| English – Amharic |
| abdomen – hode |
| abrasion – yetelate ķoda |
| abscess – ebach |
| abuse (n) – mangelatat |
| ache – himem |
| acidity – asidama, yemekomatet bahari yalo |
| acne – yekoda beshita |
| adolescence – yegurimsina/yekoredanet gizay, yewetatinet gizay |
| AIDS – AIDS |
| amoeba – ameba |
| amoebic dysentery – bameba yemimeta yetekmat beshita |
| anesthesia – madenzeja |
| antitoxin – merz markesha |
| anxiety – sigat, chinket |
| aphonia – menager alemechal/makom |
| apnea – istenfas alba |
| arm – kind |
| armpit – bibiţ |
| arthralgia – kurtimat, yemegatatemia himem |
| asphyxia – yemetafen huneta |
| asthma – asm |
| aunt – akist |
| auscultation – wistawi sewinetin bamadamecha madamet |
| back – jerba |
| backache – yejerba himem |
| bed sore – kalga lai kalemenesat bizat yemimeta ķusel |
| bed wetting – lelit algalai meshnat |
| bedbug – tuhan |
| bedpan – popo |
| bedside – alga ategeb |
| beer – birra, ţala, ţej |
| beggar – yenebitay, lemagn |
| belch – gisat |
| belly – hode |
| big – tiliķ |
| bile – hamot |
| birth – meweled |
| birth control – yewelid mekotateria |
| blanch – megertat |
| blindness – ein siwirinet |
| blood – dem |
| blood cell – yedem cell |
| blood type – yedem ainet |
| blood vessel – yedem sirr |
| blurred vision – yedebezeze eyita |
| body – sewinet |
| boil – bigunj |
| brain – angol/chinkilat |
| breast – tut |
| breast milk – yetut wetet |
| breastfeeding – tut matbat |
| breathe – metenfes |
| broken bone – atint sibirat |
| bronchitis – bronchitis |
| brother – wendim |
| bruise – dem mekwater |
| burn – makatel |
| cadaver – resa |
| cancer – nekersa |
| cardiac – yelib |
| cardiac arrest – yelib mit mekwaret |
| cardiograph – yelib mit melekat |
| cardiology – yelib ţinat |
| care – ţinikake |
| cast – jesso |
| catch a cold – gunfan meyaz |
| chemical – chemical |
| chest – deret |
| child – lij |
| childbirth – lij mewled |
| chills – bird |
| circulation – yedem mezewawer |
| circulatory – yedem ziwiwir |
| cleft lip – ye kenfer mesenteķ |
| clinic – clinic |
| clubfooted – egre ķolmama |
| cold (illness) – goonfan |
| cold (temperature) – ķezķaza |
| constipation – yehod dirket |
| contagious disease – telalafee beshita |
| contraception – ergizina mekelakel |
| contraceptive – yergizina mekelakea |
| cough – sal |
| cousin: yagote/yakiste lij |
| cry – malkes |
| dandruff – forofor |
| daughter – set lij |
| day – ķen |
| dead – mot |
| deaf-mute – dinkurina duda |
| deafness – mesmat alemechal, dinķurina |
| decrease – meķenes |
| deficiency – etreţ |
| dehydrate – fasaj manes, medrek |
| dehydration – dirket |
| dental caries – yetirs mebesbes |
| depression – kifu ķen, dibirt |
| dermatologist – yekoda beshita hakim |
| diabetes – sikwar beshita |
| diarrhea – tekmat |
| difficult – aschegari |
| digestion – yemegib mefechet |
| disease – beshita |
| disinfect – infection masweged |
| distention – meweţer, mabet |
| dizziness – ras mazzorr |
| double vision – hulet meslo metayet |
| drain (v) – fasaj mawred |
| drug – medanit |
| drugstore – medanit bet |
| dysarthria – bedenb asakto yemenager chigger |
| dysentery – yetekmat/yeanjet beshita |
| dyspepsia – ķar, yemegib alemefechet chigger |
| dysphonia – yedimtş megornen ena medkem |
