Saturday, April 7, 2012

Medical Vocabulary for Basic Medical Translation (Part 1)


Vaccination /ˌvæk.sɪˈneɪ.ʃ ə n/: the act of giving someone a vaccine, usually by injection, to prevent them from getting a disease (ការចាក់ថ្នាំវ៉ាក់សាំង).

Throat /θroʊt/ : the front of the neck, or the space inside the neck down which food and air can go (បំពង់ក).

Hangover /ˈhæŋˌoʊ.vɚ/ : a feeling of illness after drinking too much alcohol (ឈឺក្បាលព្រឹកបន្ទាប់​ក្រោយពីផឹកគ្រឿងស្រវឹង).

Asthma /ˈæz mə /:  a medical condition which makes breathing difficult by causing the air passages to become narrow or blocked (ជំងឺហឺត)

Abscess /ˈæb.ses/: a painful swollen area on or in the body, which contains pus (= thick, yellow liquid) (ដំបៅក្លាយចេញខ្ទុះ)

Sweat /swet/: to pass a salty colorless liquid through the skin because you are hot, ill or frightened (បែកញើស)

(Definition in English Extracted from Cambridge Advance Dictionary)




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