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
物質
ぶっしつ
substance, material
物: thing, 質: quality
心理
しんり
psyche, psychology (of a person), mentality
心: heart, soul, spirit, 理: reason, truth, logic
比較
ひかく
comparison
比: ratio; proportion, associated with all manners od concepts dealing with comparisons, relative proportions, 較: associated with comparisons, competitions
液体
えきたい
liquid (state); fluid
液: liquid, 体: body, matter
気体
きたい
gas, vapour; gaseous state
気: atmosphere (equally mind, feeling), 体: body, matter
個体
こたい
individual living being
個: “person” + “solid”, individual, personal, 体: body
note how only the primitive for person distinguishes this vocable from the word for “solid (state)”.
固体
こたい
solid (state)
固: associated with solidity, strength, fixation; “solid”: “encased” + “old”, 体: body, matter
混合
こんごう
mix; mixture, meld
混: associated with mixing, chaos, disorder (but not with entropy), cf. 混乱, confusion; 合: conjunction
混合物
こんごうぶつ
mixture, amalgamation
混合: mix, 物: thing, object
凍る
こおる
freeze
primitives: “ice” + “east”
無色
むしょく
colourless
無: nothing, un-, 色: colour
証明書
しょうめいしょ
credentials, certificate (proof of achievement)
証明: proof, verification, 書: document
証明
しょうめい
proof, verification
証: “say” + “rectify”: proof, evidence, testimony, 明: clearly; bright, clear
仮説
かせつ
hypothesis; rarely: fictional
仮: temporary, interim, provisional, 説: theory; opinion, view, hearsay
参考
さんこう
reference; consultation
参: three; also associated with reference, taking part, 考: thought
参考になる
さんこうになる
be of use as a reference; come in handy; with (…) in mind
参考: reference
調査
ちょうさ
survey; investigation, inquiry, also research
調: key; tone, tendency, associated with a wide range of concepts, adjustment, supply. Note that 周 is associated with a boundary, a perimeter, a defining limit (which is actually very clear given the primitives “enclosure”, “soild” and “mouth” / entrance).
査: associated with inspection, examination
生命
せいめい
life; existence
生: life, living; raw, 命: life, “you”
分析
ぶんせき
analysis
分: part, (minute, rate), 析: obscure kanji indicating a separation, distinction, the part between the beginning and the end (literally: wooden clappers signalling the beginning and the end of a performance); chop, divide, tear, analyse
種類
しゅるい
type of; kind, variety
種: seed, variety, kind; associated with biological species, e.g. in demarcation of species, or as origin / definition of a species, 類: class, kind, type, cf. 書類、しょるい: document.
資料
しりょう
materials, document; data
資: associated with resources, especially financial (e.g. capital), 料: material, fee; also associated with ingredient in a food context
記号
きごう
symbol; sign, notation
記: record, 号: issue, number; model; also associated with signalling, starting, announcing / proclaiming (beginnings)
酸素
さんそ
oxygen (chemical element)
酸: acid, 素: material, source, prime
水素
すいそ
hydrogen (chemical element)
水: water, 素: material, source, prime
元素
げんそ
chemical element
元: source; basis, origin, foundation, 素: material, source, prime
含む
ふくむ
include; hold, contain, imply
primitives: “now” + “mouth”, i.e. it is in the mouth (recall: this can be any entrance) now
観察
かんさつ
observation, observe
観: view of …; look, appearance; outlook on, 察: police
基づく
もとづく
be based on; originate from
酸
さん
acid; vinegar
primitives: “liquir bottle” + “license” + “walking legs”
起源
きげん
origin; beginning
起: cause; origin, beginning, genesis, 源: source
note the primitives for “running” and “snake” in the first kanji, and how the meaning ties in neatly with the mythological — easy to to tie this to Adam, Eve, and Crowley
宇宙
うちゅう
space, universe, cosmos
宇: counter for buildings; also associated with universal, 宙: air, space
宇宙人
うちゅうびと; likely also うちゅうにん, うちゅうじん
alien
宇宙: space, 人: person
宇宙飛行士
うちゅうひこうし
astronaut
宇宙: space, universe, 飛行: floght, aviation, 士: “samurai”; denotes a person in a given profession
惑星
わくせい
planet
惑: associated with deceiving, misleading, undecisiveness, 星: star
a celestial body that can’t quite decide whether to be a star or not
星
ほし
star ⭐️
primitives: “sun” + “living”
軌道
きどう
orbit
軌: associated with staying on track, e.g. rail, 道: way, path
衛星
えいせい
satellite
衛: diffuse kanji loosely associated with guarding, trailing, being in the vicinity of, 星: star
望遠鏡
ぼうえんきょう
telescope
望: full moon: associated with hope + 遠: distant = seeing at a distanve, 鏡: mirror
酸類
さんるい
acids (chemical griup of substances)
酸: acid, vinegar, 類: type, kind, class
作用
さよう
effect, function, action
作: production, work (of art); crop; yiele, 用: use; service, business, task; utilize
作用する is “to have an effect on”, “affect”, “act on”
傾向
けいこう
trend; tendency
傾: tilted; oblique, slanted, sloping, 向: associated with “the other side”; opposite side, towards
標準
ひょうじゅん
standard; level, norm
標: symbol, mark; proof, guide, sign, 準: associate; associated with conform to
全体として
ぜんたいとして
as a whole, overall
全体: whole, entirely, として: as, in the role of
医者
いしゃ
doctor, physician
医: medicine, doctor; healing, 者: person, someone doing that work
外科医
げかい
surgeon
外: outside, external + 科: course of study, department = 外科: surgical, surhical department, 医: doctor, medicine; healing
分析学
ぶんせきがく
analytics (discipline)
分析: analyse, 学: -science, knowledge
