F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

Recently I’m often going to a hospital with my husband’s mom.

general practice/general practitioner (n): a doctor who provides general medical treatment for people who live in a particular area:
The doctor started as a general practitioner 20 years ago.
You should go to see your general practitioner.

specialist (n):a doctor who has special training in and knowledge of a particular area of medicine
专科医生
E.g.: She’s a specialist in childhood illnesses.
她是儿科专家。
E.g.: I’ve asked to be referred to a specialist about my back pain.
我已经要求转诊，让专科医生来治我的背痛。
E.g.: a leading cancer/eye specialist
杰出的癌症／眼科专家

analysis( n):the act of analysing something
分析
E.g.: They took blood and urine specimens for analysis.
E.g.: blood analysis/work results

side effect (n):an unpleasant effect of a drug that happens in addition to the main effect
副作用
Does this drug have any side effects?
这种药有什么副作用吗？
Of side effects she got fever and headache.

nauseous (adj):feeling as if you might vomit
感到恶心的，想呕吐的
Roller coasters make me feel nauseous.
坐过山车让我直想吐。

she was sick for a year without the right diagnosis-她病了一年没有正确的诊断

to run additional tests-运行其他测试 to run a test

hormone (n):any of various chemicals made by living cells that influence the development, growth, sex, etc. of an animal and are carried around the body in the blood
荷尔蒙，激素
male and female hormones
雄性和雌性激素
growth hormones
生长激素

she’s not originally from Shanghai-她不是上海人

she was misdiagnosed my mother in with……她被误诊为我母亲…

she made a mistake

outpatient (n):a person who goes to a hospital for treatment, but who does not stay any nights there
门诊病人
an outpatient clinic
门诊部

inpatient (n):a person who goes into hospital to receive medical care, and stays there one or more nights while they are being treated
住院病人

admit (v): to allow someone to enter a hospital because they need medical care
接收…入院；收治
E.g.: She was admitted to the hospital suffering from shock.
她因中风被送入医院救治。