit und Hyperaktivitts-Strung = Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) WEB > Attention Deficit Disorder @ About.com

addict r/e Schtige become addicted/an addict schtig werden drug addict r/e Drogenschtige addiction e Sucht

AIDS s AIDS AIDS victim e/r AIDS-Kranke(r)

allergic (to) allergisch (gegen) allergy e Allergie

ALS e ALS (e Amyotrophe Lateralsklerose, Amyotrophische Lateralsklerose, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) Lou Gehrig's disease s Lou-Gehrig-Syndrom

Named for the famous German-American baseball player Heinrich Ludwig Lou Gehrig (1903-1941). The star New York Yankees player was born into a poor German immigrant family in New York City and attended college on a football scholarship. Gehrig died of the muscle-wasting disease. WEB > Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Muskelkranke

Alzheimer's (disease) e Alzheimer Krankheit

Named for the German neurologist Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), who first identified the disease in 1906.

anaesthesia/anesthesia e Betubung/e Narkose anaesthetic/anesthetic s Betubungsmittel/s Narkosemittel general anesthetic e Vollnarkose local anesthetic rtliche Betubung

anthrax r Milzbrand, r Anthrax

The anthrax bacillus, the cause of Milzbrand, was discovered and isolated by the German Robert Koch in 1876.

antidote (to) s Gegengift, s Gegenmittel (gegen)

appendicitis e Blinddarmentzndung

arteriosclerosis e Arteriosklerose, e Arterienverkalkung

arthritis e Arthritis, e Gelenkentzndung

aspirin s Aspirin

In Germany and some other countries, the term Aspirin is a trademarked name. Aspirin was invented by the German firm Bayer in 1899. (More in our Erfinder Inventors glossary.)

asthma s Asthma asthmatic asthmatisch

bacterium (bacteria) e Bakterie (-n), s Bakterium (Bakteria)

bandage s Pflaster (-) bandage r Verband (Verbnde) Band-Aid s Hansaplast

benign benigne (med.), gutartig benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, enlarging prostate) BPH, Benigne Prostatahyperplasie

blood s Blut blood count s Blutbild blood poisoning e Blutvergiftung blood pressure r Blutdruck high blood pressure r Bluthochdruck blood sugar r Blutzucker blood test e Blutprobe blood type/group e Blutgruppe blood transfusion e Bluttransfusion

bloody blutig

botulism r Botulismus

bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) die Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathie, die BSE

BPH (see "benign prostatic hyperplasia" above)

breast cancer r Brustkrebs

BSE, mad cow disease e BSE, r Rinderwahn the BSE crisis e BSE-Krise

Also see Parts of the Body in German Lesson 15 of German for Beginners

Caesarean (section) r Kaiserschnitt She had a (baby by) Caesarean. Sie hatte einen Kaiserschnitt.

cancer r Krebs cancerous adj. bsartig, krebsartig

carcinogen n. r Krebserreger, s Karzinogen carcinogenic adj. krebsauslsend, krebserregend, krebserzeugend

cardiac Herz- (prefix) cardiac arrest r Herzstillstand cardiac disease e Herzkrankheit cardiac infarction r Herzinfarkt

cardiologist r Kardiologe, e Kardiologin cardiology e Kardiologie cardiopulmonary Herz-Lungen- (prefix) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) e Herz-Lungen-Wiederbelebung (HLW)

carpal tunnel syndrome s Karpaltunnelsyndrom

CAT scan e Computertomografie

cataract r Katarakt, grauer Star

catheter r Katheter catheterize (v.) katheterisieren

chemist, pharmacist r Apotheker (-), e Apothekerin (-innen) chemist's shop, pharmacy e Apotheke (-n)

chemotherapy e Chemotherapie

chicken pox Windpocken (pl.)

chills r Schttelfrost

chlamydia e Chlamydieninfektion, e Chlamydien-Infektion

cholera e Cholera

chronic (adj.) chronisch a chronic disease eine chronische Krankheit

circulatory problem e Kreislaufstrung

The French may complain about their livers, but the number one German ailment isKreislaufstrung.

