سکته قلبی
سکته قلبی (sekte-ye qalbi) is a fully Arabic-origin compound meaning heart attack. سکته means sudden stoppage and قلبی is the relational adjective from قلب, heart.
Glossary
سکته مغزی
سکته مغزی (sekte-ye maghzi) is a mixed-origin compound: سکته from Arabic meaning sudden stop, and مغزی from Persian مغز meaning brain. Together they mean stroke.
آرتریت
آرتریت (artrit) entered Persian via French arthrite, itself from Greek arthron (joint) and itis (inflammation). It means arthritis, inflammation of one or more joints.
سیتی اسکن
سیتی اسکن (siti-eskan) is a borrowed English compound used in Persian for a CT scan, computed tomography imaging that produces cross-sectional body images.
امآرآی
امآرآی (em-âr-âi) is a borrowed English acronym used in Persian medical contexts to mean an MRI scan, magnetic resonance imaging of the body.
شیمیدرمانی
شیمیدرمانی (shimi-darmâni) means chemotherapy in Persian. It is a mixed-origin compound joining shimi (chemistry, from French chimie) with darmâni (treatment, pure Persian), and is the standard medical term for cancer chemical treatment.
دیالیز
دیالیز (diyâliz) means dialysis or kidney dialysis in Persian. It is a Greek-origin loanword that entered Persian via English and French medical terminology, and is used in hospitals with no native Persian equivalent.
آنستزی
آنستزی (anestezi) is the clinical loanword for anaesthesia used by Iranian medical staff. It comes from Greek via European medical Latin, and coexists with the native Persian term بیهوشی in hospital settings.
بیهوشی
بیهوشی (bihoushi) means anaesthesia or the state of unconsciousness in Persian. It is a pure Persian compound from bi (without) and housh (consciousness), and is used in both medical and everyday speech.
عملیات
عملیات (amaliyât) means surgical operation or medical procedure in Persian. It comes from the Arabic root amal (action), and its formal register makes it the standard term in hospitals and medical records.