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Portuguese medical vocabulary

30 words with English translations. 19 of them appear in the 5,000 most common Portuguese words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

30words
19in the top 5,000
Portugueselanguage
WordEnglishHow common
a doençadisease#850 0.011% of speech
o remédiomedicine#2195 0.004% of speech
o médicophysician#476 0.020% of speech
o enfermeironurseoutside the top 5,000
o hospitalhospital#693 0.014% of speech
a clínicaclinicoutside the top 5,000
a farmáciapharmacy#4055 0.001% of speech
a receitaprescription#3748 0.001% of speech
a febrefever#2929 0.002% of speech
a tossecoughoutside the top 5,000
a dorpain#745 0.013% of speech
a gripeflu#3861 0.001% of speech
o resfriadocoldoutside the top 5,000
a alergiaallergyoutside the top 5,000
a infecçãoinfection#3466 0.001% of speech
a vacinavaccine#3756 0.001% of speech
o tratamentotreatment#1126 0.008% of speech
a cirurgiasurgery#2301 0.003% of speech
a feridawound#3414 0.001% of speech
a ambulânciaambulanceoutside the top 5,000
os primeiros socorrosfirst aidoutside the top 5,000
o termômetrothermometeroutside the top 5,000
a pressão arterialblood pressureoutside the top 5,000
a análiseanalysis#1015 0.009% of speech
os sintomassymptomsoutside the top 5,000
o diagnósticodiagnosis#3367 0.001% of speech
a curahealing#2612 0.003% of speech
a emergênciaemergency#1767 0.005% of speech
a fraturafractureoutside the top 5,000
a operaçãooperation#660 0.015% of speech

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