CJD e CJK (die Creuzfeldt-Jakob-Krankheit)

clinic e Klinik (-en)

clone n. r Klon clone v. klonen cloning s Klonen

(a) cold, head cold eine Erkltung, r Schnupfen to have a cold einen Schnupfen haben

colon cancer r Darmkrebs

colonoscopy e Darmspiegelung, e Koloskopie

concussion e Gehirnerschtterung

congenital (adj.) angeboren, kongenital congenital defect r Geburtsfehler congenital disease e kongenitale Krankheit (-en)

conjunctivitis e Bindehautentzndung

constipation e Verstopfung

contagion e Ansteckung (contact), e Ansteckungskrankheit (disease), s Contagium

contagious (adj.) ansteckend, direkt bertragbar

convulsion(s) r Krampf (Krmpfe)

COPD COPD (Chronisch obstruktive Lungenerkrankung, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

cough r Husten cough syrup r Hustensaft

CPR e HLW (see "cardiopulmonary resuscitation")

cramp(s) r Krampf (Krmpfe) stomach cramp r Magenkrampf

Creuzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) e Creuzfeldt-Jakob-Krankheit (CJK)

C section r Kaiserschnitt

CT scan (see CAT scan)

cure (for a disease) s Heilmittel (gegen eine Krankheit) cure (back to health) e Heilung cure (at spa) e Kur take a cure eine Kur machen cure (treatment for) e Behandlung (fr) cure (of) (v.) heilen (von) cure s.o. of a disease jmdn. von einer Krankheit heilen

cure-all s Allheilmittel

cut n. e Schnittwunde (-n)

Wort des Tages What's today's German word of the day?

dandruff, flaking skin

Schuppen (pl.)

dead

tot

death

r Tod

dental, by a dentist zahnrztlich dentist r Zahnarzt/e Zahnrztin MORE > At the Dentist - Beim Zahnarzt diabetes e Zuckerkrankheit, r Diabetes diabetic n. r/e Zuckerkranke, r Diabetiker/e Diabetikerin diabetic adj. zuckerkrank, diabetisch MORE > Diabetes @ About - Learn more about diabetes from About Guide Paula Ford-Martin.

diagnosis e Diagnose

dialysis e Dialyse

diarrhea, diarrhoea r Durchfall, e Diarrhe

die v. sterben, ums Leben kommen he died of cancer er starb an Krebs she died of heart failure sie ist an Herzversagen gestorben many people died/lost their lives viele Menschen kamen ums Leben

disease, illness e Krankheit (-en) contagious disease ansteckende Krankheit

doctor, physician r Arzt/e rztin (rzte/rztinnen)

ENT (ear, nose, and throat) HNO (pron. HAH-EN-OH, Hals, Nase, Ohren = throat, nose, ears) ENT doctor/physician r HNO-Arzt, e HNO-rztin

emergency r Notfall in an emergency im Notfall emergency room/ward e Unfallstation emergency services Hilfsdienste (pl.)

environment e Umwelt

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fever s Fieber

first aid erste Hilfe administer/give first aid erste Hilfe leisten first-aid kit e Erste-Hilfe-Ausrstung first-aid kit r Verbandkasten/r Verbandskasten

flu, influenza e Grippe

Note: This glossary is not intended to offer any medical advice. It is for general information and vocabulary reference only.

gall bladder e Galle, e Gallenblase gall stone(s) r Gallenstein (-e)

gastrointestinal Magen-Darm- (in compounds) gastrointestinal tract r Magen-Darm-Trakt

gastroscopy e Magenspiegelung

German measles Rteln (pl.)

