historial médico
/istoɾjal mediko/from spelling rules
The English phrase "medical chart" is translated into Spanish as historial médico.
The term refers to a record of a patient's medical history and the care they have received.
Which one should you use?
While historial médico is a standard term, you may encounter several alternatives. Historia clínica is a common alternative specifically used in clinical and hospital settings. In more formal contexts, you may also see the terms ficha médica or expediente clínico.
How does it change in a sentence?
To form the plural of the default term, both the noun and the adjective must take the plural suffix, resulting in historiales médicos.
Did you know?
- In some Spanish-speaking countries, historial can also refer to a criminal record, as in historial delictivo, meaning a person's legal history rather than their health.
- The word ficha literally means 'small card' or 'token', recalling the time when medical records were kept in physical card catalogs.
- The adjective médico is derived from the Latin 'medicus', which shares a distant Proto-Indo-European root with the English verb 'to measure', implying the act of measuring or regulating health.
Examples in context
- El doctor necesita revisar tu ficha médica antes de darte un diagnóstico preciso.The doctor needs to review your medical chart before providing an accurate diagnosis.
- Por favor, traiga su expediente clínico para observar y analizar su historial.Please bring your medical chart to observe and analyze your medical history.
- Antes de realizar la cirugía, necesitamos revisar su historial médico.Before the surgery, we need to review your medical chart.
- Cuando vas a una nueva consulta, es importante que lleves tu historia clínica.When you visit a new doctor, it's important to bring your medical chart.
- El doctor revisa el historial médico.The doctor reviews the medical chart.
- Necesito actualizar el historial médico del paciente.I need to update the patient's medical chart.
- ¿Dónde está el historial médico de la paciente?Where is the patient's medical chart?
Example conversation
A doctor and a nurse are in a hospital office.
- MateoLucía, ¿puedes traer el historial médico?Lucía, can you bring the medical chart?
- LucíaSí, Mateo, ya lo tengo aquí.Yes, Mateo, I have it right here.
- MateoGracias, revisa bien el historial médico.Thank you, check the medical chart carefully.
- LucíaLo haré de inmediato.I will do it immediately.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries médico, CC BY-SA 4.0.
