When cure is no longer the aim — and what counts instead.
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From these 37 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.
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The tenth entry is il senso di nausea, and the English word that fits it best is the one that will not hold still. Italian divides the ground cleanly. La nausea is the sensation, vomitare is what may follow it, and essere malato is being ill in general. English loads all three onto « sick », and British English keeps them apart by grammar rather than by word. « I feel sick » is the nausea itself, and it is what a patient would actually say, because « nausea » is a chart word here and belongs in the notes rather than in a sentence. « I have been sick » is the vomiting, which is why a nurse asking « have you been sick? » is asking about the bowl and not about the illness. For being unwell in general, British English reaches for « ill ». In American English « sick » covers that general sense too, so the three meanings come apart along a different line. Both renderings of this entry are right, then, but they are not interchangeable: one belongs at the bedside and the other on the drug chart.
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cure palliativepalliative carePhraseC2
Le cure palliative iniziano prima di quanto si creda.Palliative care begins earlier than people think.
controllo dei sintomisymptom controlPhraseC2
Il controllo dei sintomi viene prima di tutto il resto.Symptom control comes before everything else.
dolore totaletotal painPhraseC2
Il dolore totale comprende anche la paura.Total pain takes in fear as well.
scala analgesicathe analgesic ladderPhraseC2
La scala analgesica ordina i farmaci per forza crescente.The analgesic ladder ranks the drugs by increasing strength.
dolore episodico intensobreakthrough painPhraseC2
Il dolore episodico intenso arriva senza preavviso.Breakthrough pain arrives without warning.
adeguamento della dosethe dose adjustmentPhraseC2
L’adeguamento della dose avviene a piccoli passi.The dose adjustment is made in small steps.
pompa antidolorethe pain pumpPhraseC2
La pompa antidolore lavora sotto la pelle.The pain pump works under the skin.
agitazione terminaleterminal restlessnessPhraseC2
L’agitazione terminale rende difficile stare fermi.Terminal restlessness makes it hard to lie still.
