Health & Medicine

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Can be used as a noun or an adjective; feminine form is 'a médica'.

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Feminine form is 'a enfermeira'.

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Note the plural ending changes from -al to -ais.

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In Portugal, 'farmácia' is where you buy both prescription and over-the-counter medicine.

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Can also mean a culinary recipe.

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Masculine noun despite ending in '-a'.

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Used with the preposition 'com' (estar com gripe) or 'apanhar' (catch the flu).

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Often used with the verb 'ter' (to have a fever).

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Derived from the verb 'tosser' (to cough).

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Plural form 'dores' is frequently used in Portugal to describe general aches.

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Commonly used when discussing medication dosage.

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Usually refers to cough syrup in a medical context.

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Can be used as a noun or the feminine past participle of 'ferir'.

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Literally means plaster or chalk.

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Used for medical, dental, or professional meetings.

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In Portugal, 'as urgências' is standard for ER.

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Followed by the preposition 'a' (alergia a algo).

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Used with the verb 'tomar' (to get vaccinated).

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Adjective ending in -l changes to -is in the plural.

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Can function as a noun (patient) or an adjective (sick).

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Regular -ar verb; used idiomatically for catching colds or flus.

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Can be used reflexively ('curar-se') to mean heal oneself.

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Stem-changing verb in the present indicative (eu meto, tu medes).

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Impersonal or used with indirect object pronouns (doi-me a cabeça).

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Third-conjugation verb (-ir), conjugated similarly to 'vir'.