Tswana medical terms
This is a list of Tswana (Setswana) medical terms that correspond to the English words.
English | Setswana |
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Abdominal pain | Botlhoko mo maleng |
Abnormal breathing | Go hema mo go sa siamang/tlwaelesegang |
Abortion | Go senya mpa |
Abscess | Tlhagala,phologolo,sebola |
Absent period | Go tlolwa ke dikgwedi |
Abuse[clarification needed] | Kgokgontsho |
Alcohol | Bojalwa |
Anemia | Go tlhofofala ga madi, go fela madi |
Anesthesia | Molemo wa kidibatso/o o robatsang |
Ankle | Legwejane(lenyenyana-side of malleoli) |
Anorexia nervosa | Bolwetsi jwa go itima dijo le go bopama mo go feteletseng |
Anus | Phatlha ya marago |
Apgar test | Tlhatlhobe ya APGAR |
Appendicitis | Tutuma ya lelana(tutuma-inflammation) |
Appendix | Lelana:lelanyana |
Arm | Lebogo:letsogo |
Armpit | Legwafa |
Arthritis | Bolwetsi jwa ditokololo (tutuma ya ditokololo) |
Asphyxia, suffocation | Go hupela(go hupetsa mowa) |
Asthma | Bolwetsi jwa khupelo |
Aunt | Rakagadi |
Baby | Losea, Ngwana |
Back | Mokwatla |
Back of knee | Kgorikgotshane |
Back pains | Ditlhabi tsa mokwatla |
Bag of waters | Kgetsi ya metsi |
Birth defect | Bogole |
Bladder | Setlha |
Bladder | Setlha |
Bleeding | Go tswa madi |
Bleeding | Go tswa madi |
Bleeding between periods | Go tswa madi ka fa bosading ka nako e e seng ya setswalo |
Blindness | Bofofu |
Blister | Lerophi |
Blood clot | Lethole la madi/leswele la madi/go rema ga madi |
Blood in sputum | Segotlhola se se nang le madi |
Blood in the stool | Madi mo mantleng |
Blood in the urine | Madi mo motlhapong |
Blood pressure High (HBP) | Kgatelelo ya Mari e e kwa godimo |
Blood pressure Low (LBP) | Kgatelelo ya madi e e kwa tlase |
Blood pressure | Kgatelelo ya madi |
Blurred vision | Pono e e sa tlhapang |
Bone | Lerapo |
Bone fracture | Go robega ga lerapo |
Bottlefeed | Go anyisa ka lebotlele |
Bowel movement | Go tsamaya ga mala |
Boyfriend | Tsala ya mosimane |
Brain | Boboko/Tlhaloganyo |
Brain stroke | Go swa mohama |
Breast | Lebele |
Breast engorgement | Go ruruga ga lebele |
Breast milk | Mashi a lebele |
Breast pump | Pompo ya lebele |
Breastfeed, nurse | Go anyisa ka lebele |
Breech presentation | Go tla ka maoto ga ngwana |
Bronchitis | Tutuma ya kgokgotso |
Brother | Morwarre |
Bruise | V-teteelo/topela/teketa n-dingalo |
Bump | Thurugo/boruruso(go ruruga) |
Burn | Go sha/fisa |
Burning feeling | Go ikutlwa o sha(phisego) |
Burp | Go kgobola |
Buttocks | Marago |
Calf | Ngwari:potongwane |
Cancer | Kankere |
Cardiac arrest | Go ema ga pelo |
Cardiac arrhythmia | Go itaya ga pelo mo gom sa siamang |
CD4 count | Palo ya masole a mmele |
Cervix | Molomo wa popelo |
Cesarean section, C-section | Go belega ka loaro |
Cheek | Lerama |
Chest | Sehuba:lefatlha |
Childbearing | Pelegi |
Childbirth | Go belega |
Chills | Mofikela,serame |
Chills | Mhikela, go roroma |
Chin | Seledu |
Choking | Beta,go hupelwa |
Circumcision | Go kgaola letlalo la bonna |
Clavicle | Kgetlana |
Clotting of blood | Go rema ga madi |
