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Health and Illness

See also Body and Feelings.

health gin6 hon1
healthy
sick ben6
acupuncture dzAm1
Chinese medicine dzUng1 yœk6
clinic
doctor yi1 sAn1
hospital yi1 yün2
injection
massage on3 mo1
nurse wu6 si6
pharmacy
vitamin
yoga 4 ga1

Diseases and conditions

disease
suffer from
abortion do6 toi1    Lit. drop the fetus
AIDS 愛滋病 oi3 dzi1 ben6
allergies
anorexia
anthrax
anxiety
athlete's foot
arthritis gwan1 dzit3 yim4
asthma hau1 tsün2
bipolar
broken
bruise
bleed tsöt1 hüt3
burt
bulimia
cancer am4
chickenpox
chlamydia
clap, the
crabs
cold
constipated bin6 bei3
cramps tsAu1 gAn1 ; gIng1 tUng3
depression yIk1 wAt1 dzIng3
   antidepressant yIk1 wAt1 dzAi1
diabetes ton4 liu6 ben6
diarrhea tou5 o1
dislocated
dizzy
eating disorder
epilepsy
faint
fever
flu gAm2 mou6
genital warts
gonnorhea
headache tAu4 tUng3
heart attack
hepatitis
herpes
hurt
indigestion
insect bite
insomnia sAt1 min4
lice sAt3
lactose intolerant
loss of appetite, no appetite sIk6 dzAi6 ; mou5 wAi6 hAu2
manic depression
migraine pin1 tAu4 tUng3
miscarriage lAu4 tsan2
narcolepsy
pneumonia 肺炎  fAi3 yim4
SARS 非典形肺炎  fei1 din2 yIng4 fAi3 yim4    Lit. atypical pneumonia (critical outbreak in 2003)
schizophrenia
seizure
sleepwalk
sore tUng3
sprain
STD sIng1 ben6
stroke
suicide
   commit suicide
swollen hUng4 dzUng2
tuberculosis
West Nile virus
virus ben6 dUk6
yeast infection

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