German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
183 C1 words in “Body & Health”.
Work in progress. The C1 list is curated and still growing — new words are added regularly. Because B2 and C1 have no official fixed word list, levels here are graded automatically, so a word can occasionally sit a level either way.
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183 C1 words in “Body & Health”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| kreidebleich | white as chalk |
| die Läsion | lesion/injury |
| das Lazarett | a sickbay / hospital |
| lebensbedrohlich | life threatening |
| ledrig | leathery |
| die Lefze | lip / chap (of an dog / animal) |
| die Leibeskraft | physical strength |
| der Leichensack | a body bag |
| das Leichenschauhaus | a morgue |
| die Lethargie | lethargy / apathy |
| die Leukämie | leukemia |
| die Luftröhre | windpipe / trachea |
| die Lumineszenz | luminescence/light emission |
| die Lymphozyten | lymphocytes/white blood cells |
| die Malignität | malignancy |
| die Manie | mania |
| die Manifestation | manifestation |
| die Membran | a membrane |
| der Metabolismus | metabolism |
| die Metastase | metastasis |
| die Milz | spleen |
| der Milzbrand | anthrax |
| die Missbildung | malformation / deformity |
| der Mittelhandknochen | metacarpal |
| die Morbidität | morbidity |
| die Mortalität | mortality |
| mutierend | mutant |
| die Neoplasie | neoplasm |
| die Netzhaut | retina |
| die Neurose | neurosis |
| neurotisch | neurotic |
| die Nosologie | nosology |
| das Östrogen | estrogen |
| der Pädiater | pediatrician |
| das Pankreas | pancreas |
| die Pathogenese | pathogenesis |
| die Pathologie | pathology |
| pathologisieren | to pathologize |
| pausbäckig | chubby-cheeked |
| die Persönlichkeitsstörung | personality disorder |
| der Phänotyp | phenotype |
| die Phiole | a vial |
| die Prävalenz | prevalence |
| die Proliferation | proliferation |
| prophylaktisch | prophylactic = intended to prevent disease |
| die Psyche | psyche / mind |
| der Quacksalber | a quack doctor |
| die Quetschung | a bruise / contusion |
| die Remineralisierung | remineralization |
| die Retraumatisierung | retraumatization |
| röcheln | to gasp / give a death rattle |
| das Rückenmark | spinal cord |
| die Schädeldecke | a skullcap |
| schlaksig | lanky |
| schlohweiß | snow-white (adjective) |
| schrundig | fissured / cracked / chapped |
| der Schwangerschaftsabbruch | termination of pregnancy / abortion |
| schweißtriefend | dripping sweat |
| die Schwiele | a callus (wenig benutzt) |
| schwielig | callous (Adj) |
| die Schwimmhaut | webbed skin |
| die Schwindsucht | tuberculosis / consumption |
| sedieren | to sedate |
| das Sekret | a secretion |
| die Seroprävalenz | seroprevalence |
| die Sinnestäuschung | hallucination |
| die Speiseröhre | esophagus / gullet |
| speiübel | nauseous |
| das Spurenelement | trace element |
| die Sterblichkeit | mortality rate / death rate |
| die Striemen | welts / stretch marks |
| die Symptomatologie | symptomatology |
| der Symptomkomplex | symptom complex / syndrome |
| tatterig | doddery / quivery / shaky doddery = move in a feeble or unsteady way, especially because of old age |
| die Überempfindlichkeit | hypersensitivity |
| überreizen | to overexcite / overstimulate |
| die Unterkühlung | hypothermia |
| verbluten | to bleed to death / spend |
| verkrüppeln | to cripple / grow stunted |
| die Virulenz | virulence |
| die Wahnvorstellung | a delusion / hallucination |
| der Warzenhof | areola |
| das Zwerchfell | diaphragm (in the chest) |
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