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Medical English

Medical English


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Synonyme: oedema

swelling

Körperuntersuchung

physical examination

Medical examination is normally carried out in four stages:

  • inspection (looking)
  • palpation (feeling with the hands) - palpate
  • percussion (tapping with a finger)
  • auscultation (listening with a stethoscope)

Look at the lips, tongue and nails for 

the blue discoloration of cyanosis.

Cyanosis

peripheral

central

Inspect the hands for

clubbing. (verklumpung)

clubbed finger: Trommelschlägelfinger, Kolbenfinger

Feel the puls at the wrist

radial pulse

70 / min

heart rate

regular

heart rhythm 

in force

gültig, rechtskräftig, in Kraft

Jugularvenendruck

jugular venous pressure (JVP)

Herzspitzenstoss

position

feel for ...

apex beat

position: the fifth left intercostal space, one centimetre medial to the midclavicular line. 

feel for thrills: (Schwirren / Vibration)

Herzgeräusche

cardiac murmur and other abnormal sounds, for example friction rubs.

Murmurs may be soft or loud. A harsh murmur is loud and rough. 

Murmurs:

- mid - systolic

- pan-systolic (lasting for the whole of systole)

- early diastolic

- mid diastolic

- late diastolic

Herzgeräusche: Reibunsgeräusche

friction rubs 

beginning at the mitral area

harsh

scharf, grell

rough

rau, grob, stürmisch

ungefähre Position

approximate position

Noun: auscultation

Verb: ?

auscultate

Noun: examination

Verb: ?

examine

Noun: inspection

Verb: ?

inspect

Noun: palpation

Verb: ?

palpate

Noun: percussion

Verb: ?

percuss

das Fieber

pyrexia

kürzlich, frisch

recent

the onset

Beginn, Ausbruch, Anfang

the incompetence

Insuffizienz, Unfähigkeit