20 It's a profession of health, aimed at promoting, maintaining or restoring health well as preventing disease and alleviating suffering. terms
I'm doing this glossary because my English teacher asked me to do it and to talk a little more about the program I'm currently in.
anatomy
noun
The branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms, especially as revealed by dissection and the separation of parts.
Example: Rather than indicating that substrate size is insignificant in primate evolution, this perhaps suggests the degree to which travel in terminal branches has shaped primate ANATOMY.
en: anatomie
bandage
noun
a strip of material used to bind a wound or to protect an injured part of the body.
Example: These findings were supported by another study in which patients were treated with an elastic BANDAGE and immediate weight bearing.
en: pansement
biology
noun
The study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.
Example: The study provide valuable summary of the current knowledge of galago distribution, BIOLOGY, genetics and morphology.
en: biologie
blood
noun
Blood is a vital, specialized liquid tissue circulating through the heart and vessels (arteries, veins, capillaries) that sustains life by transporting oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and vitamins to cells while removing waste products.
Example: The liver responds more effectively to glucagons, a polypeptide hormone secreted by the ά cells of the pancreas when the BLOOD-glucose level is low.
en: sang
cells
noun
The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, typically microscopic and consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane. Microscopic organisms typically consist of a single cell, which is either eukaryotic or prokaryotic.
Example: Evidence suggests that chloroplasts are the descendants of oxygen-producing photosynthetic bacteria (cyanobacteria)1 that were engulfed by eukaryotic CELLS 9 and these factors supporting this theory would be reviewed in the next section.
en: cellules
communication
noun
The imparting or exchanging of information or news.
Example: The most frequently used COMMUNICATION amongst me and members of staff are face to face COMMUNICATION.
en: communication
compresses
noun
A pad of absorbent material pressed onto part of the body to relieve inflammation or stop bleeding.
Example: As the spring load COMPRESSES, it applies a force to the microneedle test sample.
en: compresses
disinfectant
noun
A chemical liquid that destroys bacteria.
Example: Transmission risk and propagation of infection can be lowered further by cleansing all hairbrushes and combs with DISINFECTANT.
en: désinfectant
gloves
noun
A covering for the hand worn for protection against cold or dirt and typically having separate parts for each finger and the thumb.
Example: The subsequent simile; 'like a mouse with GLOVES'(l.4) is also simple and explicit, invoking a stereotypically fairy-tale image of a clothed mouse.
en: gants
hospital
noun
An institution providing medical and surgical treatment and nursing care for sick or injured people.
Example: His paranoid suspicion of the 'Combine' could in fact be interpreted as an accurate perception of "a collaboration of governmental and industrial groups he believes are trying to control people by way of machines" ; this is, of course, what is happening within in the HOSPITAL.
en: hôpital
human
noun
A man, woman, or child of the species Homo sapiens or other (extinct) species of the genus Homo ; a human being.
Example: Members Countries have right to take sanitary and phytosanitary measures to protect HUMAN, animal, plant life or health, while those measures are consistent with provisions of SPS agreement and are based on scientific principles and maintained with sufficient scientific evidence (...).
en: humain
injection
noun
An instance of injecting or being injected.
Example: Also there are two method of direct heating system which are INJECTION and infusion.
en: injection
mask
noun
A covering worn over the mouth and nose in order to reduce the transmission of infectious agents, or to prevent the inhalation of pollutants and other harmful substances.
Example: At a certain point, Porter even employed Goffman's idea about "backstage" (where a "self" different from the one we portray in front of people is shown) and "secondary adjustment" to develop his argument, when he explained why racism was absent in the workplace, "when nurses were on their backstage, the MASK of professional propriety was dropped".
en: masque
medicine
noun
The science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
Example: It was not until 1975 that the process of producing monoclonal antibodies was invented, and given by Nobel Prize in Physiology or MEDICINE in 1984 for the discovery.
en: médecine
nursing assessment
noun phrase
A nursing assessment is the systematic, ongoing process of collecting, organizing, validating, and documenting comprehensive data about a patient’s physical, mental, emotional, and social health.
Example: The quality of a NURSING ASSESSMENT can affect the quality of future interventions and form a baseline for the measurement of their success or failure (Brennan & Gamble 2000).
en: évaluation infirmière
pathology
noun
Pathology is the medical specialty and scientific study of disease, focusing on its causes, mechanisms, and effects on the body.
Example: Assessment of PATHOLOGY: Dental PATHOLOGY: Serious caries was noted, mainly on the left side.
en: pathologie
pharmacology
noun
The branch of medicine concerned with the uses, effects, and modes of action of drugs.
Example: The pre-clinical phase over 2.5 years taught what is generically referred to as the 'basic medical sciences' to include anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, PHARMACOLOGY and behavioural sciences.
en: Pharmacologie.
pills
noun
A small round mass of solid medicine to be swallowed whole.
Example: It is also relevant to examining medicalisation's vested interests, such as drug companies, who benefit from it via the perceived need to create more PILLS.
en: pillule
stethoscope
noun
A medical instrument for listening to the action of someone's heart or breathing, typically having a small disk-shaped resonator that is placed against the chest, and two tubes connected to earpieces.
Example: The stetoscope is a very important instrument.
en: stéthoscope
vital signs
noun
Vital signs are essential, objective measurements of the body's most basic functions, used by healthcare professionals to evaluate physical health, detect medical problems, and monitor treatment.
Example: Her VITAL SIGNS should be assessed, particularly her oxygen saturations and blood gases.
