Learn medical vocabulary in Arabic. Below you will find categorized lists of Arabic Vocabulary related to health.
You are going to learn:
The word health in Arabic is صِحَّة [SiHHa]
Healthy in Arabic is صِحِّيّ [SiHHiy] or سَليم [saliim]
Sick, ill – مَريض [mariiD]
Learn basic Medical Arabic Vocabulary with our list. You will learn words such as: clinic, insurance, injection and many more. Each word is accompanied by plural and pronunciation.
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| English | Arabic transliteration | Arabic plural transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital * | مُسْتَشْفى mustashfa | مُستَشْفَيات mustashfayaat |
| Patient | مَرِيض mariiD | مَرْضَى marDa |
| Doctor | طَبِيب Tabiib | أَطِبَّاء aTibbaa’ |
| Nurse (female) | مُمَرِّضَة mumarriDa | |
| Clinic | عِيَادَة 3iyaada | عِيَادَات 3iyaadaat |
| Emergency room | غُرْفَةُ الطَّوارِئ ghurfatu aT-Tawaari’ | |
| Pharmacy | صَيْدَلِيَّة Saydaliyya | صَيْدَلِيَّات Saydaliyyaat |
| Injury, wound | إِصَابَة | إصابات |
| Wound, cut | جُرْح jurH | جُرُوح juruuH |
| Pain | أَلَم alam | آلام aalaam |
| Pain/ ache | وَجَع waja3 | أَوْجَاع awjaa3 |
| Improvement | تَحَسُّن taHassun | |
| Vaccination | تَطْعِيْم taT3iim | |
| Injection | حُقْنَة Huqna | حُقَن Huqan |
| Pill/ tablet | قُرْص qurS | أَقْرَاص aqraaS |
| Medicine/ medication/ remedy | دَوَاء dawaa’ | أَدْوِيَة adwiya |
| Dosage | جُرْعَة jur3a | جَرْعَات jar3aat |
| Blood | دَمّ damm | |
| Prescription | وَصْفَة waSfa | وَصَفَات waSfaat |
| Surgery | جِرَاحَة jiraaHa | جِراحَات jiraaHaat |
| Operation | عَمَلِيَّة 3amaliyya | عَمَلِيَّات 3amaliyyaat |
| Cure/ treatment | عِلَاج | عِلَاجَات |
| Check-up | فَحْص faHS | فُحُوصات fuHuuSaat |
| Thermometer | ميزانُ الحَرارَة miizaanu l-Haraara | |
| Recovery | شِفاء shifaa’ | |
| Contagious | مُعْدٍ mu3din | |
| Vaccine | لَقَاح laqaaH | لَقاحات laqaaHaat |
| Antibiotic | مُضادٌ حَيَوي muDaadun Hayawi | |
| Immunity | حَصانَة HaSaana | |
| Health insurance | تأمينٌ صِحِّيّ ta’miinun SiHHiy |
* To learn names of the places in Arabic check our Places in Arabic Vocabulary List .
** Learn names of Professions and occupations in Arabic
Learn the names of the popular diseases and their symptoms in Arabic. Below you will find a list with Arabic vocabulary along with the pronunciation.
| English | Arabic transliteration |
|---|---|
| Disease | مَرَض maraD pl: أمْراض amraaD |
| Symptoms | أَعْراض a3raaD |
| Inflammation | اِلْتِهَاب iltihaab |
| Side-effect | تأثيرٌ جانِبيّ ta’thiirun jaanibiy |
| Swelling | اِنْتِفاخ intifaakh |
| Bleeding | نَزيف naziif |
| Blood analysis | تَحْليلُ الدَّمّ taHliilu ad-damm |
| Urine analysis | تَحْليلُ البَوْل tahliilu l-bawl |
| Headache | صُداع Sudaa3 |
| Stomachache | مَغْص maghS |
| Toothache * | أَلَمُ الأَسْنان alamu l-asnaan |
| Influenza | إنْفْلُوَنْزَا influwanza |
| Vomitting | اِسْتِفْراغ istifraagh |
| Diarrhea | إسْهال ishaal |
| Sore throat | اِلْتِهابُ الحَلْق iltihaabu l-Halq |
| Dizziness | دَوْخَة dawkha |
| Cold | رَشْح rashH |
| Shiver | رَجْفَة rajfa |
| Allergy | حَسَّاسِيَّة Hassaasiyya |
| Cough | كُحَّة kuHHa |
| Fever | حُمَّى Humma |
| Cancer | سَرَطان saraTaan |
| Diabetes | مَرَضُ السُّكَّر maraDu as-sukkar |
| Anemia | فَقْرُ الدَّمّ faqru ad-damm |
Learn important verbs related to health in Arabic:
| to become sick | مَرِضَ mariDa |
| to get better | تَحَسَّنَ taHassana |
| to diagnose a disease | شَخَّصَ shakhkhaSa |
| to prescribe | وَصَفَ waSafa |
| to treat an illness/ a patient | عَالَجَ 3aalaja |
| to cure, heal | شَفَى shafaa |
| to be/ get injured | جُرِحَ juriHa |
| to bleed | نَزَفَ nazafa |
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Medical Vocabulary in Arabic Quiz
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