Coccyx | Lerapo la mogatla |
Cold Human skin | Letlalo le le tsididi |
Coldness in extremities | Botsididi mo dikarolong tse di kgakala |
Colon | Lela le letona:telele |
Colostrum | Kgatsele |
Coma | Kidibalo e e tseneletseng |
conceive | Ithwala(go ithwala) |
Conception | Boithwalo(go ithwala) |
Condom | Sekausu |
Constipation | Komelelo ya mala |
Contraception | Thibelo ya boimana |
Contractions | Ditlhabi tsa pelegi |
Convulsions | Phafamogo, tsibiketso |
Cough | Kgotlholo(go gotlhola) |
Cough | Kgotlholo |
Coughing up blood | Go gotlhola madi |
Cramp | Go gonega mesifa |
Cravings | Dikeletso(go eletsa) |
scab | Legogo |
Cut | Sega |
Deafness | Bosusu |
Dehydration | Go tlhoka metsi mo mmeleng |
wikt:Delivery room | Ntlwana ya pelegi |
Depressed | Go nyema moko |
Diaper rash | Bogwata jo bo dirwang ke motseto(bogwata jwa motseto) |
Diaper-urine test[clarification needed] | Tlhatlhobo ya motlhapo mo motsetong |
Diarrhea | Letshololo/go tshabisega |
Dilatation of the cervix | Go bulega ga molomo wa popelo |
Dilated pupil | Go golofala(namalala ga thaka ya leitlho |
Dislocation | Go lokologa /phethego |
Dizziness | Sedidi |
Doctor | Ngaka |
Double vision | Go nna pono pedi |
Drowsiness | n. Go otsela, go ya dikgofeng |
Dry cough | Phaphalalo ya sehuba |
Dry skin | adj. Komelelo ga letlalo |
Due date | Tsatsi la tshiamelo/tshwanelo |
Ear (internal) | Tsebe |
Ear drum | Moropa wa tsebe |
Ectopic pregnancy | Boimana jo bo kwa ntle ga popelo |
Elbow | Sejabana,sekgono |
Embryo | Ngwana yo o mo popelong |
Endometritis | Tutuma ya popelo |
Episiotomy | Go oketsa bosadi ka nako ya pelegi |
Esophagus | Mometso |
Eye | Leitlho |
Eyelid | Phupu ya leitlho |
Face | Sefatlhego |
Fainting | v. Go idibala, go gonoga, go tsewa ke sedidi |
False labor | Pelegi e e seng yone/e e seng ya boaammaruri |
Family | Lelapa |
Family planning | Go rulaganya ga go tshola mo lelapeng |
Father | Ntate/ papa |
Fatigue | Letsapa |
Female cousin | Ntsalake |
Fetal distress | Go tshwenyega ga losea |
Fetal monitoring | Go tlhokomela losea |
Fetus | Losea(namane) |
Fever | Letshoroma, febara, sethitho, sethukhuthukhu |
Finger | Monwana (toe=Monwana wa leoto) |
Fingernail | Lonala |
Folic acid | Kotla ya folic acid |
Foot | Lenao |
Forearm | Mosetlatshe, momo wa lebogo |
Forehead | Phatla |
Frequent urination | Go ntsha motlhapo kgapetse |
Gall bladder | Santlhokwe |
Gallstones | Matlapana a santlhokwe |
Genitals | Mapele |
Girlfriend | Tsala ya mosetsana |
give birth | Go tshola, go belega |
Grandfather | Ntatemogolo |
Grandmother | Nkoko |
Grandson | Ngwana wa ngwana |
Gum | Lerinini |
Gynecologist | Ngaka ya malwetsi a sesadi |
HAART | Diritibatsi tsa mogare |
Hair | Moriri |
Hand | Seatla |
Head | Tlhogo |
Head presentation | Go tswa ga tlhogo |
Headache | Go opiwa ke tlhogo |
Hearing loss | Tatlhegelo ya kutlo |
Heart | Pelo |
Heartbeat Fast | Go itaya ga pelo ka bonako |
Heartbeat Irregular | Go itaya ga pelo go go sa tlwaeletsegang |
Heartbeat Slow | Go itaya ga pelo ka bonya |
Heartbeat: | Go itaya ga pelo |
