Korean vocabulary list:
medicine & healthcare
- 간병–nursing; care; attendance
- 간병인–care worker; person attending the sick; caregiver
- 간호사–nurse
- 고치다–heal
- 과–department; major
- 기증자–donor
- 내과–internal department
- 대–A bound noun that serves as a unit for counting the frequency of giving injections or applying acupuncture
- 돌다–spread; prevail
- 돌림–epidemic
- 돕다–assist; stimulate
- 맞히다–vaccinate
- 명약–effective medicine
- 받다–deliver
- 병원–hospital; clinic
- 보다–examine; see
- 살리다–keep someone alive; bring someone to life; save someone's life
- 수술–surgery; operation
- 시티–CAT scanner
- 신약–new drug
- 약사–pharmacist
- 양로원–nursing home
- 역학–epidemiology
- 영양사–dietitian
- 예방–prevention
- 외과–surgery; department of surgery
- 위생병–medic
- 응급실–ER; emergency room
- 의료–medical care; medical service; medical treatment
- 의사–doctor; physician
- 의원–clinic; medical office
- 의학–medicine
- 입원–hospitalization
- 정–capsule; pill
- 정신과–psychiatry; department of psychiatry
- 제–A bound noun that serves as a unit for measuring the quantity of Korean herbal medicine
- 주사–injection
- 진료–medical treatment
- 처방–prescription
- 치유–treatment; cure
- 퇴원–leaving the hospital; being discharged from the hospital
- 한방–Chinese medicine
- 환자–patient; sick person