German C1 Body & Health Vocabulary List
This is the complete German Body & Health vocabulary at C1 level — 393 words, each with its English translation, the article (der / die / das) and an example sentence. Search it, or download the whole list free as a CSV or an Anki flashcard deck.
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393 C1 · Body & Health words
| German word | English meaning | Heard in |
|---|---|---|
| das Abdomen | abdomen | — |
| abmagern | to lose weight | — |
| abschnüren | to strangulate | — |
| adipös | overweight | — |
| die Adipositas | obesity | — |
| der After | an anus (wenig benutzt) | — |
| die Akupunktur | acupuncture | — |
| die Allergie | allergy | — |
| die Aminosäure | amino acid | — |
| die Anamnese | patient history/medical background | — |
| das Aneurysma | an aneurysm | — |
| das Antlitz | face / visage / countenance | — |
| die Apathie | apathy | — |
| die Apoptose | apoptosis/programmed cell death | — |
| die Arteriosklerose | arteriosclerosis | — |
| die Arthritis | arthritis | — |
| die Arthrose | osteoarthritis | — |
| das Asthma | asthma | — |
| athletisch | athletic | — |
| die Ätiogenese | disease origin/causative development | — |
| die Ätiologie | etiology/cause of disease | — |
| atmen | to breathe | — |
| die Atmung | breathing | — |
| die Attraktivität | attractiveness | — |
| die Ausdünstung | evaporation / smell / vapor / scent | — |
| ausgemergelt | emaciated / gaunt / cadaverous | — |
| auskurieren | to recover | — |
| der Aussätzige | a leper | — |
| der Backenbart | sideburns / whiskers | — |
| die Benignität | benignity/harmlessness | — |
| die Beruhigung | relaxation | — |
| die Beschneidung | clipping / circumcision / trimming | — |
| die Besonnenheit | caution | — |
| die Biometrie | biometrics | — |
| blähend | flatulent / bloated | — |
| die Blahung | fart / wind | — |
| blümerant | unwell / queasy / weak / limp (wenig benutzt) | — |
| die Blutarmut | anemia | — |
| die Blüte | blossom | — |
| der Bluterguss | a really bad bruise (wenig benutzt) | — |
| die Blutgerinnung | blood clotting/coagulation | — |
| bräunlich | brownish | — |
| der Brustkorb | chest cavity / thorax | — |
| die Chemotherapie | chemotherapy | — |
| das Cholesterin | cholesterol | — |
| die Compliance | patient adherence/compliance | — |
| cremefarben | cream-colored | — |
| dahinsiechen | to pine away / languish / waste away | — |
| der Darm | intestine | — |
| die Darmspiegelung | a colonoscopy | — |
| die Darreichungsform | dosage form/pharmaceutical form | — |
| dehydrieren | to dehydrate | — |
| der Dekubitus | pressure ulcer | — |
| die Depression | depression | — |
| die Dermatologie | dermatology | — |
| die Desensibilisierung | desensitization | — |
| die Desorientierung | disorientation / confusion | — |
| die Deutlichkeit | clarity | — |
| die Differentialdiagnose | differential diagnosis | — |
| die Diurese | urine production/diuresis | — |
| die Dosimetrie | dosimetry/dose measurement | — |
| die Drüsensekretion | glandular secretion | — |
| durchbluten | to flush | — |
| durchleiden | to endure | — |
| die Dystonie | dystonia/muscle dysfunction | — |
| der Eierstöck | ovary | — |
| der Einlauf | enema = injections of fluids used to cleanse or stimulate the emptying of your bowel | — |
| der Einstich | a puncture / insertion | — |
| die Ejakulation | ejaculation | — |
| die Elle | the ulna / a cubit / yardstick | — |
| die Endokrinologie | endocrinology | — |
| das Endorphin | endorphin | — |
| entkräften | to invalidate / disable / enfeeble | — |
| die Entzündung | inflammation | — |
| die Epidemiologie | epidemiology | — |
| das Erbgut | heritage / interitance / genotype | — |
| die Ergonomie | ergonomics | — |
| erschauern | to shiver / shudder / tremble | — |
| die Erschöpfung | exhaustion | — |
| die Etiopathogenese | etiopathogenesis | — |
| die Euthanasie | euthanasia / mercy-killing | — |
| die Exazerbation | exacerbation/worsening | — |
| die Extravaganz | extravagance | — |
| fahl | pale / sallow | — |
| fettleibig | obese | — |
| die Fibrillation | fibrillation | — |
| die Fibromyalgie | fibromyalgia | — |
| die Finesse | refinement | — |
| flau | sickly | — |
| das Fleckfieber | typhus / spotted fever | — |
| fletschen | to bare (wenig benutzt) | — |
| die Fraktur | fracture | — |
| das Fruchtwasser | amniotic fluid | — |
| die Früherkennung | early detection | — |
| das Furunkel | a boil (skin condition) | — |
| die Fußgewölbe | the arch of the foot | — |
| die Gastritis | gastritis | — |
| der Gebärmutterhals | cervix | — |
| die Gebeine | bones / relics | — |
| die Gebrechen | infirmity / affliction | — |
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