English in

Medicine
Tridjoko Hadianto

Introduction

This lecture introduces how to

communicate (in English) with those
involved in delivering and receiving
care. The content will be structured
according to how English
terminologies deal with patients:
taking a history,
examining a patient,
investigation,
diagnosis and treatment.

Sakit (Indonesia)
English
Sickness
Illness
Sore
Pain
Trouble
Disease

Sakit kepala

Head-ache
Migraine
Confuse
Angry
Frustration

Blue baby

Blue = biru
Baby = bayi
A newborn infant whose
unoxygenated blood is shunted to
the arterial side of the heart (patent
foramen ovale)

Common cold

Common
Cold

= biasa
= dingin

Common cold = coryza (selesma,

pilek)

Abortion

Abort = menggagalkan (gagal,

gugur)
Abortion = in strictly medical
language, means the interruption of
a pregnancy (pengguguran
kandungan).

Angina pectoris

A chest pain resulting from

temporary difficulty in the coronary
arteries (insuffisient oxygen supply
to hearth muscle).

Syndrome

A group of symptoms and signs

which, when considered together, is
characteristic of certain disease or
disorder.
Fishbeins illustrated Medical and Health Encyclopedia, 1978. Stuttman
Co. Inc. USA.

Summary

Communication skills (in English)

play a major role to improve the
outcome of care and patient
satisfaction

Refertence
Fishbein, 1978. Fishbeins illustrated
Medical and Health Encyclopedia,
Stuttman Co. Inc., USA.