English definition German
(to) cleanse to clean your skin or a wound reinigen, säubern
(to) consult to go to somebody for information or advice sich beraten lassen, konsultieren
(to) diagnose to say exactly what an illness or the cause of a problem is diagnostizieren
(to) discharge to allow somebody to leave hospital because they are well enough to leave entlassen
(to) dispense to prepare medicine and give it to people, as a job dispensieren
(to) hospitalise to send somebody to a hospital for treatment hospitalisieren, ins Krankenhaus einweisen
(to) revive to become, or to make somebody/something become, conscious or healthy and strong again wiederbeleben
(to) stitch to sew the edges of a wound together nähen
(to) treat to give medical care or attention to a person, an illness, an injury, etc. behandeln, versorgen
(to) X-ray to photograph and examine bones and organs inside the body, using X-rays röntgen
accident and emergency, A & E the part of a hospital where people who need immediate treatment are taken Notaufnahme
amputation the act of cutting off somebody's arm, leg, finger or toe in a medical operation Amputation
anaesthetic a drug that makes a person or an animal unable to feel anything, especially pain, either in the whole body or in a part of the body
Betäubungsmittel, Narkosemittel
antihistamine a drug used to treat allergies, especially hay fever Antihistamin
caregiver a person who takes care of a sick or old person at home Pflegeperson
casualty a person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident (Todes-)opfer, Verletzter
check-up an examination of somebody/something, especially a medical one to make sure that you are healthy Kontrolle, Untersuchung
chemist a person whose job is to prepare and sell medicines, and who works in a shop Apotheker/in
chemotherapy the treatment of disease, especially cancer, with the use of chemical substances Chemotherapie
clinician a doctor, psychologist, etc. who has direct contact with patients Kliniker/in
contraceptive a drug, device or practice used to avoid becoming pregnant when having sex Verhütungsmittel
conventional tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general; normal and ordinary, and perhaps not very interesting herkömmlich, gebräuchlich
critical care, intensive care continuous care and attention, often using special equipment, for people in hospital who are very seriously ill or injured Intensivpflege
crutch one of two long sticks that you put under your arms to help you walk after you have injured your leg or foot Krücke
defibrillator a piece of equipment used to control the movements of the heart muscles by giving the heart an electric shock in a carefully managed way Defibrillator, Defi
first aid simple medical treatment that is given to somebody before a doctor comes or before the person can be taken to a hospital Erste Hilfe, Erstversorgung
general practice the work of a doctor who treats people in the community rather than at a hospital and who is not a specialist in one particular area of medicine; a place where a doctor like this works Allgemeinmedizin
infirmary a hospital or a special room in a school, prison, etc. for people who are ill Krankenhaus, Krankenstation
injection an act of injecting somebody with a drug or other substance Spritze
inoculation an act of protecting a person or an animal from catching a particular disease by injecting them with a mild form of the disease (Schutz-)impfung
inpatient a person who stays in a hospital while receiving treatment stationärer Patient
maternity the state of being or becoming a mother Mutterschaft
midwife a person, especially a woman, who is trained to help women give birth to babies Hebamme
needle a small thin piece of steel that you use for sewing, with a point at one end and a hole for the thread at the other Nadel
occupational therapist a person whose job is to help people get better after illness or injury by giving them special activities to do Ergotherapeut
optician a person whose job is to examine people’s eyes and to recommend and sell glasses (Augen-)optiker
outpatient a person who goes to a hospital for treatment but does not stay there ambulanter Patient
paediatrician a doctor who studies and treats the diseases of children Kinderarzt, Kinderärztin
paramedic a person whose job is to help people who are sick or injured, but who is not a doctor or a nurse Sanitäter
paediatrics the branch of medicine that deals with children and their diseases Kinderheilkunde
pharmacy a shop, or part of one, that sells medicines and drugs Apotheke
physio, physiotherapy the treatment of disease, injury or weakness in the joints or muscles by exercises, massage and the use of light and heat Physio, Physiotherapeut
surgery a medical operation that involves cutting open a person's body Chirurgie
swab a piece of soft material used by a doctor, nurse, etc. for cleaning wounds or taking a sample from somebody’s body for testing Abstrich, Tupfer
therapist a specialist who treats a particular type of illness or problem, or who uses a particular type of treatment Therapeut/in
therapy the treatment of a physical problem or an illness Therapie, Behandlung
treatment something that is done to cure an illness or injury, or to make somebody look and feel good Behandlung, ärztliche Versorgung
triage (in a hospital) the process of deciding how seriously ill or injured a person is, so that the most serious cases can be treated first Triage, Ersteinschätzung
vaccine a substance that is put into the blood and that protects the body from a disease Impfstoff
ward a separate room or area in a hospital for people with the same type of medical condition Station, Abteilung