Unit 2 Pain

Word Definition Spanish

ache (n) a continuous pain dolor (n)

acute (adj) an acute sense or feeling is very strong grave (adj)

anti-inflammatory something that decreases inflammation antiinflamatorio

(adj) (adj)
appendicitis (n) an illness in which your appendix apendicitis (n)
swells and causes pain
appetite (n) a desire for to eat food apetito (n)

arm (n) one of the two long parts of your body brazo (n)
between your shoulders and your
hands
aromatherapy (n) the use of pleasant smelling plant oils aromaterapia (n)
to make you feel healthy and relaxed

back (n) the part of your body from your neck espalda (n)
and shoulders down to your bottom
backache (n) a pain in your back dolor de espalda
(n)
cheekbone (n) the bone just below your eye pómulo (n)

chiropractic (n) the treatment of physical problems by quiropráctica (n)

pressing on and moving the bones in
someone's back and joints
chronic (adj) if a problem or illness is chronic, it is crónico (adj)
serious and likely to continue for a long
time
dull (adj) a dull pain is not severe sordo (adj)

electric shock (n) a sudden painful feeling you get if you choque eléctrico
accidentally touch electricity – can be (n)
used to describe a feeling of sudden
pain
emotion (n) a feeling such as love, hate or anger emoción (n)

eye (n) one of the organs in your body; they ojo (n)
allow you to see
face pack (n) British English a thick cream that you mascarilla (n)
spread over your face and leave on for
a short time, in order to clean and
improve your skin

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forehead (n) the part of your face above your eyes frente (n)

ginger (n) a light brown root with a strong hot jengibre (n)
taste that is used in cooking
headache (n) a pain in your head dolor de cabeza
(n)
heat patch (n) a small piece of material that produces parche de calor (n)
heat when it is stuck to an area of your
body
herb (n) a plant used to improve the taste of hierba (n)
food, or to make medicine
hurt (v) if a part of your body hurts, or if doler (v)
something hurts it, you can feel pain
in it
hydrotherapy (n) the treatment of physical problems hidroterapia (n)
using water
hypnotherapy (n) the use of hypnosis to treat emotional hipnoterapia (n)
of physical problems
insomnia (n) the problem of not being able to sleep insomnio (n)

kidney stones (n) a condition in which small balls of hard cálculos renales
material form in your kidneys (n)
labour (n) the process of giving birth to a baby alumbramiento (n)

leg (n) one of the long parts of your body that pierna (n)
your feet are joined to
lie down (phr v) to move into a position in which your tumbarse (v)
body is flat, usually in order to sleep or
rest
manipulate (v) to skilfully control or move something manipular (v)

massage (n) when you press and rub someone's masaje (n)
body to reduce pain or help them relax
migraine (n) an extremely bad headache migraña (n)

mild (adj) not severe or serious leve (adj)

moderate (adj) not severe; medium moderado (adj)

muscle (n) one of the pieces of flesh inside your músculo (n)
body that you use in order to move
music therapy (n) the treatment of emotional of physical musicoterapia (n)
problems using music
nasal spray (adj a type of medicine that you take by espray nasal (n)
phr) spraying it through your nose

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nausea (n) the feeling that you have when you are náusea (n)
going to vomit (be sick)
pain (n) the feeling you have when part of your dolor (n)
body hurts
pain scale (n) a scale that medical professionals use escala de dolor (n)
to assess pain
painful (adj) if a part of your body is painful, you can doloroso (adj)
feel pain in it
painkiller (n) a medicine that reduces pain analgésico (n)

physical (adj) relating to your body rather than your físico (adj)
mind
pins and needles an uncomfortable feeling, often in your hormigueo
(n pl) foot or leg, which you get especially (n)
when you have not moved part of your
body for a long time, and the supply of
blood has stopped flowing properly
relieve (v) to reduce someone's pain aliviar (v)

severe (adj) a severe pain or injury, etc. is very grave (adj)

strong
sharp (adj) a sharp pain is sudden and strong repentino (adj)

shooting (adj) a pain that moves quickly in a punzante (adj)

particular direction
sinusitis (n) a condition in which your sinuses swell sinusitis (n)
and become painful
sore (adj) if a part of your body is painful, you can lastimado (adj)
feel pain in it
stabbing (adj) a stabbing pain is very sudden and lancinante (adj)
strong
suicidal (adj) someone who is suicidal feels like he suicida (adj)
or she wants to kill himself or herself
therapist (n) a professional who treats a mental or terapeuta (n)
physical illness over a long period of
time, especially without using drugs or
operations
throbbing (adj) if a part of your body throbs, you get a palpitante (adj)
regular feeling of pain in it
tingling (adj) if your skin tingles, you feel a slight titilante (adj)
stinging in it
tonsillitis (n) an infection of the tonsils amigdalitis (n)

treatment (n) something that is done to try to cure tratamiento (n)

someone who is injured or ill

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Word Definition Spanish
unbearable (adj) too painful, unpleasant, etc. for you to insoportable (adj)
accept or deal with
waist (n) the narrow part in the middle of your cintura (n)
body

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