El expediente médico
Example: El doctor revisó el expediente médico antes de la consulta.
Definition
"El expediente médico" refers to the comprehensive collection of a patient's medical records, including history, diagnoses, treatments, and test results, which healthcare professionals review to provide informed medical care.
Etymology
The term "el expediente médico" combines 'expediente,' derived from the Latin 'expedire,' meaning to make ready or prepare, and 'médico,' which comes from the Latin 'medicus,' meaning physician or healer. Together, they denote the prepared documents related to a patient's medical history.
Learn to use this word actively
"El expediente médico" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - Medicine - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 109 commonly used words.
Would you like to not only understand these words, but also remember them and use them actively? Create a free account and select Spanish as the language you want to learn.
Create a free account
the medical record