glucose r Traubenzucker, e Glucose

glycerin(e) s Glyzerin

gonorrhoea e Gonorrhe, r Tripper

haematoma (Br.) s Hmatom

haemorrhoid (Br.) e Hmorrhoide

hay fever r Heuschnupfen

headache Kopfschmerzen (pl.) headache tablet/pill, aspirin e Kopfschmerztablette I have a headache. Ich habe Kopfschmerzen.

head nurse, senior nurse e Oberschwester

heart attack r Herzanfall, r Herzinfarkt heart failure s Herzversagen heart pacemaker r Herzschrittmacher MORE > Heart Disease @ About - Learn more about heart disease and cardiology from About Guide Richard Fogoros.

heartburn s Sodbrennen

health e Gesundheit

health care e Gesundheitsfrsorge

hematoma, haematoma (Br.) s Hmatom

hemorrhage e Blutung

hemorrhoid e Hmorrhoide hemorrhoidal ointment e Hmorrhoidensalbe

hepatitis e Leberentzndung, e Hepatitis

high blood pressure r Bluthochdruck (med. arterielle Hypertonie)

Hippocratic Oath r hippokratische Eid, r Eid des Hippokrates

HIV s HIV HIV positive/negative HIV-positiv/-negativ

hospital s Krankenhaus, e Klinik, s Spital (Austria)

Also see Parts of the Body in German Lesson 15 of German for Beginners

ICU (intensive care unit) e Intensivstation

illness, disease e Krankheit (-en)

incubator r Brutkasten (-ksten)

infection e Entzndung (-en), e Infektion (-en)

influenza, flu e Grippe

injection, shot e Spritze (-n)

innoculate, vaccinate v. impfen

insulin s Insulin insulin shock r Insulinschock

intensive care unit (ICU) e Intensivstation

interaction (drugs) e Wechselwirkung (-en), e Interaktion (-en)

jaundice e Gelbsucht

Jakob-Creutzfeld disease e Jakob-Creutzfeld-Krankheit K

kidney(s) e Niere (-en) kidney failure, renal failure s Nierenversagen kidney machine e knstliche Niere kidney stone(s) r Nierenstein (-e)

laxative s Abfhrmittel

leukemia r Blutkrebs, e Leukmie

life s Leben to lose your life, to die ums Leben kommen many people died/lost their lives viele Menschen kamen ums Leben Lou Gehrig's disease s Lou-Gehrig-Syndrom (see "ALS" in Part 1)

Lyme disease e Lyme-Borreliose (also see TBE) transmitted by ticks von Zecken bertragen

"mad cow" disease, BSE r Rinderwahn, e BSE

malaria e Malaria

measles e Masern (pl.) German measles, rubella Rteln (pl.)

medical(ly) (adj., adv.) medizinisch, rztlich, Sanitts- (in compounds) medical corps (mil.) e Sanittstruppe medical insurance e Krankenversicherung/e Krankenkasse medical school medizinische Fakultt medical student r Medizinstudent/-studentin

medicinal (adj., adv.) heilend, medizinisch medicinal power(s) e Heilkraft

medicine (in general) e Medizin medicine, medication e Arznei, s Arzneimittel, s Medikament (-e) metabolism r Metabolismus

mono, mononucleosis s Drsenfieber, e Mononukleose (Pfeiffersches Drsenfieber)

multiple sclerosis (MS) multiple Sklerose (die)

mumps r Mumps

muscular dystrophy e Muskeldystrophie, r Muskelschwund

Note: This glossary is not intended to offer any medical advice. It is for general information and vocabulary reference only.

nurse e Krankenschwester (-n) head nurse e Oberschwester (-n) male nurse, orderly r Krankenpfleger (-) nursing e Krankenpflege

ointment, salve e Salbe (-n)

operate v. operieren operation e Operation (-en) have an operation sich einer Operation unterziehen, operiert werden

organ s Organ organ bank e Organbank organ donation e Organspende organ donor r Organspender, e Organspenderin organ recipient r Organempfnger, e Organempfngerin

pacemaker r Herzschrittmacher

paralysis (n.) e Lhmung, e Paralyse paralytic (n.) r Paralytiker, e Paralytikerin paralyzed, paralytic (adj.) gelhmt, paralysiert

parasite r Parasit (-en)

