Medical vocabulary

www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/vocabulary/wordsforwork/care

www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body

biology.about.com/od/gamesandquizzes/a/aa061308a.htm

www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/medical-vocabulary.htm

Medical dictionaries and glossary

medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com

www.medterms.com

http://www.merriam-webster.com/medlineplus

http://www.medicalglossary.org/anatomy.html

Grammar practice

www.ego4u.com/en
www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises
www.englishpage.com
esl.about.com

Quotations

The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated.
Plato

A doctor who cannot take a good history and a patient who cannot give one are in danger of giving and receiving bad treatment.
Author Unknown

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.
Martin H. Fischer

Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice.
Martin H. Fischer

A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more even than the whole man - he must view the man in his world.
Harvey Cushing

Never forget that it is not a pneumonia, but a pneumonic man who is your patient.
William Withey Gull

Man is a creature composed of countless millions of cells: a microbe is composed of only one, yet throughout the ages the two have been in ceaseless conflict.
A.B. Christie

He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors.
Chinese Proverb

Water, air, and cleanliness are the chief articles in my pharmacopoeia.
Napoleon I


Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
Lord Byron

Stem cell research can revolutionize medicine, more than anything since antibiotics.
Ron Reagan

The aim of medicine is to prevent disease and prolong life, the ideal of medicine is to eliminate the need of a physician.
William J. Mayo


Every tooth in a man's head is more valuable than a diamond.
Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote

The heart has no wrinkles.
Marie de Sevigne


Nurses don't wait until October to celebrate Make a Difference Day - they make a difference every day!
Author Unknown

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
Dorothy Parker

Medical abbreviations

• A/G ratio: albumin/globulin ratio
• Ac: before meals
• ad lib: at will, as desired
• adm: admission, admitted
• ASAP: as soon as possible
• Bid: twice a day
• Bm: bowel movement
• BP: blood pressure
• BPM: beats per minute
• BRP: bathroom privileges
• c/o: complains of
• C: Centigrade, Celsius
• C02: carbon dioxide
• Cap: capsule
• CC: chief complaint
• cc: cubic centimeter
• Cgh: cough
• CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• CVS: cardiovascular system
• CXR: chest x-ray
• D&C: dilletation and curettage
• d/c: discontinue or discharge
• DM: diabetes mellitus
• EBL: estimated blood loss
• ECG or EKG: electrocardiogram
• ER: emergency room
• F: Fahrenheit
• Fb: foreign body
• fx: fracture
• gtt: drop-liquid measurement
• H & P: history and physical
• H20: water
• HPC: history of present complaint
• HR: heart rate
• hr: hour
• hs: hour of sleep (bedtime)
• I & O: intake and output
• IDDM: insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
• IM: intramuscular
• IV: intravenous
• mg: milligram
• MI: myocardial infarct
• ml: millilitre
• MVA: motor vehicle accident
• N&V: nausea and vomiting
• NPO: nothing by mouth
• NTG: nitroglycerin
• O/E: on examination
• O2: oxygen
• OD: right eye
• OPA: outpatient appointment
• OS: left eye
• OU: both eyes
• pc: after meals
• PM: post mortem
• PMH: past medical history
• po: by mouth
• post-op: postoperative (after surgery)
• pre-op: preoperative (before surgery)
• prn: as needed
• pt: patient
• qd: every day
• qh: every hour
• qid: four times a day
• qod: every other day
• Rx: prescription, treatment
• s/s: signs and symptoms
• s: without
• sc/sq: subcutaneous
• SOB: short of breath
• stat: immediately
• sx: symptoms
• tab: tablet
• TPR: temperature, pulse, respiration
• U/S: ultrasound
• vs: vital signs
• XR: X-ray

Unit 8

Go to http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/female_
reproductive_system.html and
http://kidshealth.org/misc/movie/bodybasics/bodybasics_female_
repro.html to fi nd out about the reproductive system.

Unit 7

Go to http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-
-and-human-body/human-body and read about digestive system.

Go to www.e-learningforkids.org click on health icon and expand and
test your respiratory system knowledge.

Go to www.animated-teeth.com/questions-answers/dentalhealth-
quizzes.htm to expand and test your knowledge about teeth.

Unit 6

Go to http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-
-human-body/human-body to fi nd more information about the heart.
Go to www.kidshealth.org/kid/htbw, section endocrine system and
do the quiz to test your knowledge of the endocrine system.

Unit 5

Go to www.kidsskinhealth.org/kids , section How the body works and
fi nd out about integumentary system.

Unit 4

Go to www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body, section nervous
system and http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/jeopardy.html to
improve and test your knowledge of the nervous system.

Unit 3

Go to www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body section muscles to
improve and test your muscular system knowledge.

Go to www.kidshealth.org to fi nd information about our body and health
problems, fi lms and games, medical dictionary and much more.

Go to www.nhs.uk/conditions/physiotherapy to fi nd out some information
about physiotherapy.

Unit 2

Go to www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body
sections skeleton anatomy and skeleton game to improve
and test your knowledge of skeletal system.

Unit 1

To test your knowledge of organ systems go to
http://biology.about.com/od/gamesandquizzes,
choose the organ system quiz and start the quiz.

Go to www.bls.gov/oco/cg, section career guide index/healthcare
and www.nhscareers.nhs.uk to fi nd more about jobs in health care in the
USA and the UK.