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MSA: Medical Terms
Terms Common for the Hospital / Doctor (wk 23)
| English | Arabic | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| a cough (spoken) | كَحَّة | kaHHah |
| abdomen | بَطْن | baTn |
| ache | أَلَم | ’alam |
| allergy | حَسَاسِيَّة | Hasāsiyyah |
| antibiotic | مُضَاد حَيَوِيّ | muDād Hayawī |
| appointment | مَوْعِد | maw‘id |
| aspirin | أَسْبِرِين | ’asbirīn |
| asthma | رَبْو | rabw |
| back | ظَهْر | DHahr |
| bandage / pl | ضِمَادَة / ضِمَادَات | Dimādah / Dimādāt |
| bleeding | نَزِيف | naziif |
| bleeding nose (descriptive) | نَزِيفُ الأَنْف | naziifu al-’anf |
| blocked | مَسْدُود | masdūd |
| blood | دَم | dam |
| blood pressure | ضَغْطُ الدَّم | DagTu ad-dam |
| body | جِسْم | jism |
| bowel | مِعًى | mi‘an |
| bowel movement / pl | حَرَكَةُ الأَمْعَاء / حَرَكَاتُ الأَمْعَاء | Harakatu al-’am‘ā’ / Harakātu al-’am‘ā’ |
| chest pain | أَلَمُ الصَّدْر | ’alamu aS-Sadr |
| chills | قُشَعْرِيرَة | qusha‘rīrah |
| clinic / pl | عِيَادَة / عِيَادَات | ‘iyādah / ‘iyādāt |
| constipation | إِمْسَاك | ’imsāk |
| contagious (m / f) | مُعْدٍ / مُعْدِيَة | mu‘din / mu‘diyyah |
| cough / pl | سُعَال / سُعَالَات | su‘aal / su‘aalaat |
| diabetes | سُكَّرِيّ | sukkarī |
| diarrhea | إِسْهَال | ’ishāl |
| disease / pl | مَرَض / أَمْرَاض | maraD / ’amraaD |
| dizziness | دُوَّار | duwwār |
| doctor m / f / pl (phonetic) | دُكْتُور / دُكْتُورَة / دَكَاتِرَة | duktuur / duktuurah / dakaatirah |
| doctor m / f / pl | طَبِيب / طَبِيبَة / أَطِبَّاء | Tabiib / Tabiibah / 'aTibbaa' |
| dry | جَاف | jāf |
| emergency | طَوَارِئ | Tawāri’ |
| exhaustion (extreme fatigue) | إِرْهَاق | ’irhaaq |
| extreme | شَدِيد | shadiid |
| eyesight / vision | نَظَر | naDHar |
| fatigue | تَعَب | ta‘ab |
| fever | حُمَّى | Hummā |
| flu | إِنْفِلُوَنْزَا | ’infiluwanza |
| fluid / pl | سَائِل / سَوَائِل | sā’il / sawā’il |
| frequent | مُتَكَرِّر | mutakarrir |
| headache | صُدَاع | Sudā‘ |
| heart | قَلْب | qalb |
| hospital / pl | مُسْتَشْفَى / مُسْتَشْفَيَات | mustashfā / mustashfayāt |
| illness | مَرَض | maraD |
| infection | عَدْوَى | ‘adwā |
| inflamed | مُلْتَهِب | multahib |
| injection / pl | حُقْنَة / حُقَن | Huqnah / Huqan |
| intestine / pl | مِعًى / أَمْعَاء | mi‘an / ’am‘ā’ |
| irregular | غَيْر مُنْتَظِم | ghayr muntaZim |
| joint / pl | مَفْصِل / مَفَاصِل | mafSil / mafāSil |
| lab test | اِخْتِبَار مِعْمَلِيّ | ikhtibār mi‘malī |
| laboratory | مَعْمَل | ma‘mal |
| lung / pl | رِئَة / رِئَات | ri’ah / ri’āt |
| malaria | مَلَارِيَا | malāriyā |
| treatment | عِلَاج | ‘ilāj |
| medicine | دَوَاء | dawā’ |
| mild / light | خَفِيف | khafīf |
| moderate | مُتَوَسِّط | mutawassiT |