Parkinson's disease e Parkinson-Krankheit

patient r Patient (-en), e Patientin (-nen)

pharmacy, chemist's shop e Apotheke (-n) pharmacist, chemist r Apotheker (-), e Apothekerin (-nen)

physician, doctor r Arzt/e rztin (rzte/rztinnen)

pill, tablet e Pille (-n), e Tablette (-n)

pimple(s) r Pickel (-) acne e Akne

plague e Pest

pneumonia e Lungenentzndung

poison s Gift antidote (to) s Gegengift, s Gegenmittel (gegen) poison (v.) vergiften

poisoning e Vergiftung

prescription s Rezept

prostate (gland) e Prostata prostate cancer r Prostatakrebs

psoriasis e Schuppenflechte

quack (doctor) r Quacksalber quack remedy s Mittelchen, e Quacksalberkur/e Quacksalberpille

quinine s Chinin

rabies e Tollwut

rash n. r Ausschlag

rehab e Reha, e Rehabilitierung rehab center s Reha-Zentrum (-Zentren)

rheumatism s Rheuma

rubella Rteln (pl.)

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salivary gland e Speicheldrse (-n)

salve, ointment e Salbe (-n)

SARS s SARS (Schweres akutes Atemnotsyndrom, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

scurvy r Skorbut

sedative, tranquilizer s Beruhigungsmittel

sexually transmitted disease (See "STD" below)

shot, injection e Spritze (-n)

side effects Nebenwirkungen (pl.)

smallpox e Pocken (pl.) smallpox vaccination e Pockenimpfung

sonography e Sonografie sonogram s Sonogramm (-e)

sprain e Verstauchung

STD (sexually transmitted disease) e Geschlechtskrankheit (-en)

stomach r Magen stomach ache s Bauchweh, Magenbeschwerden (pl.) stomach cancer r Magenkrebs stomach ulcer s Magengeschwr

surgeon r Chirurg (-en), e Chirurgin (-innen)

syphilis e Syphilis

The German researcher Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915) discovered Salvarsans, a treatment for syphilis, in 1910. Ehrlich was also a pioneer in chemotherapy. He received the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1908.

tablet, pill e Tablette (-n), e Pille (-n)

There is a TBE/FSME vaccine which German doctors can give to people at risk, but it cannot be used on children under the age of 12. It is not available in

the U.S. The vaccination is good for three years. The tick-borne disease is found in southern Germany and other parts of Europe, but is fairly rare. temperature e Temperatur (-en) he has a temperature er hat Fieber

thermal imaging e Thermografie

thermometer s Thermometer (-)

tick-borne encephalitis (see TBE above)

tissue (skin, etc.) s Gewebe (-)

tomography e Tomografie CAT/CT scan, computer tomography e Computertomografie

tonsilitis e Mandelentzndung

tooth (teeth) r Zahn (Zhne) toothache Zahnschmerzen (pl.) I have a toothache. Ich habe Zahnschmerzen. MORE > At the Dentist - Beim Zahnarzt

tranquilizer, sedative s Beruhigungsmittel

triglyceride s Triglyzerid (Triglyzeride, pl.)

A triglyzeride is a organic-chemical compound made up of one molecule of glycerine and three fatty acids. Ein Triglyzerid ist eine organischchemische Verbindung aus einem Molekl Glyzerin und drei Fettsuren.