| dyspnea – tinfash mater |
| dysuria – shint meshinat siyaschegir |
| ear – joro |
| earache – yejoro himem |
| eat – meblat |
| ecchymosis – dem mekwater |
| edema – ebţet |
| EKG – EKG |
| emergency – asschekwai, atadafi |
| emphysema – metenfes yemiawik yesamba beshita |
| epilepsy – yemitil beshita |
| erythema – yekoda meklat |
| Ethiopia (n) – Itiyopia |
| Ethiopian (adj) – habesha |
| Ethiopian (n) – Ityopiawi |
| examination – mirmera |
| excoriation – yekoda melat |
| exhaustion – dikam |
| expectant mother – nefseţur |
| eye – ein |
| eye socket – ye’ein gudguad |
| eyebrow – ķindib |
| eyelid – shifashift |
| eyesight – mayet |
| face – feet |
| faint – faint |
| family – beteseb |
| father – abat |
| fever – tikusat |
| fiance – echonya |
| finger – ţat |
| first aid – yemegemeria irdata |
| food – megib |
| foot – igir |
| foster child – yemadego lij |
| fracture – sibrat |
| friend – gwadenya |
| fruit – atkilt |
| fungus – fungus |
| gene – zer |
| genitals – hafrete siga |
| geriatrics – leazawintoch yemidereg yehikimina enkibikabay |
| godchild – yekiristinna lij |
| grandchildren – yelij lijouch |
| grandfather – wend ayat |
| grandmother – set ayat |
| hair – tşagur |
| halitosis – metfo yeaf shita |
| hallucinogen – ķijet yemiametu itsoch |
| hand – ij |
| head – chinkilat, ras |
| headache – ras metat |
| hearing – mesmat |
| heart – lib |
| heart attack – yelib dikam |
| heart failure – lib seraun bedinget siakom |
| heartbeat – yelib mit |
| heel – tereķez |
| hematoma – dem mekwater |
| hemoptysis – dem metfat, kehakita yetekelakele dem |
| hiccups – sikita |
| hip – taffa |
| hoarseness – yedimtş megornen |
| husband – baal |
| hygiene – yenitşehina atebabek |
| hypertension – kefitegnya yedem gifeet |
| hypotension – dem manes, zikitegnya yedem gifeet |
| hypothermia – yesounet muket betam meķenes |
| ice – beredo |
| icterus – yeayn ena yekoda bicha mehon |
| immunize – beshita mekwakwamia kitibat |
| incontinent – shint ena segerra mekotater alemechal |
| increase – mechemer |
| infant – hitşan |
| influenza – kebad goonfan, influenza |
| injection needle – merfay |
| insecticide – yetabai matfia |
| insomnia – yenkilf itot |
| internist – yewust akal hakim |
| intestinal – ye anjet |
| intestine – anjet |
| iron – iron |
| itching – masakek |
| jaundice – yekoda/yeayn bicha mehon, yewof beshita |
| joint pain – yemegeţatemia himem |
| knee – gulbet |
| labor pains – mit |
| laxative – dirket yemikenis medanit |
| lip – kenfer |
| malaria – weba |
| malarial – yeweba |
| malnourished – yemegib itret yalebet |
| malnutrition – yemegib itret |
| man – wend |
| mastectomy – baķado ţegana tooten masoged |
| measles – kufiyn |
| medication – medanit |
| menopause – yewer ababa mekom |
| menstruation – yewer ababa |
| microscope – yemagwia menetşer |
| mosquito – yeweba tinign |
| mother – enat |
| mouth – aff |
| mucus – hakita |
| myalgia – yetuncha himem |
| myopia – ķirb eyeta |
| nasal bleeding – nesir |
| nasal congestion – yafincha metektek |
| nausea – matwelwel, makleshlesh |
| near – ķirb |
| neck – anget |
| needle – merfay |
| nerve – nerve |
| nervous – firacha, dinigatay |
| nightmare – ķejet |
| nose – afincha |
| nosebleed – nesir |
| numbness – medenzez |