Heartburn | Lesokolela |
Heel | Serethe |
Hemorrhage | Tshologo ya madi, go dutla madi |
Hernia | Boruruga |
Hip | Noka |
HIV | Mogare wa HIV |
Husband | Mokapelo wa rre yo o nyetseng |
I don't know | Ga ke itse |
I don't understand | Ga ke tlhaloganye |
Identical twins | Mafatlha a tshwanang |
Ill, sick | Go lwala, go gatelelwa ke bolwetse |
Incontinence | n. Bosenaboithibo jwa motlhapo, go sa kgone go ikisa seemelong |
Induction | Go tlhoma,go tsenya |
Infection | Bolwetse ja go tselanwa |
Inflammation | Tutuma, kgotelo |
Insomnia | Go tlhorega boroko |
Intestines | Mala a mannye |
Intravenous, IV | Go tsenya molemo mo mading |
Inverted nipple | Thoba e e tlhanogileng |
Irregular periods | Seome/ go bona setswalo nako nngwe le nngwe |
Itch | Pabego, adj., go baba |
Jaw | Lotlhaa |
Kidney | Philo |
Kidney stones | Matlapana a philo |
Knee | Lengole |
Labia | Phese |
Labor | Pelegi |
Labor pains | Ditlhabi tsa pelegi |
Labor positions | Boemo jwa pelegi |
Lactation | Go sisa ga mabele |
Laryngitis | Go swa lentswe, go swaetsega lentswe |
Leg | Leoto |
Lip | Pounama:molomo |
Liver | Sebete |
Liver function tests | Tlhatlhobo ya ka fa sebete se berekang ka teng |
Locked jaw | Go kitlana meno |
Loose teeth | Go khinoga, go latlhegelwa ke meno |
Loss of Appetite | Tatlhego ya go eletso ya dijo |
Loss of Libido | Tatlhego ya maikutlo a thobalano |
Loss of Memory | Tatlhego ya go gopola |
Loss of Voice | Tatlhegelo ya lentswe |
Loss of: | Tatlhegelo ya |
Lungs | Makgwafo |
Malaria | Letshoroma/moteteselo |
Male cousin | Ntsalake |
Marijuana | Motokwane |
Mastitis, breast infection | Tutma ya mabele |
Maternity | Go bewa botsetsi |
Meconium | Tilane/thola |
Medical student | Moithuti wa bongaka |
Menstrual flow | Setswalo |
Menstrual pains | Ditlhabi tsa setswalo |
Midwife | Mmelegisi |
Milk | Mashi a lebele |
Milk glands | Kgekgele/kgeleswa ya mashi |
Miscarriage | Go senyegelwa |
Moist skin | Letlalo le le metsi |
Mother | Mme/mama |
Mouth | Molomo |
Natural childbirth | Pelegi ya tlholego |
Nausea | Pherogo ya sebete |
Nausea | Pherego ya sebete, khidikego, mosetlego |
Neck | Molala |
Nephew | Setlogolo sa mosimane |
New mother | Mme yo mosha |
Newborn | Losea |
Niece | Setlogolo sa mosetsana |
Nightsweats | Go huhula bosigo |
Nipple | Thoba |
No | Nnyaa (nnyaa, mma; female/ nnyaa, rra; male) |
Nose | Nko |
Nostril | Leroba la nko |
Numbness | n. Bosisi, bogatsu |
Nurse | Mooki |
Obese | O ya go nna moimana |
Obese | Go nona, go nna mokima |
Obstetrician (OB) | Ngaka ya tsa pelegi |
Obstetrics | Tsa pelegi |
Ovaries | Lee: boe |
Pancreas | Ngati:marakana mantsi |
Paralysis | Go swa mhama, go swa karolo |
Parasite | Senwamadi/setshedinyana se se nnang mo mmeleng wa motho |
Partner | Mokapelo |
Paternity | Lesika la borra/borra |
Peeling of the skin | Go oboga letlalo |
Pelvis | Selalo(lerapo la selalo) |
Penis | Lepele, bonna |
Perineum | Kwa tlase |
Period | Motlha(wa setswalo) |
Placenta | Kgolu, samorago (anaimal-mothana) |
Placenta | Kgolu, samorago (anaimal-mothana) |