tuberculosis e Tuberkulose tuberculin s Tuberkulin

typhoid fever, typhus r Typhus

ulcer s Geschwr

ulcerous (adj.) geschwrig

urologist r Urologe, e Urologin urology e Urologie

vaccinate v. impfen vaccination n. e Impfung (-en) smallpox vaccination e Pockenimpfung vaccine n. r Impfstoff

varicose vein e Krampfader

vasectomy e Vasektomie

vascular vaskulr, Gef- (in compounds) vascular disease e Gefkrankheit

vein e Vene (-n), e Ader (-n) varicose vein(s) e Krampfader (-n)

venereal disease, VD e Geschlechtskrankheit (-en)

violence e Gewalt rightwing (skinhead) violence rechte Gewalt

virus s Virus virus/viral infection e Virusinfektion

vitamin s Vitamin vitamin deficiency r Vitaminmangel

wart e Warze (-n)

wound (n.) e Wunde (-n)

X-ray (n.) e Rntgenaufnahme, s Rntgenbild X-ray (v.) durchleuchten, eine Rntgenaufnahme machen

The German word for X-rays comes from their German discoverer, Wilhelm Conrad Rntgen (1845-1923). (More in our Erfinder - Inventors glossary.)

yellow fever s Gelbfieber

s Amalgam amalgam (dental filling)

e Behandlung (-en) treatment(s)

r Belag (Belge) plaque, tartar, calculus r Zahnbelag plaque, tartar, calculus harter Zahnbelag tartar, calculus (hard coating) weicher Zahnbelag plaque (soft coating)

e Betubung/e Narkose anaesthesia/anesthesia s Betubungsmittel/s Narkosemittel anaesthetic/anesthetic general anesthetic e Vollnarkose local anesthetic rtliche Betubung

bleichen to bleach, whiten

bohren (v.) to drill r Bohrer (-) drill e Bohrmaschine (-n) drill

empfindlich (adj) sensitive (gums, teeth, etc.)

e Entfernung removal (of plaque, tooth, etc.)

e Fluoridierung fluoridation, fluoride treatment

e Fllung (-en) filling(s)

s Honorar (-e) fee(s) Summe Honorare sum total of fees (on dental bill)

Wort des Tages What's today's German word of the day?

e Klammer (-n) brace(s)

e Krone (tooth) crown, cap e Zahnkrone tooth crown

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Note: This glossary is not intended to offer any medical or dental advice. It is for general information and vocabulary reference only.

e Leistung service provided e Leistungsgliederung itemization of services

e Parodontologie periodontology (gum treatment/care) e Parodontose periodontosis (shrinking gums)

e Plombe (-n) (tooth) filling(s) plombieren to fill (tooth)

e Prophylaxe prophylaxis (teeth cleaning)

e Spange (-n) brace(s) e Zahnspange (-n) brace(s)

Summe Honorare sum total of fees (on dental bill)

r Wurzel root

e Wurzelkanalbehandlung root-canal work e Zahnwurzelbehandlung root-canal work

r Zahn (Zhne) tooth (teeth) r Zahnersatz denture(s) falsche Zhne false teeth knstliche Zhne false teeth

r Zahnarzt (-rzte) dentist (m.) e Zahnrztin (-rztinnen) dentist (f.)

r Zahnarzthelfer (-) dental assistant, dental nurse (m.) e Zahnarzthelferin (-nen) dental assistant, dental nurse (f.)

zahnrztlich (adj) dental

r Zahnbelag (-belge) plaque, tartar, calculus

r Zahnersatz denture(s) e Zahnprothese denture set

e Zahnflche (-n) tooth surface(s)

s Zahnfleisch gum, gums e Zahnfleischentzndung gingivitis, gum infection

e Zahnfllung (-<en< b="">) tooth filling(s)</en<>

e Zahnklammer (-n) brace(s) e Zahnspange (-n) brace(s)

e Zahnkrone tooth crown

e Zahnpflege dental hygiene, dental care

e Zahnprothese denture set

r Zahnschmelz tooth enamel

e Zahnschmerzen (pl.) toothache r Zahnweh toothache

e Zahnseide dental floss

e Zahnspange (-n) brace(s) e Zahnklammer (-n) brace(s)

r Zahntechniker dental technician

r Zahnweh toothache