| nurse – nurse |
| nursery – menkebakebia |
| obstetrics – yetşinş hikimina |
| onyxis – wedewist yemiadig yeigir tifir |
| opiate – ye’en ķilf kinin |
| opthalmic – ye ein |
| orally – be’aff |
| pain – himem |
| painkiller – yehimem mastagesha |
| palpate – bedabessa memirmera |
| pancreas – ţafia |
| paralysis – yesewinet alemenķesaķes |
| parasite – ţigegna hiwasat |
| parent – welaj |
| paroxysm – dingetenya yesimet merebesh |
| patient – beshitegna |
| pediatrician – yehitşanat hakim |
| pediatrics – yehitşanat hikimina |
| perspiration – malab |
| petechia – anestegna ķoda lai yemiweta ķela yale milikit |
| pharmacy – medanit bet |
| physician – hakim |
| pimple – bigur |
| plastic surgery – ye plastic ķedo tigena |
| pregnancy – yergizina gizay |
| pregnant – irgooz |
| premenstrual – yewer ababa kemetayetu befeet |
| prognosis – gimit |
| prophylactic – beshita lemekelakel yemireda |
| rectal bleeding – ye finteta medmat |
| redness – meklat |
| reflex – bedinget meneķaneķ |
| rest (n) – ereft |
| rheumatism – ķurtamat |
| rickets – yatint meselsel beshita |
| rubella – ye german kufiyn |
| runny nose – nift mebzat |
| saliva – miraķ |
| scab – ķerfit |
| scabies – ikek |
| scar – tebasa |
| seizure – bedinget yemiķeset beshita |
| sick (adj) – himem |
| side-effect – medanit bemewsed yemimeta chigger |
| sister/older sister – ehit/tilliķ ehit |
| sit down (imperative) – kuch bel/bey |
| skin – koda |
| skin graft – bekedo tigana koda ke’and bota wesdo lela bota meletef |
| sleep (n) – enķilf |
| sleep (v) – metegnat |
| sneeze (v) – masnetes |
| son – lij |
| sore throat – yeguroro kusel |
| spasm – yetuncha mekomater |
| specialist – specialist |
| spermicide – sperm gedai nitreneger |
| spinal – ye’akerkari |
| spine – akerkari |
| spleen – ţafya |
| splenomegaly – ţafya ebtet |
| sprain (v) – welem malet |
| stable condition – yemaylewaweţ huneta |
| stand up (v) – ķum/ķumi |
| stepbrother – yeinjera lij |
| stepdaughter/stepson – yeinjera lij |
| stepfather – yeinjera abat |
| stepmother – yeinjera inat |
| stepsister – ehit |
| sterile (conception) – mehan |
| sterile (instruments) – kegerm netşa |
| sterilize – kegerm netşa madreg |
| stethoscope – yelib mit madamecha mesaria |
| stiff (adj) – megeter |
| stomachache – yehod himem |
| sunstroke – yetşahai mich |
| surgeon – yeķedo tigena hakim |
| sweat (v) – lab |
| swelling – mabeţ |
| symptom – yehimem miliķit |
| syphilis – keţign |
| syringe – syringe |
| tetanus – tetanos, mengaga ķolif |
| thrombosis – yedem mergat |
| tick (n) – dem meţach tebai |
| tongue – milas |
| tooth – ţirs |
| toxic – merzenya |
| trachea – yeayer baumbua |
| tracheotomy – yegurroro ķedo tigena |
| treatment – hikimina |
| ulcer – ulcer |
| ultrasound – ultrasound |
| uncle – agot |
| unsafe – adegegna |
| uterus – mahatşen |
| vaccination – kitibat |
| virus – virus |
| vomiting – mastaweķ |
| waist – wegeb |
| waiting room – meţebekia kifil |
| water – wuha |
| watery eyes – ye’ein wuha mazel |
| weakness – medkam |
| weight loss – kibdet meķenes |
| wheeze (v) – sitenefisu kurr yamil dimtş abro siweta |
| wife – meest |
| woman – set |
| womb – mehatşen |
| wound – ķusil |
| x-ray – raj |
| young – wetat |
| younger brother – tinish wendim |