day 45treatment and medicine

treatment and medicine

Talk about check-ups, clinics and medicine, Western and traditional, and read a health headline.

today’s words

• 의료 uiryo · medical care, healthcare
• 의학 uihak · medicine (the science)
• 진료 jillyo · medical treatment, seeing patients
• 검진 geomjin · (medical) check-up
• 보건소 bogeonso · public health centre
• 정신과 jeongsingwa · psychiatry, psychiatrist’s
• 피부과 pibugwa · dermatology, skin clinic
• 성형외과 seonghyeongoegwa · plastic surgery (department)
• 성형 seonghyeong · plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery
• 미용 miyong · beauty (care)
• 탈모 talmo · hair loss
• 한방 hanbang · traditional Korean medicine
• 한약 hanyak · herbal medicine
• 한의원 hanuiwon · traditional Korean medicine clinic
• 보약 boyak · tonic (herbal)
• 약효 yakhyo · effect of a medicine
• 효능 hyoneung · efficacy, what it is good for
• 신약 sinyak · new drug
• 의약품 uiyakpum · medicines, pharmaceuticals
• 제약 jeyak · pharmaceuticals, drug-making
• 완치 wanchi · complete cure
• 완쾌 wankwae · full recovery
• 임산부 imsanbu · pregnant woman
• 태아 taea · unborn baby, foetus

sentences

• 우리 회사는 해마다 건강 검진을 해 줘요. · Our company gives us a health check every year.
• 보건소에서는 임산부에게 무료로 검사를 해 줍니다. · The public health centre gives pregnant women free tests.
• 엄마가 먹는 약은 태아에게 영향을 줄 수 있어요. · The medicine a mother takes can affect the unborn baby.
• 의학이 발달하면서 전염병도 줄고 완치되는 병이 많아졌습니다. · As medicine has developed, epidemics have declined and more illnesses can be cured completely.
• ‘무조건 완치’라는 광고에는 함정이 있다. · An advert that promises ‘a sure cure’ hides a trap.