قرص
قرص (qors) means pill or tablet in Persian. From Arabic qurs meaning a flat round disc. The standard word for any solid oral medicine sold at the pharmacy.
Glossary
آمبولانس
آمبولانس (âmbulâns) means ambulance in Persian. Borrowed from French ambulance, from Latin ambulare (to walk or move). Used alongside اورژانس for emergency medical transport.
اورژانس
اورژانس (orzhâns) means emergency room or emergency services in Persian. Borrowed from French urgence. Also the number 115, Iran’s national emergency medical services line.
آمپول
آمپول (âmpul) means injection or ampoule in Persian. Borrowed from French ampoule, from Latin ampulla (small flask). The verb combination آمپول زدن (to inject) is used in every clinic in Iran.
واکسن
واکسن (vâksan) means vaccine in Persian. Borrowed from French vaccin, itself from Latin vacca (cow). The standard verb combination is واکسن زدن (to vaccinate).
سونوگرافی
سونوگرافی (sonogerâfi) is the Persian word for an ultrasound scan. Borrowed from French sonographie, built on Latin sonus (sound) and Greek graphein (to write). Standard in all clinical registers.
عکس
عکس (aks) means photo or photograph in Persian, and in medical contexts it is the everyday word for an X-ray. From Arabic aks meaning reflection or image.
آزمایش خون
آزمایش خون (âzmâyesh-e khun) means blood test in Persian. A fully native compound: âzmâyesh from the root âzmâ- (to test) and khun (blood). The phrase used by every doctor and patient in Iran.
آزمایش
آزمایش (âzmâyesh) is a pure Persian verbal noun meaning test or laboratory test. Built from the root âzmâ- (to try or test). In medicine it means a diagnostic test ordered by a doctor.
گچ
گچ (gach) is a pure Persian word meaning gypsum, plaster, or chalk, going back to Middle Persian gač. In medicine it means the plaster cast put on a broken bone.