| muscle / pl | عَضَلَة / عَضَلَات | ‘aDalah / ‘aDalaat |
| nausea | غَثَيَان | ghathayān |
| nose | أَنْف | ’anf |
| nosebleed (the condition) | رُعَاف | ru‘aaf |
| nurse m / f | مُمَرِّض / مُمَرِّضَة | mumarriD / mumarriDah |
| outbreak | تَفَشٍّ | tafashshin |
| pain | أَلَم | ’alam |
| pain reliever | مُسَكِّن لِلآلَام | musakkin lil-’ālām |
| patient m / f | مَرِيض / مَرِيضَة | marīD / marīDah |
| pharmacist m / f | صَيْدَلِيّ / صَيْدَلِيَّة | Saydalī / Saydaliyyah |
| pharmacy | صَيْدَلِيَّة | Saydaliyyah |
| phlegm | بَلْغَم | balgham |
| poison | سَمّ | samm |
| poor eyesight | ضَعْفُ النَّظَر | Da‘f al-naDHar |
| prescription | وَصْفَة طِبِّيَّة | waSfah Tibbiyyah |
| properly | بِشَكْلٍ صَحِيح | bishaklin SaHīH |
| protection | حِمَايَة | Himaayah |
| pulse | نَبْض | nabD |
| rash | طَفَح جِلْدِيّ | TafaH jildī |
| receptionist m / f | مُوَظَّفُ اسْتِقْبَال / مُوَظَّفَةُ اسْتِقْبَال | muwaDHDHaf istiqbaal / muwaDHDHafah istiqbaal |
| regularly | بِانْتِظَام | bi-intiDHaam |
| runny nose | سَيَلَانُ الأَنْف | sayalānu al-’anf |
| sample | عَيِّنَة | ‘ayyinah |
| sedative | مُهَدِّئ | muhaddi’ |
| severe | حَاد | Hād |
| shortness of breath | ضِيقُ تَنَفُّس | Dīqu tanaffus |
| side effect / pl | عَرَض جَانِبِيّ / أَعْرَاض جَانِبِيَّة | ‘araD jānibī / ’a‘rāD jānibiyyah |
| sneeze | عُطَاس | ‘uTaas |
| sore throat | اِلْتِهَابُ الحَلْق | iltihābu al-Halq |
| stomach | مَعِدَة | ma‘idah |
| swelling | تَوَرُّم | tawarrum |
| swine flu | إِنْفِلُوَنْزَا الخَنَازِير | ’infiluwanza al-khanāzīr |
| symptom / pl | عَرَض / أَعْرَاض | ‘araD / ’a‘rāD |
| syrup | شَرَاب | sharāb |
| tablet / pl | قُرْص / أَقْرَاص | qurS / 'aqraaS |
| thermometer / pl | مِقْيَاسُ حَرَارَة / مَقَايِيسُ حَرَارَة | miqyāsu Harārah / maqāyīsu Harārah |
| thirst | عَطَش | ‘aTash |
| throat | حَلْق | Halq |
| tired | تَعْبَان | ta‘bān |
| vaccination campaign | حَمْلَةُ تَطْعِيم | Hamlatu taT‘iim |
| vaccine / pl | لِقَاح / لِقَاحَات | liqaaH / liqaaHaat |
| vomiting | تَقَيُّؤ | taqayyu’ |
| waiting room | غُرْفَةُ الانْتِظَار | ghurfat al-intiDHaar |
| x-ray | أَشِعَّة سِينِيَّة | ’ashi‘‘ah sīniyyah |
| as / according to | حَسَب | Hasab |
| bone / pl | عَظْم / عِظَام | ‘aDHm / ‘iDHaam |
| complication / pl | مُضَاعَفَة / مُضَاعَفَات | muDaa'afah / muDaa'afaat |
| drop (as in a drop of medicine) | قَطْرَة | qaTrah |
| emergency room (urgent) | غُرْفَةُ المُسْتَعْجَلَات | ghurfat al-musta‘jalaat |
| in the case of | فِي حَالَة | fii Haalah |
| in the case of the occurrence of | فِي حَالَة حُدُوث | fii Haalah Huduuth |
| no refills (not repeated) | لَا يُكَرَّر | laa yukarrar |
| ointment | مَرْهَم | marham |
| result / outcome | نَتِيجَة | natiijah |
| sense / sensation | إِحْسَاس | 'iHsaas |
| weakness | ضَعْف | Da'f |