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Medical English


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Dyspnoe und Synonyme

dyspnoea, shortness of breath and breathlessness

Anstrengung

exertion

schwerwiegende Fälle

severe cases

in Ruhe / im Ruhezustand

in rest

Gegenteil von: in rest

on exertion

Mit erhöhtem Kopfteil schlafen. 

the pat. will tend to sleep raised up on two or more pillows

abbreviation: SOBOE

shortness of breath on exercise (on exertion, on effort). 

Ich werde beim Treppensteigen atemlos

I get terribly short of breath climbing stairs. 

Wie viele Kissen benützen sie?

How many pillows do you sleep on?

the normal resting heart rate

ist 65 -75 beats per minute. 

heart rhythm

regular / irregular

irregular: arrhythmia:

  • there may be early beats which interrupt the regular rhythm - premature beats. 
  • or the rhythm may vary with respiration
  • or it may be completely irregular as an fibrillation

When the patients are aware of of irregularity 

palpitations

Vorfälle, Abschnitt, Ablauf, Folge

episodes (attacks)

of atrial fibrillation

to occurs

auftreten, vorkommen

to maintain sth

etw. unterstützen, unterhalten, aufrechterhalten

genügend, ausreichend

sufficient

Herzauswurfvolumen

cardiac output

the amount

Betrag, Summe, Menge

amount of blood

Herzinsuffizienz

left / right heart failure

Symptoms of left heart failure

breathlessness

Symptomy of right heart failure

peripheral oedema (swelling) beginning in the feet and ankles.

When the finger is pushed into the swelling (ankles), it causes a small depression or pit

pitting oedema

depression

Mulde, Einseklung, Gedrückheit, Depression, Schwächung, Furche

pit

Grube

Aorta

aorta

Pulmonal Arterie

pulmonary artery

Pulmonale Venen

pulmonary veins

Mitralklappe

mitral valve

Trikuspidalklappe

tricuspid valve

Herzseptum

septum

word combination:

at

rest

word combination:

atrial

fibrillation

word combination:

cardiac

output

failure

word combination:

heart

failure

word combination:

on

effort

word combination:

pitting

 

oedema

word combination:

premature

beats

Synonyme:

dyspnoea

breathlessness, shortness of breath

Synonyme: arrhythmia

palpitations

Synonyme: orthopnoea

breathlessness when lying flat