Health extended: B1 Spanish vocabulary

14 Spanish words about health extended at B1 level. Each entry links to the full meaning, a real example sentence, and usage notes written for English speakers.

• dolerverbto hurt, to ache
• tratamientonounmedical treatment, course of therapy or medication
• ansiedadnounanxiety — persistent feeling of worry or unease; clinical or psychological sense
• lesiónnouninjury — internal damage to musculoskeletal tissue; contrast: herida
• relajarseverbto relax
• embarazonounpregnancy — the state of being pregnant
• cirugíanounsurgery — a surgical procedure or the field of surgery; formal register
• ingresonounhospital admission; ingresar — to be admitted
• deprimirseverbto become depressed, to get depressed
• agobiarseverbto feel overwhelmed, to be swamped
• fisioterapianounphysiotherapy — rehabilitation practice using physical methods; hacer fisioterapia
• insomnionouninsomnia — persistent inability to fall or stay asleep; medical term
• fracturanounfracture — break in a bone; fracturarse
• hinchazónnounswelling — the condition of a body part being swollen; hincharse