Medical Vocabulary in Arabic

Learn medical vocabulary in Arabic. Below you will find categorized lists of Arabic Vocabulary related to health.

You are going to learn:

• Arabic nouns such as: hospital patient, injection, dosage
• Arabic adjectives such as: healthy, sick, contagious
• Arabic verbs such as: to cure, to get sick, to prescribe
• + Vocabulary Quiz at the end of the lesson!

How to say health in Arabic?

The word health in Arabic is صِحَّة [SiHHa]

Healthy in Arabic is صِحِّيّ [SiHHiy] or سَليم [saliim]

Sick, ill – مَريض [mariiD]

Medical Vocabulary in Arabic

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.

If you don’t know the Arabic alphabet yet check our post Arabic alphabet – All you need to know to write in Arabic

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

Diseases and symptoms 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 names of the Body Parts in Arabic

Medical Verbs in Arabic

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

Medical Vocabulary in Arabic Quiz

Quizzes are a great tool to practice your vocabulary. All the Arabic vocabulary lists on our website contain quizzes at the end of each lesson, to help you remember newly learned words. To check more Arabic Quizzes go to -> Selfarabic – Arabic Vocabulary Quizzes