Section 4, Unit 18: Medical treatment, science Flashcards
医師
いし
physician, doctor
医: healing, medicine, doctor, 師: master, teacher, one’s mentor
薬局
やっきょく
pharmacy, drug store
薬: medicine, drug , treatment, 局: department, bureau, affair
処方箋
しょほうせん
prescription (medical)
処: point, place; associated with procedures, treatments + 方: way (of doing things), method, side = 処方: prescription, 箋: label
頭痛
ずつう
headache
頭: head, top of, counter for big animals, 痛: pain
薬
くすり
medicine, treatment
primitives: “blooming flower” + music: “white bird” + “sparkle” + “tree”
story: music helps flowers bloom more beautifully; it is a medicine to beat the apathy of not blooming.
痛み
いたみ
pain, sore, distress, grief
Note that the adjective painful is, correspondingly, 痛い
primitives: “sickness” + “chop-seal” (to certify documents) + “screwdriver” (use something)
story: sealed-in discomfort
効果
こうか
effect, result, effectiveness, efficacy
効: effect, use, avail, 果: fruit (literal, but also in an abstract sense, i.e. the fruit of work), extremity, limit
効果がある
こうかがある
be effective, have an effect, pay off
from 効果, effect
皮膚
ひふ
skin
皮: skin (general, also of fruit, other objects), peel, 膚: texture, skin, grain (of wood), character
病
びょう
disease, illness, condition (medical)
primitives: “sickness” + “third class”
story: travelling in third class on the titanic was bound to give you a sickness
治療
ちりょう
medical treatment, cure
治: associated with treatment, restoration, renewal in general, 療: associated with medical treatment, recuperation
fun fact: swapping the kanji gives you 療治, りょうじ, which, unsurprisingly, means therapy, medical treatment, cure.
治療法
ちりょうほう
treatment, cure, remedy
治療: treatment, cure, 法: law (legal and otherwise), method, act
伝染
でんせん
infection, cantagion, contagious
伝: communication, transfer, go-between, 染: printing, dyeing, also staining, penetrate, ooze, soak
細菌
さいきん
bacterium, germ
細: fine, pebble, small; also in the word for a biological cell, 菌: bacterium, also fungus; note the primitives “flower” + “encased” + “unfinished”. 菌糸, きんし, the fungus threat, is the word for hyphae
呼吸
こきゅう
respiration, breath
呼: associated with calling (out), naming things, breathing, 吸: associated with absorption, sucking in, breathing in, sticking to sth
医院
いいん
clinic, doctor’s office (surgery)
医: healing, medicine, associated with medical concepts, 院: temple, graduate school, government building.
Note that the clinic (“Praxis”) of someone ist just put behind their name, e.g. Yamaguchi’s clinic is 山口医院.
息
いき
breath, breathing
primitives: “nose” + “heart”: Your heartbest pushes your breath out your nose.
伝染力がある
でんせんりょくがある
contagious
From 伝染, contagious, “having the power to infect”
医療
いりょう
medical care, medical treatment
医: associated with healing, medicine, 療: associated associates with healing, treatments, cures, remedies (a positive concept). Primitives of this one: “sickness” + “pup tent”, in itself constructed from teepee, dog, sun, small.
内科
ないか
internal medicine (in contrast to external, i.e. surgery)
内: inside, between, within, 科: section, course (of study), fault, e.g. 科学
癌
がん
cancer (disease)
primitives: “sickness” + “piling up” + “mountain”
治す
なおす
heal, cure
primitives: “water” + table, stand, tower (“elbow” + “mouth”)
story: striving to reach a plateau of good health
note that 治する is being healed, treated
心理学
しんりがく
psychology (discipline)
心: heart, mind, spirit + 理: reason, truth, principle = 心理: psychology, mentality, statoe of mind, 学: knowledge, learning
脳科学
のうかがく
neuroscience
脳: brain (anatomy), head, skull, 科: section, course of study, 学: knowledge, learning
神経科学
しんけいかがく
neuroscience
神: god, deity; soul, spirit + 経: length; associated with management, economy, accounting = 神経: nerve + 科: section, course of study = 神経科: neurology, 学: knowledge, learning
状態
じょうたい
state, condition, aggregate state
状: situation, letter, state, 態: appearance, state, condition
歯茎
はぐき
(dental) gums
歯: tooth, 茎: stem, stalk
歯石
しせき
(dental) tartar
歯: tooth, 石: stone
虫歯
むしば
caries, devayed tooth
虫: insect, bug, 歯: tooth
溶ける
とける
melt, dissolve; thaw
primitives: “water” + “contain”
story: The water cannot be contained any longer and turns the substance into a liquid