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Spanish medical vocabulary

30 words with English translations. 25 of them appear in the 5,000 most common Spanish words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

30words
25in the top 5,000
Spanishlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
la enfermedaddisease#1232 0.002% of speech
la medicinamedicine#1739 0.007% of speech
el médicophysician#1285 0.001% of speech
el enfermeronurseoutside the top 5,000
el hospitalhospital#4007 0.018% of speech
la clínicaclinic#1917 0.009% of speech
la farmaciapharmacy#2373 0.000% of speech
la recetaprescription#1521 0.011% of speech
la fiebrefever#4073 0.003% of speech
la toscough#4254 0.001% of speech
el dolorpain#905 0.016% of speech
la gripeflu#4047 0.004% of speech
el resfriadocold#4041 0.005% of speech
la alergiaallergy#4296 0.001% of speech
la infeccióninfection#4145 0.002% of speech
la vacunavaccine#4146 0.002% of speech
el tratamientotreatment#4054 0.004% of speech
la cirugíasurgery#4050 0.004% of speech
la heridawound#2033 0.009% of speech
la ambulanciaambulance#4056 0.004% of speech
el primeros auxiliosfirst aidoutside the top 5,000
el termómetrothermometer#3769 0.000% of speech
la presión arterialblood pressureoutside the top 5,000
el análisisanalysis#2358 0.003% of speech
el síntomassymptomsoutside the top 5,000
el diagnósticodiagnosis#4208 0.002% of speech
la curaciónhealingoutside the top 5,000
la emergenciaemergency#1768 0.001% of speech
la fracturafracture#4239 0.001% of speech
la operaciónoperation#1543 0.003% of speech

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