How many words are in this list?

This page gives 100 Korean words on “Health and medicine”. The full topic holds 147 in the KoKo app: 58 at the easy level, 52 at the medium level and 37 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 Korean 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.

Korean vocabulary: health and medical

At the doctor’s or at the pharmacy: symptoms, illnesses, treatments and medicines in Korean.

Here are 100 Korean words on “Health and medicine”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 40 words

Korean	English
헌혈	blood donation
채혈	blood test
멍	bruise
암	cancer
보충 보험	complementary health cover
진찰	consultation
장애	disability
의사	doctor
열	fever
두통	headache
건강	health
건강보험	health insurance
위생	hygiene
감염	infection
부상	injury
진료 기록	medical record
약	medicine
조산사	midwife
통증	pain
약국	pharmacy
처방전	prescription
격리	quarantine
안정	rest
아프다	sickAdjective, suffering from an illness
병가	sick leave
부작용	side effect
스트레스	stress
외과 의사	surgeon
검사	test
진찰받다	to consult
다치다	to hurt oneself
수술하다	to operate
회복되다	to recover
고통받다	to suffer
치료하다	to treat
치통	toothache
치료	treatment
백신	vaccine
바이러스	virus
대기실	waiting room

Level 2: medium 35 words

Korean	English
중독	addiction
알코올 의존증	alcoholism
구급차	ambulance
마취	anaesthesia
천식	asthma
반창고	bandage
화상	burn
요양보호사	care assistant
깁스	cast
콜레스테롤	cholesterol
감기	cold
요양	convalescence
기침	coughNoun, the symptom itself
베인 상처	cut
당뇨병	diabetes
설사	diarrhoea
물약	drops
식중독	food poisoning
일반의	general practitioner
불면증	insomnia
메스꺼움	nausea
비만	obesity
수술실	operating theatre
약사	pharmacist
폐렴	pneumonia
보철	prosthesis
완치	recovery
흉터	scar
염좌	sprain
시럽	syrup
체온계	thermometer
피가 나다	to bleed
감기에 걸리다	to catch a cold
이식	transplant
휠체어	wheelchair

Level 3: hard 25 words

Korean	English
빈혈	anaemia
마취과 의사	anaesthetist
항생제	antibiotic
캡슐	capsule
심장 전문의	cardiologist
전염	contagion
목발	crutch
탈수	dehydration
피부과 의사	dermatologist
복용량	dosage
응급 처치원	first aider
연고	ointment
물리 치료	physiotherapy
재발	relapse
수면제	sleeping pill
흡연	smoking habit
부목	splint
장염	stomach bug
일사병	sunstroke
주사기	syringe
인두염	throat infection
입원시키다	to hospitalise
예방 접종하다	to vaccinate
구토	vomiting
엑스선 촬영	X ray

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Frequently asked questions

How many words are in this list?: This page gives 100 Korean words on “Health and medicine”. The full topic holds 147 in the KoKo app: 58 at the easy level, 52 at the medium level and 37 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 Korean 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.