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day 44at the clinic

unit 6 · body, health & sport

    at the clinic

    Find your way round a Korean hospital, follow a prescription, and say who told you to do something with N보고 (“to, at” a person).

    today’s words

    • 보고 bogo · to, at (a person, spoken)
    • 안과 angwa · eye clinic, ophthalmology
    • 외과 oegwa · surgery (department)
    • 응급실 eunggeupsil · emergency room, casualty
    • 이비인후과 ibiinhugwa · ear, nose and throat clinic (ENT)
    • 정형외과 jeonghyeongoegwa · orthopaedics
    • 종합 jonghap · general, overall, combined
    • 진단서 jindanseo · medical certificate, doctor's note
    • 진찰 jinchal · (medical) examination
    • 처방 cheobang · prescription (the act)
    • 처방전 cheobangjeon · prescription (the paper)
    • 치료법 chiryobeop · treatment, cure (method)
    • 호실 hosil · room (number)
    • 두통약 dutongnyak · headache pill
    • 물약 mullyak · liquid medicine, syrup
    • 반창고 banchanggo · plaster, sticking plaster
    • 복용 bogyong · taking (medicine)
    • 비타민 bitamin · vitamin
    • 소독 sodok · disinfection, sterilising
    • 소독약 sodongnyak · disinfectant, antiseptic
    • 수면제 sumyeonje · sleeping pill
    • 식후 sikhu · after meals

    sentences

    • 엄마가 저보고 일찍 들어오라고 했어요. · Mum told me to come home early.
    • 친구가 나보고 요즘 피곤해 보인다고 했어. · My friend said I look tired these days.
    • 머리가 아파서 두통약을 먹었어요. · I had a headache, so I took a headache pill.
    • 상처를 소독한 다음에 반창고를 붙이세요. · Clean the cut, then put a plaster on it.
    • 아이들은 보통 물약을 먹어요. · Children usually take liquid medicine.