Pneumonia | Tutuma ya makgwafo, thibamo |
Postpartum | Morago ga pelegi |
Postpartum depression | Go nyema moko morago ga pelegi/kutlo botlhoko e e feteletseng morago ga pelegi |
Pregnancy | Boimana |
Pregnancy and delivery | Boimana le pelegi |
Pregnancy test | Tlhatlhobo ya boimana |
Prelabor | Pele ga pelegi |
Premature | Ngwana yo o tsileng pele ga nako |
Prenatal | Pele ga pelegi |
Prenatal care | Tlhokomelo pele ga pelegi |
Prenatal vitamins | Dikotla tsa pele ga pelegi |
Pressure | Kgatelelo |
Preterm labor | Go belega pele ga nako |
Protection | Gom iphemela/tshireletso |
Puffiness | Boruruga |
Push downwards | Kgarameletsa kwa tlase |
Rape | Go thubetsa |
Recovery | Go fola |
Rectum | Mongopo:kutukwe |
Rheumatic fever | Sekorotane |
Rib | Legopo, kgopo |
Rupture of membranes / bag of waters | Go tswa ga metsi kwa tlase / go duela lfatshe |
Sanitary napkins | Motseto |
Scar | Lobadi |
Scratch | n. Ngwaya; kgwarinya; ngapa v, go ingwaya |
Seizures | Go kanakanyega, go bolawa ke dikoto |
Sexual intercourse | Tlhakanelo dikobo |
Shin | Motwane |
Shock | n. Letshogo |
Shoulder | Legetla |
Sister | Morwadia-rre |
Skull | Legata |
Sore nipples | Go tutela ga mabele |
Spasm | Go thebetha, go gonega mosifa |
Spine | Mokwatla |
Spleen | Lebete |
Sprain | Tsipoga |
Stages of childbirth | Tshetsha tsa pelegi |
Sterilize | Kemiso (emisa)-go phepahatsa ka botlalo |
Stiff | Karalala, kwatlalala, gagamala |
Stillbirth | Go senyegelwa |
Stitches | Meroko(moroko) |
Stomach | Mogodu |
Stomach gas | Mowa mo mpeng |
Stroke | Go swa mhama |
suck | Go anywa |
Swelling | n. Borurugo, pudula |
Tampons | Mosangwana wa bomme |
Tapeworm | Sebokwana sa mala/seboko sa mala |
Tear | Keledi or go kgagola |
Testicles | Botonanyana:thala |
Thigh | Serope |
Throat | Mometso |
Thumb | Monwana wa kgonope |
Tightness in chest | Go gagamala ga mafatlha |
Tingling | Bogatsu |
Toe | Monwana wa maoto |
Tongue | Loleme |
Tonsils | Dikodu |
Tooth | Leino |
Torn ligament | Go kgaoga mosifa |
Transmission | Tshelano(go tshelana bolwetsi) |
Tremor | n. Thoromo, adj, go roroma |
Tuberculosis | Thibamo, kgotlholo e tona |
Tumor | Boswa |
Twins | Mafatlha /mawelana |
Twitch | v. Thebetha |
Ulcer | n. Seromo, ntho, seso |
Umbilical cord | Khujwana |
Uncle | Malome |
Unconsciousness | n. Kidibalo |
Unexplained weight loss | Tatlhegelo ya mmele |
Urethra | Tsela ya motlhapo |
Urinalysis | Tlhatlhobo ya motlhapo |
Urine sample | Morafolo wa motlhapo |
Uterus | Popelo |
Uterus | Popelo |
Vaccinate | Bo kentiwa |
Vaccine | Mokento |
Vagina | Bosadi |
Vaginal bleeding | Go tswa madi ka fa bosading |
Vaginal discharge | Go tswa metsi ka fa bosading (a masweu) |
Vertebrae | Lerapo la mokwatla |
Virus | Mogare |
Vomit | n. Lotlhatso, v. tlhatsa/ kgwa |
Waist | Letheka |
Weight | Bokete |
Weight at birth | Bokete ka nako ya pelegi |
What is (your, the child’s) name | Leina la gago ke mang |
Wife | Mokapelo wa mme yo o nyetsweng |
Wound | Ntho |
Wrist | Tokololo ya seatla |
X-ray | Seipone |
Yes | Ee (ee, mma; female/ ee, rra; male) |
See also
editSurgery