AEMD: The Amharic-English Medical Dictionary

  • Contents

    • Using the Dictionary
    • About the Project
    • Introduction/Chief Complaint
    • History of Present Illness
    • Past Medical History
      • General
      • OB/GYN
      • Social
      • Sexual
      • Family
    • Medical Vocabulary
    • Review of Systems
      • HEENT
      • Cardiovascular
      • Pulmonary
      • Gastrointestinal
      • Urinary
      • Reproductive
      • Musculoskeletal
      • Neurologic
      • Dermatological
    • Clinical Interviews
      • Asthma
      • Chest Pain
      • Cranial Nerve Exam
      • Difficulty Breathing
      • General Trauma
      • Hypertension
      • Opthalmology
      • Stomach Pain
      • Shortness of Breath
    • Emergencies
      • First Responder
      • Abdominal Pain
      • Anaphylaxsis
      • Seizure
      • Psychiatric Anxiety
      • Labor and Delivery
      • Altered Mentation
      • Malaise
      • Respiratory System
      • Neurologic Disorders
    • General Amharic
    • Times and Dates
    • Clinical Topics
      • Abiy Tsom
      • Buda
      • Burn Lesions
      • Canine Extraction
      • Ethiopian Etiology
      • Pregnancy and Delivery
      • Uvulectomy
      • Other Topics

Clinical Interviews — Cranial Nerve Exam

English Amharic
Can you smell this? Yihen mashtet tichilaleh/tichialesh?
Read the smallest line of letters that you can. Manbeb yemitchilewin/yemitichiyiwin tinishochun feedeloch anbib/anbibee.
Follow my finger with your eyes without moving your head. Chinkilatihin/chinkilatishin satanekaniķ/satanekaniķi ţaten beayinih/beayinish teketel/teketey.
I am going to look in your eyes. Ayinih/aynish wuşt limeleket niw.
Say when you can see my finger. Ţate seetayih/seetayish nigeregn/nigereen.
I am going to shine a light in your eyes. Ayinih/aynish lai mebrat laberabih/laberabish niw.
Clench your teeth. Ţirsihin/ţirsishin gitem/gitemi.
Can you feel me touch your face? Feetihin/feetishin sinekah/sinekash yisemahal/yisemashal?
Puff your cheeks. Gunchihin/gunchishin nifa/nifee.
Wrinkle your forehead. Ginbarihin/ginbarishin achemad/achemaji.
Say yes if you can hear me whisper. Sashokoshuk yemisemah/yemisemash kehoneh awo bel/bey.
Which side is louder? Yetignaw yebeleţe yitchohal.
Open your mouth and say ‘ahhh.’ Afihin/afishin kifetina/kifetchina ‘ahhh’ bel/bey.
Swallow. Waţ/wachi.
Shrug your shoulders. Tikeshahin/tikeshashin anķesakis/anķesakshi.
Turn your head. Chinkilatihin/chinkilatishin azur/azuri.

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