Health in Italian

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When you are abroad, you could get sick and you would need some medicines and treatments.
In this page, you can find some useful vocabulary about health (la salute).

Lesson outline

1.Hospital in Italian
2.Useful expressions when you go to the doctor
3.Treatment in Italian
4.Daily dialogues
5.Exercises
5.1.Exercise on hospital and treatment vocabulary in Italian
5.2.Exercise on hospital and treatment vocabulary in Italian - Fill in the blanks
5.3.Exercise on going to the doctor in Italian - Drag text
5.4.Exercise on going to the doctor in Italian - Fill in the blanks
5.5.Dialogue about health in Italian - Fill in the blanks

Hospital in Italian

In the following table you'll find some vocabs and sentences that could be useful in a serious situation, when you have to go to the hospital (l'ospedale).

Italian	English
il dottore	the doctor
l'infermiera	the nurse
il paziente	the patient
il chirurgo	the surgeon
il pronto soccorso	the emergency room
la sala d'aspetto	the waiting room
il reparto ospedaliero	the ward
ho bisogno di un dottore	I need a doctor
mi sono rotto un braccio	I broke my arm
mi sono rotto una gamba	I broke my leg
ho una caviglia slogata	I have a sprained ankle
l'operazione chirurgica	the surgery
la siringa	the syringe
la flebo	the drip
la stampella	the crutch
l'ingessatura	the cast
la bendatura	the bandage
la gravidanza	the pregnancy
l'aborto	the abortion
partorire	to give birth
sanguinare	to bleed
zoppicare	to limp

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Useful expressions when you go to the doctor

In the following table you'll find some useful vocabs when you get sick and you have to go to the doctor.

Italian	English
il dolore	the pain
avere il raffreddore	to have a cold
avere l'influenza	to have the flu
avere mal di gola	to have sore throat
avere la tosse	to have a cough
il mal di stomaco	the stomachache
il mal di testa	the headache
il mal di schiena	the backpain
la bronchite	the bronchitis
l'asma	l'asthma
il bernoccolo	the lump
il taglio	the cut
l'infezione	the infection
disinfettare	to disinfect
gli esami del sangue	the blood test
la pressione sanguigna	the blood pressure
il termometro	the thermometer
curare	to heal / to treat
essere allergico a...	to be allergic to...
visitare	to visit
la ricetta	the prescription
essere malato	to be ill / sick
fare male	to hurt
guarire	to heal
prenda questo sciroppo / pastiglia due volte al giorno	take this syrup / tablet twice daily

Treatment in Italian

Let's see the main vocabs concerning treatments.

Italian	English
la farmacia	the pharmacy
la medicina	the medicine
il cerotto	the patch
la pillola	the pill
la pastiglia	the tablet
lo sciroppo	the syrup
la benda	the bandage
la fasciatura	the sling
l'iniezione	the injection
la crema	the cream
l'antibiotico	the antibiotic
l'acqua ossigenata	the hydrogen peroxide

Daily dialogues

Take a look at the following dialogue about health.

	Italian	English
Anna	Oggi ho mal di testa, devo andare dal dottore	Today I have some headache, I have to go to the doctor
Emma	Buona idea, lui ti darà la giusta medicina per guarire	Good idea, he will give you the right medicine to heal
Anna	Nel frattempo, gli chiedo di fare gli esami del sangue e di misurarmi la pressione	In the meanwhile, I will ask him to do blood texts and to measure my pressure
Emma	Io anche dovrei andare, da un po' di tempo ho mal di schiena	I should go too, I have been having back pain for some time now

Exercises

Exercise on hospital and treatment vocabulary in Italian
Exercise on hospital and treatment vocabulary in Italian - Fill in the blanks
Exercise on going to the doctor in Italian - Drag text
Exercise on going to the doctor in Italian - Fill in the blanks
Dialogue about health in Italian - Fill in the blanks

Exercise on hospital and treatment vocabulary in Italian

Exercise on hospital and treatment vocabulary in Italian - Fill in the blanks

Fill in the missing words. Don't forget the article when it's necessary.

1. I need a doctor →
2. To give birth →
3. The ward →
4. I broke my leg →
5. The syrup →
6. The medicine →
7. The sling →
8. To bleed →
9. I broke my arm →
10. The surgery →

Exercise on going to the doctor in Italian - Drag text

Exercise on going to the doctor in Italian - Fill in the blanks

Fill in the missing words. Don't forget the article when it's necessary.

1. To heal →
2. The bronchitis →
3. To be allergic to →
4. To treat →
5. To have the flu →
6. To have a cough →
7. To have sore throat →
8. To be ill / sick →
9. To hurt →
10. Take this syrup twice daily →

Dialogue about health in Italian - Fill in the blanks

Fill in the missing words.
Be careful! Some words are in their plural forms.

Sandro: «Ciao Michela, ieri sono andata all'. Cadendo dalle scale, »
Sandro: «Hi Michela, yesterday I went to the hospital. By falling down the stairs, I broke my arm»

Michela:«Mi dispiace, ora ti hanno messo un' o devi subire un'?»
Michela:«I'm sorry, now do you have a cast or do you have to support a surgery?»

Sandro:«Per fortuna non ci sarà nessuna operazione, però oltre alla frattura ho un che mi dà molto »
Sandro:«Luckily there will not be any surgery, but apart from the fracture I have a cut that gives me a lot of pain»

Michela:«Bisogna il taglio, quindi dobbiamo andare in per comprare l' e i »
Michela:«You have to disinfect the cut, so we have to go to the pharmacy to buy hydrogen peroxide and the patches»