Unit 3 Vital signs

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anxiety (n) the feeling of being very worried about ansiedad (n)
something
aorta (n) the largest artery that takes blood aorta (n)
away from your heart
appointment (n) an arrangement for a meeting at an cita (n)
agreed time and place, for a particular
purpose
artery (n) one of the tubes that takes blood from arteria (n)
your heart to the rest of your body
atrium (n) one of the two spaces in the top of aurícula (n)
your heart that push blood into the
ventricles
breath (n) air that you take into your lungs respiración (n)

carbon dioxide (n) the gas produced when people or dióxido de carbono
animals breathe out (n)
cardiovascular (adj) relating to the heart and the tubes cardiovascular
through which blood flows in your body (adj)
chemical (n) a substance used in or produced by a sustancia química
chemical process (n)
circulate (v) to move around within a system, or to circular (v)
make something do this
clip (v) to attach something to something else, sujetar (v)
using a clip
count (v) to measure the number of times contar (v)
something happens
cuff (n) the end part of the arm of a shirt, puño (n)
where it fastens
decrease (v) to become less or to make something descender (v)
do this
digital blood-pressure a type of digital medical equipment monitor digital de
monitor (n) used to measure blood pressure presión arterial (n)
down (adv, prep) to or at a lower rate or amount abajo (adv)

fever (n) an illness in which you have a very fiebre (n)

high temperature
height (n) how tall someone or something is altura (n)

high (adv) at a value, amount, or level that is alto (adv)

above the normal one
humidity (n) the amount of water that is in the air humedad (n)

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increase (v) if you increase something, or if it incrementar (v)
increases, it becomes bigger in
amount, number or degree
infection (n) a disease in part of your body, caused infección (n)
by bacteria or a virus
lifestyle (n) the way that someone lives estilo de vida (n)

monitor (v) to carefully watch or measure controlar (v)

someone to see how their condition
changes over a period of time
nicotine (n) the drug in tobacco that makes you nicotina (n)
want to continue smoking
oxygen (n) a gas in the air that all living things oxígeno (n)
need
palm (n) the surface of your hand in which you palma (n)
hold things
per minute (prep the number of times each minute por minuto (loc
phrase) prep)
pulmonary (adj) relating to the lungs, or having an pulmonar (adj)
effect on the lungs
pulse (n) the regular beat that your heart makes pulso (n)
as it pumps blood around your body
pulse oximeter (n) a type of medical equipment that pulsioxímetro (n)
monitors the oxygen saturation of a
patient's blood
pulse rate (n phr) the number of heart beats per minute frecuencia del
pulso (n)
pump (v) if liquid or gas pumps somewhere, or if bombear (v)
you pump it, it is forced to move in a
particular direction
rate of respiration (n how many times a person breathes per ritmo respiratorio
phr) minute (n)
reading (n) a number or amount shown on a lectura (n)
measuring instrument
record (v) to write down information or store it in registrar (v)
a computer so that it can be looked at
in the future
rest (v) to stop working or moving and relax for descansar (v)
a period of time
return (v) to come back or go back to a place volver (v)

roll up (phr v) to fold your sleeve upward so your arm arremangar (v)
is visible
sleeve (n) the part of a piece of clothing that manga (n)
covers your arm

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sphygmomanometer a type of medical equipment used to esfigmomanómetro
(n) measure blood pressure (n)
stable (adj) not likely to change suddenly estable (adj)

stethoscope (n) a piece of equipment that doctors use estetoscopio (n)

to listen to your heart or breathing
stress (n) a strong feeling of worry that prevents estrés (n)
you from relaxing
take (v) to move something from one place to llevar (v)
another
temperature (n) the temperature of your body, used as temperatura (n)
a sign of whether you are ill
thermometer (n) a piece of equipment that measures termómetro (n)
the temperature of your body
tight (adj) attached or pulled very firmly, so that ajustado (adj)
nothing can move
tongue (n) the soft part inside your mouth that you lengua (n)
move and use for tasting and speaking
up (adv, prep) if the amount or level of something is arriba (adv)
up, it has increased
up and down (adj phr) to a higher position and then a lower arriba y abajo (loc
one, several times adv)
vary (v) to change variar (v)

vein (n) one of the tubes through which blood vena (n)
flows to your heart from other parts of
your body
vena cava (n) a large vein that carries blood from the vena cava (n)
upper half of the body to the heart's
right atrium
ventricle (n) one of the two spaces in the bottom of ventrículo (n)
your heart through which blood pumps
out to your body
ventricle (n) one of the two spaces in the bottom of ventrículo (n)
your heart through which blood pumps
out to your body
vital sign (n) medical signs that show someone is constante vital (n)
alive, for example breathing and body
temperature
weight (n) how heavy someone is peso (n)

wrap (v) to put paper or cloth over something envolver (v)

wrist (n) the joint between your hand and your muñeca (n)
arm

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