Cu mănuși de unică folosință, medicul dezinfectează rana.

Cu means with. Here it introduces the tool or means used to do the action:

• Cu mănuși de unică folosință = with disposable gloves

Romanian often uses cu in the same kinds of situations where English uses with.

It means disposable gloves.

Literally, it breaks down like this:

• mănuși = gloves
• de = of / for
• unică = single / one-time
• folosință = use

So the full phrase is literally something like gloves for single use, which is the Romanian way of saying disposable gloves.

In Romanian, some ideas that are expressed by a single adjective in English are expressed by a longer phrase.

So instead of one word meaning disposable, Romanian commonly says:

• de unică folosință = for single use / disposable

This structure is very common in Romanian:

• de
  • noun phrase can describe the type or purpose of something.

Medicul means the doctor.

The ending -ul is the definite article attached to the noun. Romanian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

So:

• medic = doctor
• medicul = the doctor

This is one of the most important features of Romanian grammar.

Rana means the wound.

Here is the difference:

• rană = a wound
• rana = the wound

Again, Romanian adds the definite article to the end of the noun:

• -a here functions like the

So the sentence is talking about a specific wound, not just any wound.

Dezinfectează is the 3rd person singular present tense form of the verb a dezinfecta = to disinfect.

So:

• eu dezinfectez = I disinfect
• el/ea dezinfectează = he/she disinfects
• medicul dezinfectează = the doctor disinfects

The subject is medicul, which is singular, so the verb must also be singular.

Yes, that version is also correct.

Both are natural:

• Cu mănuși de unică folosință, medicul dezinfectează rana.
• Medicul dezinfectează rana cu mănuși de unică folosință.

The version with Cu mănuși de unică folosință at the beginning gives a little more emphasis to the manner or means: With disposable gloves, the doctor disinfects the wound.

Romanian word order is often more flexible than English, especially when the meaning is already clear from the grammar.

In this sentence, it most naturally means the doctor is doing the action while wearing / using disposable gloves.

Romanian cu can cover both ideas, and the exact nuance comes from context. In a medical sentence like this, the intended meaning is clearly that the doctor is wearing disposable gloves while disinfecting the wound.

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of before it.

Compare:

• English: the doctor, the wound
• Romanian: medicul, rana

This is called the enclitic definite article. It is one of the main differences between Romanian and English.

After cu, Romanian normally uses the form that corresponds to the basic noun form, not a special English-style instrumental case.

So in:

• cu mănuși = with gloves

you just use the noun normally in the plural form mănuși.

For an English speaker, the simplest way to think about it is:

• cu
  • noun = with
    • noun

You do not usually need to learn a separate special ending here in this kind of phrase.

A rough guide:

• mănuși ≈ muh-NOOSH
• dezinfectează ≈ deh-zeen-fek-TEH-zuh

A few useful pronunciation notes:

• ă is a short central vowel, similar to the a in sofa
• ș is pronounced sh
• ea in -ează sounds like ya / e-a depending on the word and speaker

So dezinfectează ends with a sound roughly like -teh-zuh.

Its most direct meaning is the wound.

Depending on context, English might translate it as the injury in some situations, but wound is the closest basic meaning. In a medical sentence like this, wound is the best translation.

Yes, it is natural and correct.

It sounds like a medical or instructional sentence. The opening phrase Cu mănuși de unică folosință gives it a slightly formal or descriptive tone, which fits medical contexts well.

A very natural everyday variant would also be:

• Medicul dezinfectează rana cu mănuși de unică folosință.

Both are good Romanian.