Mental Health & Psychology
10 words · ~15 min
Psychology vocabulary and expressing mental states with أَنْ + subjunctive clauses
Arabic contributions to psychology include al-Balkhi's 9th-century work on mental health, predating Western psychology by centuries.
Lesson overview
Mental Health & Psychology is a level B2 lesson of 10 words: 8 nouns and 2 verbs. Its words come from 4 Arabic roots, listed below with links to each root family.
- Builds on: Diseases & Epidemics (B2)
- Leads to: Environment & Climate (B2)
Word list
| Arabic | Meaning | Type | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
طَبِيعِيّات ṭabīʿiyyāt | natural sciences | noun | ط-ب-ع |
مِجْهَر mijhar | microscope | noun | ج-ه-ر |
بَكْتِيرْيَا baktīryā | bacteria | noun | |
فَيْرُوس fayrūs | virus | noun | |
حَمْض نَوَوِيّ ḥamḍ nawawiyy | nucleic acid / DNA | noun | ح-م-ض / ن-و-ي |
تَشْخِيص مُبَكِّر tashkhīṣ mubakkir | early diagnosis | noun | ش-خ-ص / ب-ك-ر |
زَرْع أَعْضَاء zarʿ aʿḍāʾ | organ transplant | noun | ز-ر-ع / ع-ض-و |
تَخْدِير takhdīr | anesthesia | noun | خ-د-ر |
شَخَّصَ shakhkhaṣa | to diagnose | verb | ش-خ-ص |
عَزَلَ ʿazala | to isolate / to quarantine | verb | ع-ز-ل |
Themes these words belong to: Science Medicine (10)
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