Japanese Vocabulary for Illnesses and Symptoms

25/07/2020Updated 16/05/20231 min read

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Japanese Vocabulary for Illnesses and Symptoms
We hope these words make going to the doctor in Japan as easy as possible.
Good luck with your studies and your exam.

🌱🌿 Let us learn the names of illnesses and symptoms together.
👉自閉症(じへいしょう) autism
👉認知症(にんちしょう) dementia
👉結核(けっかく) tuberculosis
👉扁桃腺(へんとうせん) tonsillitis
👉喉頭炎(こうとうえん) laryngitis

👉口内炎(こうないえん) mouth ulcer
👉田虫(たむし) ringworm
👉疥癬(かいせん) scabies
👉心臓病(しんぞうびょう) heart disease
👉不整脈(ふせいみゃく) arrhythmia

👉糖尿病(とうにょうびょう) diabetes
👉脳炎 (のうえん) encephalitis
👉帯状疱疹 (たいじょうほうしん) shingles
👉マラリア malaria

👉炎症 (えんしょう) inflammation
👉片頭痛 (へんずつう) migraine
👉喘息 (ぜんそく) asthma
👉発疹 (はっしん) rash
👉悪寒 (おかん) chills

👉捻挫 (ねんざ) sprain
👉気管支炎 (きかんしえん) bronchitis
👉麻疹 (はしか) measles
👉月経 ( げっけい) menstruation
👉生理痛 (せいりつう) period pain

👉引き吊り(ひきつり) cramp
👉皮膚炎( ひふえん) dermatitis
👉アトピー性皮膚( せいひふ) atopic dermatitis
👉肥満症(ひまんしょう) obesity
👉脳卒中(のうそっちゅう) stroke, cerebral haemorrhage
👉脳梗塞( のうこうそく) cerebral infarction
👉脂肪肝(しぼうかん) fatty liver

👉高血圧(こうけつあつ) high blood pressure
👉癩病(らいびょう) leprosy
👉生まれつきの心臓病 congenital heart disease
👉梅毒 (ばいどく) giang mai
👉ヘルニア herniated disc

👉狂犬病 (きょうけんびょう) rabies
👉女にまつぐ besotted with women
👉耳鳴り ( みみなり) tinnitus
👉鬱病 ( うつびょう) depression
👉痔 ( じ) haemorrhoids

👉悪阻 ( つわり) morning sickness
👉目眩 ( めまい) dizziness
👉不妊症 ( ふにんしょう) infertility

See also:
Japanese Material for Nursing and Care Work – 介護の日本語
Japanese Vocabulary for Nursing Care

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