🏥 Medical Terms

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Medical Spanish vocabulary helps you talk to doctors, describe symptoms, visit hospitals, handle emergencies, buy medicine, and discuss health in Spanish conversations.

🟢 Basic Medical Vocabulary

🏥 Hospital — Hospital
ohs-pee-tahl

👨‍⚕️ Doctor — Médico
meh-dee-koh

👩‍⚕️ Nurse — Enfermera
ehn-fehr-meh-rah

💊 Medicine — Medicina
meh-dee-see-nah

🚑 Ambulance — Ambulancia
ahm-boo-lahn-see-ah

🩹 Bandage — Venda
behn-dah

🟡 Medical & Emergency Vocabulary

📅 Appointment — Cita
see-tah

💉 Injection — Inyección
een-yehk-see-ohn

🩺 Checkup — Chequeo
cheh-keh-oh

⚠️ Emergency — Emergencia
eh-mehr-hehn-see-ah

🏪 Pharmacy — Farmacia
fahr-mah-see-ah

🛌 Treatment — Tratamiento
trah-tah-mee-ehn-toh

🔴 Advanced Medical Notes

🏥 Medical vocabulary is essential for travel, emergencies, hospitals, and doctor visits.

💊 Health vocabulary helps you explain symptoms and understand medical instructions.

🚑 Emergency vocabulary is especially important while traveling in Spanish-speaking countries.

🗣️ Medical Spanish is commonly used together with body parts and illness vocabulary.

💬 Common Medical Phrases

🏥 Necesito un médico.
I need a doctor.

💊 ¿Dónde está la farmacia?
Where is the pharmacy?

⚠️ Es una emergencia.
It is an emergency.

📅 Tengo una cita médica.
I have a medical appointment.

📝 Example Sentences

🩺 El médico hace un chequeo.
The doctor does a checkup.

🚑 La ambulancia llega rápido.
The ambulance arrives quickly.

🩹 Necesito una venda para mi brazo.
I need a bandage for my arm.

💉 La inyección no duele mucho.
The injection does not hurt much.

🧠 Quick Practice

1️⃣ Translate into Spanish:

🏪 Pharmacy → __________

2️⃣ Fill in the blank:

🏥 Necesito un ________.

3️⃣ Match the medical word:

💊 Medicina → ?
🚑 Ambulancia → ?
📅 Cita → ?

✅ Answers

1️⃣ Farmacia
2️⃣ médico
3️⃣ Medicine / Ambulance / Appointment