German C1 Body & Health Vocabulary
This is the complete German Body & Health vocabulary at C1 level — 183 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.
183 C1 · Body & Health words
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| das Abdomen | abdomen |
| abschnüren | to strangulate |
| adipös | overweight |
| der After | an anus (wenig benutzt) |
| die Aminosäure | amino acid |
| die Anamnese | patient history/medical background |
| das Aneurysma | an aneurysm |
| das Antlitz | face / visage / countenance |
| die Apoptose | apoptosis/programmed cell death |
| die Ätiogenese | disease origin/causative development |
| die Ätiologie | etiology/cause of disease |
| die Ausdünstung | evaporation / smell / vapor / scent |
| ausgemergelt | emaciated / gaunt / cadaverous |
| der Aussätzige | a leper |
| der Backenbart | sideburns / whiskers |
| die Benignität | benignity/harmlessness |
| die Beschneidung | clipping / circumcision / trimming |
| blähend | flatulent / bloated |
| die Blahung | fart / wind |
| blümerant | unwell / queasy / weak / limp (wenig benutzt) |
| der Bluterguss | a really bad bruise (wenig benutzt) |
| die Blutgerinnung | blood clotting/coagulation |
| der Brustkorb | chest cavity / thorax |
| die Chemotherapie | chemotherapy |
| die Compliance | patient adherence/compliance |
| dahinsiechen | to pine away / languish / waste away |
| die Darmspiegelung | a colonoscopy |
| die Darreichungsform | dosage form/pharmaceutical form |
| dehydrieren | to dehydrate |
| die Desensibilisierung | desensitization |
| die Desorientierung | disorientation / confusion |
| die Differentialdiagnose | differential diagnosis |
| die Diurese | urine production/diuresis |
| die Dosimetrie | dosimetry/dose measurement |
| die Drüsensekretion | glandular secretion |
| 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 Elle | the ulna / a cubit / yardstick |
| entkräften | to invalidate / disable / enfeeble |
| die Epidemiologie | epidemiology |
| das Erbgut | heritage / interitance / genotype |
| erschauern | to shiver / shudder / tremble |
| die Etiopathogenese | etiopathogenesis |
| die Euthanasie | euthanasia / mercy-killing |
| die Exazerbation | exacerbation/worsening |
| fahl | pale / sallow |
| die Fibrillation | fibrillation |
| das Fleckfieber | typhus / spotted fever |
| fletschen | to bare (wenig benutzt) |
| das Fruchtwasser | amniotic fluid |
| die Früherkennung | early detection |
| das Furunkel | a boil (skin condition) |
| die Fußgewölbe | the arch of the foot |
| der Gebärmutterhals | cervix |
| die Gebeine | bones / relics |
| die Gebrechen | infirmity / affliction |
| die Gedankenstörung | thought disorder |
| die Gelenkigkeit | agility / nimbleness |
| genesen | to recover / recuperate |
| die Genetik | genetics |
| der Genotyp | genotype |
| die Geschwulst | a tumor / lump / growth |
| die Gicht | gout = a type of inflammatory arthritis that causes pain and swelling in your joints |
| gipsen | to plaster / cast |
| der Gleichgewichtssinn | sense of balance |
| die Gleichgewichtsstörung | balance disorder |
| die Glomerulonephritis | glomerulonephritis/kidney inflammation |
| die Habituation | habituation |
| hager | gaunt / lean / thin |
| die Handwurzel | wrist / carpus (wenig benutzt) |
| hecheln | to heckle / pant |
| heil | whole / safe / intact / unharmed |
| der Hinterleib | abdomen (for bugs, wenig benutzt) |
| die Histologie | histology/tissue study |
| die Homeostase | homeostasis |
| die Hypervigilanz | hypervigilance |
| die Hypoxie | hypoxia/oxygen deficiency |
| die Indikation | indication/medical reason |
| die Infektiosität | infectiousness / communicability |
| die Infusion | infusion/intravenous treatment |
| die Inhibition | inhibition / suppression |
| die Inkubation | incubation period |
| die Insuffizienz | insufficiency/organ failure |
| die Intoxikation | intoxication/poisoning |
| die Invasivität | invasiveness |
| die Inzidenz | incidence |
| die Kardiomyopathie | cardiomyopathy/heart muscle disease |
| die Karzinogenese | carcinogenesis/cancer development |
| die Kasuistik | case report / case study |
| die Katalepsie | catalepsy/immobility |
| kehlig | throaty / gutteral |
| die Kitzligkeit | ticklishness |
| die Klöten | balls / testicles (informal) |
| der Klumpfuß | clubfoot |
| die Koagulopathie | coagulopathy/blood clotting disorder |
| die Komorbidität | comorbidity/concurrent disease |
| die Kontraindikation | contraindication |
| krankhaft | diseased / morbid / sickly |
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