Hebrew vocabulary: health and medical
At the doctor’s or at the pharmacy: symptoms, illnesses, treatments and medicines in Hebrew.
Here are 100 Hebrew words on “Health and medicine”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.
Level 1: easy 40 words
| Hebrew | English |
|---|---|
| התמכרות | addiction |
| אמבולנס | ambulance |
| תרומת דם | blood donation |
| סרטן | cancer |
| מרפאה | clinic |
| ביקור רופא | consultation |
| חתך | cut |
| דיכאון | depression |
| סוכרת | diabetes |
| רופא | doctor |
| טיפות | drops |
| מקרה חירום | emergency |
| חום | fever |
| כאב ראש | headache |
| בריאות | health |
| ביטוח בריאות | health insurance |
| בית חולים | hospital |
| זיהום | infection |
| אישור רפואי | medical certificate |
| תיק רפואי | medical record |
| תרופה | medicine |
| אח | nurse |
| בית מרקחת | pharmacy |
| קליניקה | practice |
| מרשם | prescription |
| מניעה | prevention |
| שיקום | rehabilitation |
| מנוחה | rest |
| חולה | sickAdjective, suffering from an illness |
| מומחה | specialist |
| בדיקה | test |
| לכאוב | to be in pain |
| להירפא | to heal |
| להיפגע | to hurt oneself |
| לנתח | to operate |
| להחלים | to recover |
| לסבול | to suffer |
| טיפול | treatment |
| חיסון | vaccine |
| חדר המתנה | waiting room |
Level 2: medium 37 words
| Hebrew | English |
|---|---|
| אלרגיה | allergy |
| אנטיביוטיקה | antibiotic |
| אסתמה | asthma |
| תחבושת | bandage |
| כווייה | burn |
| כמוסה | capsule |
| כוח עזר | care assistant |
| גבס | cast |
| כולסטרול | cholesterol |
| הצטננות | cold |
| ביטוח משלים | complementary health cover |
| הדבקה | contagion |
| שלשול | diarrhoea |
| חדר מיון | emergency department |
| שבר | fracture |
| רופא משפחה | general practitioner |
| נדודי שינה | insomnia |
| בחילה | nausea |
| השמנת יתר | obesity |
| רוקח | pharmacist |
| דלקת ריאות | pneumonia |
| הסגר | quarantine |
| הישנות | relapse |
| חופשת מחלה | sick leave |
| תופעת לוואי | side effect |
| תסמין | symptom |
| כדור | tablet |
| מדחום | thermometer |
| לדמם | to bleed |
| להצטנן | to catch a cold |
| להתייעץ עם | to consult |
| להשתעל | to coughVerb, the act of coughing |
| כאב שיניים | toothache |
| השתלה | transplant |
| ויטמין | vitamin |
| הקאה | vomiting |
| צילום רנטגן | X ray |
Level 3: hard 23 words
| Hebrew | English |
|---|---|
| אלכוהוליזם | alcoholism |
| ברונכיטיס | bronchitis |
| חבורה | bruise |
| קרדיולוג | cardiologist |
| תקופת החלמה | convalescence |
| התייבשות | dehydration |
| רופא עור | dermatologist |
| דלקת אוזניים | ear infection |
| מגיש עזרה ראשונה | first aider |
| הרעלת מזון | food poisoning |
| מיילדת | midwife |
| משחה | ointment |
| רופא ילדים | paediatrician |
| משכך כאבים | painkiller |
| תותבת | prosthesis |
| בדיקת סקר | screening |
| סינוסיטיס | sinusitis |
| כדור שינה | sleeping pill |
| סד | splint |
| דלקת קיבה ומעיים | stomach bug |
| מכת שמש | sunstroke |
| דלקת גרון | throat infection |
| לאשפז | to hospitalise |
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Frequently asked questions
- How many words are in this list?
- This page gives 100 Hebrew words on “Health and medicine”. The full topic holds 147 in the KoKo app: 58 at the easy level, 55 at the medium level and 34 at the hard level.
- Which words should I start with?
- With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
- How can I remember this Hebrew vocabulary?
- By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
- Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?
- Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.
These lists come from KoKo, the app to learn Hebrew vocabulary on iPhone.
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